It’s so nice of Linus to let Colton make videos even though he doesn’t work there anymore.

My office chair I got for free like 7 years ago is finally starting to wear out. Hearing the prices on these chairs seemed insane to me so I decided to finally look under my chair to find out the model and cost to replace it...turns out I've been sitting on a $2000 Steelcase Leap. I don't think I will ever be able to afford to replace it lol.

For anyone considering one of these, I would recommend checking out other reviews before deciding. Common thread seems to be the chair is decent, however it is not Herman Miller good when compared to the rest of their line up, despite carrying a Herman Miller price.

I know anything would be an upgrade over my wooden chair with a thin cushion, but this actually looks great.

4:14 As someone that works in the plastic industry glass filled nylon is some of the best resin you an use in an application like this. It has great structural integrity and basically lasts forever. It is also a real pain in the ass to work with lol

I worked at cascade engineering for a few years making parts for hermin miller. Mostly for the Mirra chairs. When I left, I purchased one and still have it over 10 years later. Hermin Miller has great r&d going into their products to be sustainable, comfy, and resilient even if they are a little pricey compared to other brands. The glass filled nylon has the benefits of being "springy" and tougher than other plastics. But dropping the glass filled nylon will give you a heart attack as it sounds like a thousand glass cups hitting the floor and shattering.

About 5 years ago, the company my dad works at downsized and their office department were getting rid of their office chairs. At the time I wasn't familiar with the name Herman Miller, but I knew office departments were known to have high-end chairs. There were a few good condition chairs at my dad's work and he told me I should swing by and take one home. So I drove the 5 mile round trip to picknone up and use in my room. It was a very comfy mesh office chair, a bit used and worn in, but I loved it. It wasn't until a few months later, after watching a LTT/Gamers Nexus video on office vs gamer chairs, that I realized that my chair looked very similar to the Herman Miller that was being shown. I searched for markings on my chair to see if my hunch was correct, and lo and behold, it turned out my chair was indeed a genuine Herman Miller Aeron. I had essentially paid less than $2 USD in gas for an HM Aeron. I later found an aftermarket headrest designed by former HM Aeron designers that aleviated the lack of head support for the Aeron too. Years later and even after it's use in the office space, this chair still holds up to it's design and quality and has easily been the best money I never spent for my setup

I love that they always get multiple people to try it out

Man, I'm so glad to see LTT getting into the Holiday Spirit this December by getting Ralphie from A Christmas Story to review a chair! Love you guys! ;)

I'd always recommend to check office surplus sites/stores for used/refurb versions of the high end Herman Miller chairs like the Aeron. Picked one up for £260 shortly after WFH started.

Hey all, Thank you for actually having people of different sizes sitting in the chair. That helps out as I am a big boy and would like to know how the seat feels. Makes me feel included, thanks!

This shortcircuit was so entertaining while hitting all the points of a short circuit. Kind of wish the audio could have been fixed to actually reflect the USD pricing error aside from the subtitles, but overall was really good! The speed run and getting others in the office to try it was great, and I really liked the anecdotes comparing other chairs!

I had a maxnomic gaming char for years and struggled with back pain if I spent more than a couple hours at my desk. I tried upgrading to the herman miller aeron and even after a couple months with it, still had the back pain. I got a steelcase gesture and within a week my backpain was gone and hasn't returned since. Chairs are so much about finding the right fit for your body, so it can take some work and reviews can only help so much without trying it for yourself.

My Herman Miller Aeron chair just turned 11 years old and is still working great. I have used it as my only gaming and home office chair for over a decade. The price at the time of purchasing did feel high, but now that I average out the price to the amount of use it has seen it doesn't feel that expensive anymore. That chair has moved house with me three times and doesn't show signs of breaking down. I have added an aftermarket head rest to it as originally it did not have one.

I got this chair right when it came out and I love it. It replaced my Haworth Zody that I had for many years. Setup was easy and controls are easy to use, the only thing I wish it had was swivel armrests and that the arms don't go low enough for my use cases, I often play guitar and it can sometime get in the way.

Love that there are numbers on the dials so you don’t have to fidget with them too much, you can juts put it to the numbers you know you like

I’ve missed Colton videos, especially Colton chair videos. He needs to be out of the office doing business deals and on camera more! My favorite part of his chair videos are how uncomfortable the staff/whoever they wrangle to test out the chairs look. 😂

Finally, a gaming chair that doesn't look like a bucket seat. Still can't figure out why gaming brands always went for the most uncomfortable shape back then.

my favorite part about this chair is that it has "gamer" aesthetic while ditching the horrendous bucket seats. We've been pretending those nightmares are comfy for way too long.

As someone that has worked from home for the last ~5 years.. probably the best thing I've bought is a professional office chair (I got a Herman Miller Embody). It was definitely expensive, but given that I spend 8+ hours a day sitting in it, it was absolutely worth it. I had not realized how much the chairs I've had in the past messed up my back - switching absolutely fixed that problem. As I see it, it was money well spent.

Plouffe has a monitor. Also he sits. He's a legend.

I've had the Herman Miller Embody and the Aeron. To be honest, I didn't like the hard edges on the Aeron and the Embody simply felt hard, it even made my tailbone hurt after a week. I currently use a Secret lab Titan that I've had for 3,5 years and I think it's better for me. It's also a 3rd of the cost which is nice.

So I ordered one of these chairs on the day this video released. It arrived yesterday and I can already say it's worth every penny. The amount of ergonomic adjustment tops any gaming chair I've ever seen and most office chairs outside of other Herman Millers or Steelcase. The Vantum definitely outclasses any other "gaming chair" and could easily be used as a daily office chair.

It being assembled before you buy it makes the quality so much better. Less user mistakes.

Colton is always fun. I can't believe he's a business/ sales guy!

I got the Embody Gaming Chair from Herman Miller too. It is really nice and wouldn't trade but its insanely expensive compared to the Vantum.

I love this chair. The only complaint I have is the front/back/side armrest adjustments move too easily as the don't lock...up and down is great and with little play. For reference, I am 6'2", 190lbs. You might think you are bottoming out on the seat, but you're not, it's just a firm pad that gets more firm the deeper you sink. The chair is mostly plastic but feels premium and make is light and easy to move when you need to. The headrest is amazing and I am glad you have to stand up to adjust it up and down. The lumbar is great as well. I got the black one because I'm not 12.

I have a haworth fern, it's fantastic. The digital knit fabric, no headrest, with adjustable lumbar if you like aggressive lumbar, and without if you don't want aggressive lumbar is the best loadout.

If a chair costs a grand and Linus, who probably doesn't even weigh 70kg, can tell the bottom cushionning is too shallow by sitting on it for twelve seconds, then maybe it's not a good product.

The chair market really tends to be as Colton put it - you get what you pay for. After going through multiple chairs in the past from Staples, I had enough. I picked up an Aeron earlier this year and I've thoroughly loved it ever since. The *only* shortcoming I've encountered with it was the frame design and how it can cut into your legs if you're not sat right, and the fact it didn't come with a headrest. As far as I am aware, this is pretty well the only HM product to come direct from the factory with a headrest. Glad to see a more moderately priced HM product that can last for a long time! Thanks for looking into it, ShortCircuit fellows!

I now work for an FAA contractor, and the office chairs they have at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center are all either HermanMiller or SteelCase.

Got the Herman Miller x Logitech G Embody chair back around release day. Tried some Herman Miller chairs in my previous job which got to get the Embody instead of the Aeron. When I bought the Embody, it was $1400 before the price increase.

Interesting... for me Steelcase Leap is the holy grail of ergo chair. I used to run the ergoprogram for the company I worked for and always got better comments from Steelcase chairs. We had SC Leaps, Gestures, Series 1 vs HM Embody, Amias and Aeron.

After having a BodyBilt chair at work, when I started working at home, I couldn't stand a cheaper chair and spent the money on a BodyBilt GX7 "Gaming" chair that is built the same but with fun colors. It has been well worth the money having a good chair to sit and work all day programming and then spend hours gaming in the evening. My back and butt don't hurt even after 12-14 hours of sitting. The other thing about having a good brand is if there is a part that goes bad, you can get replacement parts and not just dump the entire Chinese chair.

As a 133lb, 5.9" person this chair is amazing. Everyone has their opinions and bias but its hard to tell from reviews, etc. Best to try in person. 30 day easy return policy, great 12 yr warranty. My last chair was terrible and only after getting this one do I realize it. You can adjust resistance and sit up or lounge etc. Work and game all day without issues, hopefully it continues to impress.

Hermann Miller Embody all the way... Bought one during Black Friday and can't believe how good it is 😍 seeing this new one makes me even happier about getting the Embody!

I have a Mira 2 and love it. It was probably way too expensive, but it really is better than just about any other chair I've sat in

im repping the same herman miller mira since 2005 never had any issues still feels new

That Linus pillow in the background is going to haunt my nightmares... also nice chair btw!

I love that linus came in an shat on the chair... It actually gives me hope that their views are their own and not bought by the sponsors or fancy products.

At these price points, you really wanna try before you buy. I like my Steelcase Leap v2 over the Herman Miller Aeron when I bought mine two years ago

This was my first namebrand chair, i returned it fairly shortly after receiving it for mostly 3 reasons, it's very small, and I think this magnifies the other two issues significantly, other reviews said they wouldn't recommend it for people over 5 10 and i'd agree, the back is comfortable for the most part and it of course breathes well, but the hard plastic edge of the seat dug into my shoulders pretty bad causing discomfort, the lumbar support is surprisingly comfortable but I find it irritating that its only directly in the middle so if you were to sit on it any other way it's gonna feel weird (yeah yeah ergonomics) and most crucially the seat hurt my tailbone and put my ass to sleep, don't know what it was but i quickly resorted to putting a pillow on the seat and even then that didn't help much. Headrest also sucks but is removable so nbd. if you are a smaller frame person im sure it's a great chair, wouldn't recommend for big people, in general would encourage people to wait for sales, I ended up getting a $1500 chair for the same price.

Great review till the end. Was almost buying it.

I was lucky enough to score a pair of Herman Miller Sayl chairs this summer for $50 I needed to replace the gas cylinders and their arm pads. Such a good bargain. Getting a used high end chair is a decent move if you can find ones in decent shape for a good price.

Love seeing Linus take the skrewdriver out of his pocket any time he needs to sit down😂

I went with the Aeron after trying this. It was almost 2x fully optioned but I will be sitting in it for a long time to come between work and gaming. As far as I know they all come with 12yr warranties

I have a wheelchair as my gaming chair. Not very comfortable, but I can roll around my room when I get bored which is fun.

Wait the seat doesn't tilt? for 900 dollars? I was looking for a new chair, my GT omega is worn out. But I want full and locking tilt. I'm a desk racer. i hope you guys are gonna do more chair reviews.

Bell wearing a Super Mega shirt. its good to see a fellow Meg-head on the LTT crew. Matt and Ryan will be proud

herman miller embody here, after a lot of research and agonizing over the costs. no regrets. the lean back and stretch is soo good. i am on the heavy side, so i always think the back will give out when i stretch out and it just doesn't. work from home too, and had back issues made worse by my old chair so needed something that wouldn't mess me up in the long run. on the waitlist for the atlas headrest for this thing, can't wait..

honestly, we need more Colton hosted videos!

As I was watching this, I realized my current chair had slowly sank over the last 2-3 hours of sitting and my back/hips were killing me. I went ahead and yolo'd a Vantum on the spot since I've been lusting after it and the Embody for a few months now. The included headrest is really what sold me on the Vantum. Let's gooooooo

I think it would be hard to buy a chair online, just for the body type factor. I appreciate the review but I think that without actually sitting on a piece of furniture it would be too hard to buy something based on what a person says about it. My biggest problem is I live 5 hours from the nearest store that might actually carry anything like this...

I have an Aeron. Absolutely worth every penny, lasts a lifetime, and is super comfy.

Love to see Bell reping the supermega boys

So for UK gamers the $795 US becomes £1,126 which even taking into account tax is about 40% more expensive! Wonder how they justify such a crazy price, even if you import it from the US with VAT that still works out over £300 cheaper...

My Herman Miller is 24 years old. Only problem is the lumbar support broke, but I prefer it without out tbh, could get a replacement part on Ebay if I cared to

You can't convince me to buy anything other than the mighty monobloc. The monobloc can give you what others can't, the greatest motivation.

When Colton becomes the resident chair tester

As someone who has had crap chairs in the past but is currently using a Steelcase, chairs are absolutely something where you get what you pay for. And for the health benefits from a well designed ergonomic chair, it's well worth it.

I use the Razer chair mentioned in this video. It's actually held out really nicely and is still very comfy.

Looks nice, I have to say I really like Herman Miller chairs. We've had Herman Miller Mirra 2 chairs at work since 2019 and I've loved them. I have back issues and had gone through many cheap desk chairs every few years, in 2020 we went remote and I grabbed a nicer desk chair from a local retailer, but it still was causing back pain with long sessions which my work chair did not, so in 2021 I gave that chair to my wife and just bought the Mirra 2. So happy I did, especially with the long warranty and comfort and support it gives me. They do offer financing options too. I do have to mention I am a bit heavier, and really like this chair, my wife is smaller and doesn't find the Mirra 2 as comfortable for her, and my second hand chair wasn't the best for her either, so did pick her up a purple Secretlab Titan Evo - Small this year, and it is working well for her, but is on the firmer side. But having owned a bunch of different desk chairs and sitting in a wide variety at work it is really apparent to me now on differences in comfort and build quality between them, and I highly recommend if you are not comfortable with what you have it is worth the investment. Those cheaper options below $400 were working for me for years, but they would wear down very quickly, felt cheap, were not comfortable for long periods of time. The Secretlab chairs are definitely a level up, feel better quality than the cheaper chairs. But when you move up to Herman Miller with like the Mirra 2 everything feels substantially higher quality.

Watched the video, looked at the price, said "meh" and ordered some sort a Frankenstein chair from a handyman for $240 which is basically it. You're doing great as a Herman Miller brand ambassador, keep at it! (thumbs up)

Would be nice to test different body sizes on it

The black one looks like a regular decent $200 office chair from 15 years ago. Except now it costs $1,000

great video colton, we appreciate you :)

Can we get Anthony to review some Big and Tall chairs? We love Anthony, and us big people need good chairs too!

Bought the embody during BF for 1220€, insane quality 👌🏻 I am waiting for Atlas to release its headrest tough 😬

Also, how to adjust a chair to sit properly is important to know if you sit a lot. This video is a good starting point, and there are more videos in the playlist it's in if you want to know more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ettgibhhzbXanIU.html

Wow this seems like a steal! It’s also got one up on the Aeron with the seat depth adjustment

I like my Herman Miller Aeron but I hope to upgrade/refresh eventually

I was looking at these and others last month, $200 Staples chair was the end of its life (more like a year plus past it) and was not going to keep buying a chair that was destroying my body and needed to be replaced every 1-3 years. Ended up getting a Steelcase Gesture and I'm probably still in the honeymoon period, but this might be the best money I've ever spent. If you can justify it, which is a major purchase, get one of these "real" chairs from a reputable brand that will last for well over a decade (even if you have to go down in their lines) over something that you see people getting paid to sell you on their streams. Unfortunately, furniture has been something that's been hugely impacted by inflation this year - good office furniture is up 30-40% from the most reputable companies from the start of the year.

I bought a Secret Lab Titan back in 2020. My biggest complaint is that the seat cushion isn't cushion-y enough. After two years, I had to buy a memory foam cushion to make it comfortable again. The Herman Miller chair reviewed here seems to have a similar issue.

@9:30 I like how he added in the test drive as a qualifier after he said "Why don't you take this..." LOL

Can you guys check if the armrests are removable on the chairs you review? I know a quite a few vfx and animation professionals, including myself, that use ergonomic elbow rests that attach to the desk to keep their shoulders more mobile while working. It helps us avoid pinched nerves in our shoulders and necks. The problem is, in order for this to work, we have to remove the armrests on our seats otherwise, they get in the way of our elbow rests. Depending on the design of the chair, removing the armrests can hinder the stability of the chair. In rare cases the armrests can move enough to allow enough clearance from the elbow rests.

The plank thing was super useful. I have a 300 dollar chair that offers many of the features of that chair but feels hard. Knowing even Linus, a much smaller dude, feels the wood (!) definitely rules that chair out.

Finally a gaming chair i would actually buy! I really dont like these "typical" gaming chair's like the one PewDiePie uses. This one is mostly an office chair with "gaming" design which would fit perfectly in my setup!

when this came out, i went to the local Herman Miller store to try it out. I am used to an aeron, and I found the vantum to be very cheap feeling compared to it. Not that it makes the chair bad (especially for like half the price) but I was disappointed by it compared to the quality I'm used to with Herman Miller

Not sure if it just hasn’t reached Canada yet. I have an ergo tune chair from a company in Singapore. Easily the best chair I have ever used, has every single one of these features and more, looks nicer and costs $300 USD delivered. No idea why there are not more people raving about this chair

You know whats better than one gaming chair? two gaming chairs! -Colton 2022

This seems like a $300-$400 chair for $800. It is probably a decent chair and perhaps it is made from better materials then the ones that are half the price, but a good bit of that price is probably the Herman Miller tax. I never have tried a Herman Miller, but I have tried a couple of of very similar chairs from autonomous and dourest that cost about $300-$400. They are decent chairs, but not really worth even that price in my opinion. My favorite chair has ended up being a cheap $150 all mesh chair that I got from Staples, despite being less then half the price of some of my other chairs I find it more comfortable and after 2 years of very hard use (I work form home, then usually game after work so I sit in it 12+ hours a day) The chair shows very few signs of wear, so I expect it to last me a number of years. If ever buy a Herman Miller I would get one of their super expensive chairs that at least are different from what you can get from other brands, these basic ones are just too much like chairs you can get elsewhere for a fraction of the price.

Herman Miller's warranty is really good, do recommend.

I have a Herman Miller chair from 17 years ago. the armrests failed and the piston is half dead but it's as comfortable as the first day I got it. Only wish they supplied replacement parts.

I love how Colton is the "Chair" guy but has probably the wirst possible chair at home lol

The first times I heard the price my brain kept blocking out the $900 and just kept the $95 lmao. I know 'gamer chairs' can be expensive but lordy I barely want to spend $100 on a chair let alone basically 10 times the amount. For those that can afford/enjoy these types of chairs I do hope you get something out of them.

I love it when Colton shows up.

You guys should try Ikea’s new gaming chairs including the styrspel, and my fav chair, the Markus.

I hope someday LMG will do a video entitled, “Gaming chairs are silly. Just buy an office chair.”

Yay! Colton! Just playing lol. Everyone knows you’re the worst.

I've been using a big banking office chair for like four years now. My parents got it maybe fifteen years ago? Much of the leather has worn off, but I just draped a blanket over it that I swap out/wash routinely, and it's incredibly comfortable. Way comfier than any office or "gamer" chair I've sat in. There is no head support, though. One day I want to try out a suite of Herman Miller chairs and see if anything can dethrone my throne. Until then, banker chair all the way.

I would be really interested in this chair, I like the look and a few of the features, but most of chair youtube tells me stay far away due to the shallow seat which TBH does look pretty uncomfortable. Even when moved forward it just looks so shallow. I'd be replacing an old aeron that has some structural issues that has it held together with cardboard basically. The embody you have there looks way better in that regard. Still it seems like a lovely chair even at this price point, I will try to sit in one at some point.

A THOUSAND-DOLLAR CHAIR???? Somebody has lost their mind.

I like how the full name of the chair is not in the video description so I can scavenge the internet for myself to actually find it. Great job guys!

It's kind of funny how close to that the IKEA Styrspel gaming chair is. I got one and it's pretty robust and fully mesh like the Aeron, seat too. Armrests are a bit fiddly, but it's like $220 AND you can angle them.

can we get more of this man?

if someone says they can feel the base under the cushion on their first sit - i'm immediately out. i've got the secret lab titan and only after 3 years can i feel the base, which is mainly in the center, as the outside of the base seems to use metal struts with like 5-6 inches of foam. it was like half the price of this thing.

I worked at Herman for 18 years I am glad to hear such positive things.

Looks like a nice chair, but what kinda turns me off to it is the red accents on the adjustment knobs. Looks fine on the red version, but I'd prefer the white one to match my black and white desk theming and I think the red stands out too much. Yes it's under and behind me while seated, but still, for a chair this expensive it would be nice to have color matching all around, or just black on the black and white models. Also kind of surprised they don't have a Logitech blue version, but that might be due to the more expensive chair already having the color scheme.

I used to have a 300 dollar gaming chair from DXRacer. Always backproblems and sweaty chair in the summer. Now I have a the Herman Miller Aeron (was around 1300 dollar) and my backproblems are over and no more sweaty sessions. If you can afford it, spend a little more on a chair you sit in a few hours a day. It's worth it.

Core workouts are typically more significant in reducing back pain than any special chair