Herman Miller Sayl

Relentless81 · 7 Dec 2021 at 09:11

Hi,

I'm tempted to buy one of these in the new year brand new so I get the 12 year warranty, I'm sick of back pain and every chair I've tried so far has given me back pain so looking for a chair that molds to your back like this one rather than a chair that dictates your back position if that makes sense.

I have a couple of concerns and wondering if anyone that has one can address them, I'm 5'11 I watched a youtube review where the guy said 5'11" would be the absolute max due to the back rest height, any thoughts on this?

The main time I experience back pain is when I'm console gaming with a controller, its almost as if this sitting position with a controller in hand is causing the strain in my upper back, anyone game with a controller on one of these and have any issues (Long shot I know)

Any other general comments about the chair, does the back rest really mold to your back regardless of seating position? It looks uncomfortable in pictures like plastic but all reviews I've seen say otherwise but would be good to get a real users comments especially if used for gaming.

Cheers

ShiWarrior · 7 Dec 2021 at 19:35

have you tried the Aeron or Mirra 2 chairs?

ive just got a brand new Mirra 2 "butterfly" over the aeron, feels much better

Relentless81 · 7 Dec 2021 at 19:44

ShiWarrior said:
have you tried the Aeron or Mirra 2 chairs?

ive just got a brand new Mirra 2 "butterfly" over the aeron, feels much better

I've sat in an Aeron in John Lewis but didn't like it, not tried the Mirra

GeezerButler · 10 Dec 2021 at 22:14

My wife and I had one each. I never found it that comfortable. The arm rests disintegrated after about a year. And the one I had had a very noisy tilt mechanism which squeaked loudly every time I moved - drove me up the wall. This was a few years ago so these issues may have been resolved in current versions. Still thought it was very overpriced.

Relentless81 · 11 Dec 2021 at 13:10

GeezerButler said:
My wife and I had one each. I never found it that comfortable. The arm rests disintegrated after about a year. And the one I had had a very noisy tilt mechanism which squeaked loudly every time I moved - drove me up the wall. This was a few years ago so these issues may have been resolved in current versions. Still thought it was very overpriced.

Thanks, I've read into it loads and watched countless videos and just in the last few minutes pulled the trigger on a secret labs titan Evo 2022

Really hope it's going to be good and comfortable

HazardO · 22 Dec 2021 at 10:05

After 10 years of daily use including over a year of working from home, I recently replaced my Mirra with a Mirra 2. Old chair is not unservicable and am looking to see if I can get it refurbished. Fantastic pieces of kit