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Hi there! This is Karen, Creative Director at Smart Furniture. I've been with the company since 2005 and was also a customer before that. We offer a lot of great products and I am always happy to have the opportunity to test and review them-- especially if that means I can learn more and share that information with you. You may have read my review this past summer when I spent, One Week with the Cobi Chair, by Steelcase. Recently, I was asked to try out Mirra by Herman Miller, a chair I had been admiring for some time. After testing, I was hooked. I have already purchased one for myself, to support my tired back. Another bonus is that Mirra has a great green story! I hope you find my review helpful and informative. Thanks for looking!
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Hi, and welcome to the Mirra Chair video review. I'm Karen . Hey that's me! I have to tell you, I really like the Mirra Chair. Maybe more than liked. OK, I loved the Mirra Chair.
First of all, it's really comfy. The backing was flexible and supportive, and the seat felt like it was perfectly padded, even though it's actually very tightly woven mesh fabric and molded plastic. Very ergonomic.
And I think it's pretty. The Mirra Chair was designed by Studio 7.5, a German Outfit that also designed the Setu Chair. Mirra features intricate cuttings in the back of the chair, that not only look great, but actually contribute to the Mirra's flexibility and comfort rating. I'm also impressed by the mesh of the seat. It's attractive and well made, but it also provides really exceptional comfort.
It's green conscious too, which we love at Smart Furniture. Much of the material used to build the Mirra Chair is recycled, and almost all of it is recyclable. The Mirra Chair is MBDC Cerfified for chemical safety, is safe for indoor air quality, and can even contribute to LEED credits.
Another thing you might not hear discussed a lot but was very important to me was fit. The Mirra was nearly perfect. The mesh seat and the cutout back both mold themselves to me, and the armrests, height, and tension are all easily adjustable. A lot of times chairs are very rigid, and more often they're made too large to try and fit everyone, without actually accommodating anyone.
The Mirra was different. It was just right. Not too deep, or high, or low, and even if it had been, I could have just adjusted it until it was perfect.
So what did I learn about the Mirra Chair? It's comfortable, it's well designed, it's conscientious, and it looks great. And hey it fits me perfectly. So I get to keep it right?
Wes is one of the most well-versed office chair critics on the web. Here, he offers up his opinions of Herman Miller's Mirra Chair.
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Hi, and welcome to the video review of the Herman Miller Mirra Chair. Im Wes from Delegator.com and this is an independent review commissioned by SmartFurniture.com. In this review, we will talk about the Mirra Chair from a number of different angles, including design, style, comfort, environmental sustainability, craftsmanship, and performance. We hope you enjoy this review.
This part of the video review deals with design. The Mirra Chair has been designed within an inch of its life. Every little part of this chair, they have gone over and made it as comfortable, as adaptable, and as adjustable as possible. I'll turn to the side to sort of show you what Im talking about. You can look at the seat. The seat has what is called an Air Weave Suspension. It is sort of a mesh layer stretched over almost a hollow core. That gives it sort of a trampoline feel and makes it very comfort. It creates a comfort pocket that they call it. It also allows air to pass through the seat and that keeps you cool. You are not going to get heat build-up or sweat build-up during the day, a long working day, like can often happen with a leather chair, or one of those pleather chairs. It is also a very adjustable chair. Every little part of this chair can be adjusted to fit you exactly the way that you want it. There is something called harmonic tilt, which means it won't let you go too far back or too far forward, depending what your preference is. You can even adjust something like the armrests. By flipping this switch, you can make the armrests go up and down and in and out. You can customize this chair to be exactly the way you want it. Another important aspect of the design of this chair is the back. It is called Triflex backing and it supports three separate zones of your back, especially your lower lumbar region. That's a region that gives people a lot of trouble when they are sitting for long periods of time. Your spine can kind of crush in on itself. That's what's going to give you back pain, put you in the chiropractors office. But not with Mirra. Mirra was designed by Studio 7.5 and it was built by Herman Miller. All of the features on this chair contribute to its being one of the most comfortable high performance chairs on the market and we give it really high marks for design.
This part of the video review deals with comfort. The Mirra is a very comfortable chair. At every stage of the design process, they asked themselves, how can we make this chair softer, more giving, more supportive, and better for the body. Largely, they succeeded. If I turn to the side, you can see the depth of the seat. It is very cushiony, very springy, but it is also full of air. They have what is called Air Weave suspension that allows air to pass through the chair and keep you very cool and comfortable. You can also see that the the armrests are adjustable and that lets you put them wherever you want. They can also go up and down. This sort of keeps your arms comfortable throughout the day. You can rest them and type or whatever you need to do. The back of the chair is usually the most important part when it comes to comfort. When you are talking about the Mirra Chair, you are talking about a very technologically advanced back. It has Triflex support, which you can kind of see with this wide bar right here. That supports all three zones in my back, including the lumbar region, which scientists are finding is the most important when it comes to back health. Sitting in the Mirra Chair is going to cut down on your chiropractor bills and that is one of the reasons they designed it this way. When it comes to comfort, we sat in this chair for hours while we were testing it, and we give it really high marks.
This part of the video review deals with the style of the Mirra Chair, which is a little bit derivative If you are familiar with office chairs, you can see that this chair looks a lot like the Aeron Chair, especially when you look at the back of it. Now, that's not a problem. The Aeron Chair is a beautiful chair. But it just takes its rating down a little bit. Another great thing about this chair is that you can customize it to be you. Right now, we have a sort of a gray version with a white background, but you can get this in a lot of different colors and a lot of different styles to sort of customize it and make a statement about yourself. You can do the same thing with adjusting the chair. Really, the style is just another thing you can adjust. The style is very good. It is not exceptional or anything, but it is a very good looking chair. It is a very cool chair that fits in a lot of different offices.
This part of the video review deals with craftsmanship. Who made this chair? The chair was designed by Studio 7.5, which is a German company, a German design team, and their original idea was that they would have a seven-and-a-half ton truck. That's why they called it Studio 7.5. They would drive around to all these different parts of the country and they would work in their little workshop in the back of the truck. They are very interested in being flexible and adaptable and you can see that in this chair. It has so many functions, so many adaptability functions. You can move it however you want and make it just right and make it just yours. Studio 7.5 also designed the Setu Chair, which is another Herman Miller chair that is very popular in its own right. They are a very well-respected design firm. Of course, the chair was built by Herman Miller. When it comes to American furniture companies, you really can't do any better. Herman Miller is really the classic great furniture line in American history, or at least int he twentieth century. Thats why we give this chair really high marks for craftsmanship.
This part of the video review deals with the environmental standards of the Mirra Chair, which are very, very high. For one thing, it is made by Herman Miller in Zero Emissions factories underneath the Design for the Environment Initiative the Herman Miller has going on, which makes sure that all of their furniture has a low impact on the environment. It is a really cutting-edge company in that sense and there are a lot of companies in America who are looking up at Herman Miller in terms of environmental sustainability. 42 percent of the chair you are looking at right now is made from recycled material and at the end of its life, 96 percent of this chair is recyclable. It can also contribute to LEED credits for your business. It is MVDC certified, which means it is tested at a chemical level to make sure it is completely safe on the environment, and it is. This chair is Green Guard certified, which means it is not going to damage your air quality at all. As far as environmentalism goes, this chair is really tops.
We hope you enjoyed this video review by Delegator.com. This product is available at Smart Furniture. If you have any questions, call 888-467-6278, or go online at SmartFurniture.com. Thanks for watching.
