Current favorite: humanscale freedom with headrest (1 year)
Runner-up: Herman Miller Mirra (2 years)
- I find the Mirra than the Aeron and more comfortable for my body (2 years on the Aeron)
- I've used various Steelcase models and liked them but not as much as the Mirra or Humanscale (~7 years on various Steelcase)
- My issues tend to be caused by over exercising and I think the relaxed options with Humanscale are good for this.
A lot of these prototypes aren't that closely guarded. As a run-of-the-mill employee at Google I ended up with a bunch of random pre-production Androids and IOT devices from the dogfood program. You were supposed to give them back most people I know didn't bother -- Google isn't a very threatening employer -- and I think I even accidentally gave some of them away with other old electronics when I moved.
There was also a room full of to-be-recycled electronics in 42. It was open to employees so they could recycle personal stuff but it was absolutely full of (I assume non-confidential) prototypes including stuff that looked like it was from Google X. I was too scared to take any of this stuff but was really tempted to grab the carbon fiber gliders and weird nest devices.
- I find the Mirra than the Aeron and more comfortable for my body (2 years on the Aeron) - I've used various Steelcase models and liked them but not as much as the Mirra or Humanscale (~7 years on various Steelcase) - My issues tend to be caused by over exercising and I think the relaxed options with Humanscale are good for this.