Eames Lounge Chair Replacement Shock Mounts Comparison  

well, i emailed special...
well, i emailed special k...and they responded quickly with a note that they have a superior shockmount now compared to 2 years ago...they sent me a new pair with free glue because they have lifetime warranty on their products...that's a plus for us customers...
hume modern's reply was vague, they wanted me to send the whole chair when i was only asking for the shockmounts...they should read their customers letters more clearly...they did the same thing to me 2 years ago...quess they can make more money fixing than selling parts.

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special k are wonderful peo...
special k are wonderful people to work with
I have found Hume difficult to talk to.
You have to be so careful in the Eames chair, if you pull up on the arms they will break,( i know for a fact on that one) you have to be careful getting out of the chair. To much weight on one side will break the chair. The chair was designed for smaller people, Large guys always have trouble with the chair.

Broken shock mount on my eames lounge chair
I got on this forum because my eames lounge's shock mount broke. I was lucky that the back seat didn't break. I"m currently searching for new shock mounts. It seems like people are happy with special k, but my question is do they have the flex and bouncy feeling that the original shock mounts have? A friend of mine had the same issue and he replaced his from an online vendor, but the shock mounts turned out to be very stiff although they're pretty solid.

my plycraft
is looking better to me everyday...

Anyone care to share their ex...
Anyone care to share their experience besides the encouraging comment from waffle? Do special k's mounts have the flex of the HM original? Also, if only one mount is broken and others seem ok, is it ill advised to replace just one? Thanks again.

Dun
the flexibility of special k mount is the same as the original...it's better to replace both shockmounts, if one broke, the other would soon follow, if they're both originally mounted at the same time.

Thanks for the reply, Maniqz.
I'll take uour advice. Mine is an older chair to given to me as a gift. But I wonder if you can do this to your Eames Lounge Chair as shown in the video at about 3:20. The guy is rocking in it like crazy!!! Is it possible only in recent productions???
http://youtu.be/tbF8QYU4LSA

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metal does not flex
The special k shockmounts cannot have the same flexion as the originals because the metal is adhered directly to the wood, the bolts go directly into the metal, metal does not flex...

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Doesn't it bother you...
Doesn't it bother you to buy from a company who relies on intellectual property theft to generate images for their ebay listings?
Anybody else notice that special k's images are stolen from all over the internet? They've got one of Vitra's images, of a Vitra miniature actually, that they're using to hock their shocks.
Most of their images look suspect, like they've been plucked from websites all over the place, definitely not taken in house. Isn't that against Ebay's policy? And the law?

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You're right, I think the...
You're right, I think the issue of misleading and illegal sales tactics actually belongs on the Ebay shenanigans thread.
kin1117 it seems strange to me that you're okay with not receiving product that is pictured. When you shop you're okay with receiving something similar that was advertised using a competitor's images?