New bases vs. old H-bases  

Nothing wrong
With the original H bases. I think the wall savers are kind of cool.

original
that 'movement' has been going on for years now, and it seems to me, most people (who are design focused) are reverting back to keeping the original. I know I am. I threw out my old modernica eiffel bases in favor of the old ones I took off.
And to that point, I have two wall saver bases if anyone needs em.'

Fussy and Objecty
I like the more intricate bases as a single object - desk chair, side chair, etc... but a whole cluster of Eiffel (or worse - dowel) chairs looks soooooo fussy and busy. The H-Base is the base for me.

Ditto
Simple is best. I prefer the H's better to any of the other options.

nice to see
that there's such consensus on this here. I bought both repro eiffel and dowel bases to see what it's like in my own home but they're all gone. Thank god the best way to make some money off those surplus shells is putting a dowel base under them and put them on ebay 🙂
I really like white h-bases now, they are a change and look great with colored shells.

White?
White?

White
Probably Vitra production... Damn those Europeans....
(j/k)

You're all correct
around a dining room table, the eiffel and dowels are a bit busy. Nothing better than a good ol' 4 legged x base or the center pedestal.

Yes, white!
You're right, I guess it is a European thing.
(not my pics)

I love the effiel tower...
I love the effiel tower bases, something a Paris in the Springtime on my chairs

social context
I think that a major reason people change their chair bases is that the H-bases are so tied to institutional use. If you grew up seeing this chair in every government building, cafeteria, barber shop, laundromat, etc., it imparts a contextual "meaning" on the chair that is decidedly cold and impersonal. The less common bases don't have the same baggage. Their more delicate structures are decidedly non-institutional.

Except
Except now every modern store, shelter mag, and design blog crams eiffels, and dowels down our throats. The specialized bases have become the ubiquitous ones - making the industrial bases seem fresh and clean.

And is
And is no one else curious why there are a dozen random chairs piled on a couch?

It looks like
an ad, right, Claus? I keep going back to that "batman" looking coffee table and wishing I owned it.