For anyone liking the idea, but not loving the "scorpion" style. There is (and has been for years) the Emperor by MWE LAB: https://www.mwelab.com/en/emperor.html
I've owned an Emperor for a little over a year. Here are my thoughts, for anyone who is interested in a chair like this.
I am overall happy with the purchase. I did quite a bit of research between an Emperor and a ZGW (ergoquest.com). I can't say if I would have preferred a ZGW because I've never sat in one. This Scorpion chair I can tell I wouldn't like. I'm not going to comment on how the Scorpion looks like typical Chinese IP theft.
I don't use the zero gravity feature as often as I thought I would. It's mostly upright with some fine tuned adjustments throughout the week to get comfortable. I find it much more comfortable than my previous two chairs: a Steelcase Leap and a Herman Miller Aeron.
Getting inside and upstairs was a bear and I don't look forward to the day I have to move the chair to our forever home. It came partially assembled. I had to fully disassemble - in some cases cutting wires - to break it up into parts that would physically fit in our stairwell. The heaviest part is very awkward to carry. The full disassembly, move and reassembly process took about 20 hours.
From disassembling it, I can say there's quite a bit of thought put into all of it. It's definitely well engineered.
I've customized mine quite a bit. I got a 2'x8" mousepad for the bean-shaped keyboard tray and cut it to fit. I have a 24" Wacom tablet with a Wacom arm mounted to the left arm which allows me to move and rotate around a drawing tablet at will. I had to finagle quite a bit with the monitor mounts as the body of the monitor arm happens to cover the HDMI port on my monitors. Cable management is all very easy to do and leaves room for customization.
> > I'm not going to comment on how the Scorpion looks like typical Chinese IP theft.
> Is that because it's different enough to appeal to an entirely different audience?
No. It's because Chinese IP theft is so common place that it's hardly worth noting.
> I wonder if a competitor could possibly improve this is any way at all?
> No. It's because Chinese IP theft is so common place that it's hardly worth noting.
In this case what exactly is "theft"? The idea of a floating screen chair? That seems to be done by multiple companies, and doesn't appear to be protected IP in anyway.
If you disagree then it's be great to see the trademark, patent, design patent or copyright that has even possibly been violated here.
> I really struck a nerve with you, didn't I?
I appreciated the irony of commenting on something by saying "I'm not going to say something about X"!
Do you have a sport you enjoy playing? Maybe there's a club/team you can join to get to know people outside work. That was always the first thing I did when I moved to a new location.
If you have a common reason to be somewhere, it reduces a lot of the awkwardness from meeting new people.
