It comes down to personal preference. In my opinion, the Amia has a firmer back which is going to offer better support for people who don't move a lot during work whereas the Air gives more flexibility for changing postures and some people say that the mesh back provides better ventilation throughout the work day. I would strongly recommend paying a visit to your local Steelcase dealer to try each one out to determine which you prefer.
is just got a new Amia leather and it kills the middle of my back. I tried playing with the lumber support already. I don't get it for $1500 why is there no padding?
There's alot of padding on this chair after you break it in for a week or two. It's just very unimpressive the first time u sit. It's a hard chair with giant cushions...u can see the cushions they are huge yet its pretty hard cushion but u do go DOWN with teh cushion and there's still padding ur not hitting any brick feeling items ur always feeling the cushions. I imagine the cushioning ages better, there are so many other problems with this friggin chair. you have to be EXACTLY positioned for the cushions to work in this chair. u can't have it too far out cause the butt cushions aren't flat they are grooved so ur butt has to sit in the middle of that cushion....which is not great cause u might want to extend the seat out for longer legs and not be able to properly. such an upsetting experience. if it was 1/4 the price....fine that's acceptable for so many other problems and cheap build quality issues...but it's not.
