I normally am of the less doo dads the better theory, but am looking at a new sofa and recliner. The power recline sounds good because you have all of that adjustment on position vs a manual where its all up or all down.

But I have some concerns on motor life of a power recliner. Anyone have power recline on furniture and how did it hold up?

Power cord routing due to placement of chair in the room???? Also a battery back up power source for when you have a hard wired power source failure. Power chair may have multible position settings compaired to a manual operated chair. .....My mother had a power operated recliner due to mobility issues for 4 years then passed it down to a aunt/uncle to use.............. drill sgt.

The only thing I don't like about the power recliners is when I want to get up quickly. Say to answer the door. Seems to take eons to get to the base position those times.
Patience isn't my strong suit.

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Originally posted by Powers77:

The only thing I don't like about the power recliners is when I want to get up quickly. Say to answer the door. Seems to take eons to get to the base position those times.

Turbo mode can spit you twenty feet, across the room.

I agree with 77. If someone breaks in, they will have to go mix a drink while I get up.
Don’t forget power outages. Mine doesn’t have a battery backup.
Pros and cons. We bought a Flexsteel. Great quality, but I have to keep taking it apart and adjust and tighten. Loctited last time. Next time I’m using 271 red loctite.

I love my lazy boy. Independent adjustment for legs and back. Slower but I love the different position options. I won’t go back to manual.

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Originally posted by Powers77:
The only thing I don't like about the power recliners is when I want to get up quickly. Say to answer the door. Seems to take eons to get to the base position.....

Same here with the electric recliner that I have in the motorcycle room. It was given to me so I can't complain too much but I'd never buy one. Some of the better manual recliners can stop and hold at any position.

Its the greatest thing since the wheel. Yeah, it does take nearly forever to get upright, but I have no choice but to put up with it. Never heard of turbo mode, but I like how it sounds. Tell me more. Mine's from Lazyboy, an apt name. It does have a feature where you can put in a 9v battery, but I haven't bothered with it. I've got the time to wait for it to get around to "declining" or whatever. It eventually comes back, or it doesn't. Oh well.

The dog sits on my lap and stomps on the controller. Its OK, I can live with that, too.

The speed of the motor is what makes me want to return to manual.

Wife and I both have LazyBoys for 15+ years and not a problem. Got the ones with heat and massage vibration, and raising lift to assist in standing.

Yes, it does take about 30 seconds to go from full recline to upright for standing. But should you be concerned about some breaking down the door before you can get up and respond, the side pockets on the chair are large enough to hold a .45 cal M1911 along with spare mags; that should do the trick for you.

Our Lazboys work fine. I wish the single recliner had dual power controls. It’s the only one we bought as a manual.

The wife and I just dumped the couch/dual recliner we had that was electric. It was very slow, as described. Even worse, it was HEAVY. It took two strong movers to get it out, with hand trucks. We went with 3 identical manual recliners instead. That works for us. Why three, you ask? One for each of us, and one for the cat.

Bought my dad a Golden power-lift/recliner chair in 2008. He was a big guy (300 lbs+) with diabetes and mobility issues, but the chair handled him just fine every day. After he passed in 2012 mom began using it regularly. Four years ago she had me remove the bed in her room since she uses the chair exclusively every night to sleep in. When I go visit her and use it to watch TV I'm asleep inside 5 minutes.

Other than replacing the backup batteries on a regular basis it has been completely maintenance free. Mom has always kept a folded sheet or blanket over it so the cloth cover is still in great shape. I highly recommend you take a look at them. Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

I am happy with manual. Electrics are heavy, need a cord routed somewhere and just one more thing to go wrong, and more expensive to buy. I don't have any mobility issues but I can understand people that need one.

I agree that the slow movement to the up position is really the only negative for me. (But power cord routing can also be a concern, depending on your room layout.)

However, something that I've never seen on a manual but that I really appreciate on my power furniture is lumbar adjustment. I can get it dialed in for just the right amount of lower back support I'm needing that day.

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Originally posted by TBH:
We bought a Flexsteel. Great quality, but I have to keep taking it apart and adjust and tighten. Loctited last time. Next time I’m using 271 red loctite.

Weird. My Flexsteel furniture has never needed tightening.

Flexsteel is well worth the added cost. The quality is significantly higher than the usual recliners/couches on the market today.

Like what LaZboy used to be.

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Originally posted by hberttmank:
Electrics are heavy

Unless you're one of those ADHD folks who rearranges their living room every 3 months, I don't see how that's an issue. Put it in its spot and leave it there.

(And when it does come time to move them, Flexsteel's stuff comes apart, with the top/back separating from the base, which makes it easier to move.)

Bonnie is glad we got her the Flexsteel electric.

And I am happy with the manual Flexsteel.

Both a year old
Ability is the concern,
She's 82 , Iam 65

We have two power recliners on the couch two on the love seat and one on the sofa chair. Had them for about five years and not a issue. The speed up and down is fine. I don’t jump quickly for no one at the door anyhow. If someone is breaking in my gun is right next to me I can shoot them from a fully reclined position!

Three of the five get fairly heavy use. Can’t remember the brand but if your interested I can find out.

Stressless power recliner here. Adjustability is great but it’s slow. Great chair but if I get another probably go manual recliner with separate footstool.

My parents recently bought some power recliners. I don't recall the brand, but they're quite expensive and are very comfortable. The chairs are great but one of them is in a location where they couldn't run a power cord to it, so they bought a battery pack for it from the dealer. The batteries have turned out to be complete crap. They're not cheap either but have so far been replaced under warranty. If I bought one, I'd be sure it was near at outlet so I could plug it in.

I’ve had power recliners for probably 20 years and have never had a problem. The flexsteel seem to be a little faster than Lazyboy from what I remember.

The biggest thing I like about power is there are infinite positions. With a manual chair position one might not be far enough back but position 2 is too far. With a power you can always adjust it perfectly.

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