YES! This chair is BIG! it is great size for my dad. He is 62 and 270, but with his shall we say, lack of grace, as he falls into chair I would suspect the physics involved with his fall probably doubles his weight. I opted to stop buying electric lift recliners as I just cant keep replacing them and cant afford to shell out more money for an expensive one and cross my fingers it will be the one to last. Plus he would never use the actual lift mechanism as it doesnt bring you high in a position to push up out of chair but tilts forward and he felt like he was falling, but I digress, back to this chair.
It is so big, that he looks small in it lol. My first thought was Lilly Tomlin and thats the truth!
I originally bought some lifts for feet/bottom of chair so seat would be higher for him, but I dont need them, he doesnt have to fall into it or use all his might to push up out of it.
However, he can not really reach the lever to recline chair and when he can he can not get any leverage to pull it. I have order an extender and hope this will resolve that, but the existing problem which I dont know how to try to resolve is the chair back. Apparently unlike many recliners the back doesnt recline in unison with for rest. It independently goes back by the person in chair pushing back using a combined core muscle strength while pushing on arm rests. Neither of which my 87 year old father has strength in. However since currently I am always in there as i must pull the lever for him, i then push the chair back. But when i check on him i notice it is up again as it slowly rises up if he wiggles or moves about like when he adjusts his body. I dont know what I can do to fix this.
I can review better to overall chair longevity if it makes it past 6 months with no complications, so I will be back then!
Lots of pluses, couple of minuses
YES! This chair is BIG! it is great size for my dad. He is 62 and 270, but with his shall we say, lack of grace, as he falls into chair I would suspect the physics involved with his fall probably doubles his weight. I opted to stop buying electric lift recliners as I just cant keep replacing them and cant afford to shell out more money for an expensive one and cross my fingers it will be the one to last. Plus he would never use the actual lift mechanism as it doesnt bring you high in a position to push up out of chair but tilts forward and he felt like he was falling, but I digress, back to this chair. It is so big, that he looks small in it lol. My first thought was Lilly Tomlin and thats the truth! I originally bought some lifts for feet/bottom of chair so seat would be higher for him, but I dont need them, he doesnt have to fall into it or use all his might to push up out of it. However, he can not really reach the lever to recline chair and when he can he can not get any leverage to pull it. I have order an extender and hope this will resolve that, but the existing problem which I dont know how to try to resolve is the chair back. Apparently unlike many recliners the back doesnt recline in unison with for rest. It independently goes back by the person in chair pushing back using a combined core muscle strength while pushing on arm rests. Neither of which my 87 year old father has strength in. However since currently I am always in there as i must pull the lever for him, i then push the chair back. But when i check on him i notice it is up again as it slowly rises up if he wiggles or moves about like when he adjusts his body. I dont know what I can do to fix this. I can review better to overall chair longevity if it makes it past 6 months with no complications, so I will be back then!