Best brand of recliner chairs

Cummins12V98 wrote:
We took the FlexSteel leather recliners and couch out of our 02 Avion Platinum and put in our DRV. 12 years later they still look like new. Very nice soft leather. I have looked at LazyBoys and in my opinion they sure are not the quality that the older ones were.

What is DRV and where do you get them?

I do furniture repair work, among which is recliner repair.

I have a 35 year old La-z-boy. I don't think the models of today are near the quality of the older units.

Hancock and Moore is very good for leather. Bradington-Young is good in general, if you want fabric.

One trouble-prone area is the cable releases, either on the outside arm or between the inside arm and the seat cushion. I buy replacements 20 at a time from the manufacturer. Much better to have a lever or just lean back, IMO.

I take my naps in a Lazy Boy.

We've owned Ekornes (too expensive) and sat in Lambrights (too hard) up in IN. We keep coming back to Lazyboys.

Yesterday, we bought two new Rocker/Recliners for $399.95 on sale at a local furniture store to replace a LB leather loveseat. Leather was more, but we've had the same brown leather and the cat's scratch it and DH wears off the color.

We took the FlexSteel leather recliners and couch out of our 02 Avion Platinum and put in our DRV. 12 years later they still look like new. Very nice soft leather. I have looked at LazyBoys and in my opinion they sure are not the quality that the older ones were.

tsetsaf wrote:
This will be the first time I have ever shopped for a new chair. What are your thoughts on the best brands?

We have learned that buying a recliner is much like buying clothes, you have try it on to see if it fits. We have had many different brands over the years and think that Lazy Boy is one of the best.

Another one that would recommend Ekornes. We have three of them, and found them far more comfortable than the other brands.

We have two BEST recliners we bought years ago to replace our one sofa in the motorhome. We use them daily, as we full time, and they are wearing very well after several years of use to date. They come apart into two pieces like the Lazy boy and were easy to move into the space. I am not a fan of Lazy Boys, having had several. These are actually similar to a particular model of Lazy Boy, but I still find the Lazy Boy uncomfortable. My husband is tall and I am very short, so we had to find something we both were comfortable in and these chairs fit the bill.

Dale

I own a very nice Lazy Boy recliner, but there are much better recliners on the market! Ekornes and Flexsteel are two of them. And if you want really tough, then you want Firestation Outfitters Recliners. Any recliner warranted to hold up for 5 years in any 24 hour manned fire station has to be good:W!!!