Power Lift Recliners

MCombo Power Lift Recliner Review: What It Is Like Day to Day
Lift Chairs

MCombo Power Lift Recliner Review: What It Is Like Day to Day

Nine months in one chair by the front window: what the lift does, what the heat does, and the three things that still bother me.

MCombo Lift Chair vs a Regular Recliner: Which Fits Your Living Room
Lift Chairs

MCombo Lift Chair vs a Regular Recliner: Which Fits Your Living Room

Nine months in a power lift recliner, after fifteen years in a manual one, and the honest list of what each does better.

10 Reasons a Power Lift Recliner Can Make the Chair Corner Easier
Lift Chairs

10 Reasons a Power Lift Recliner Can Make the Chair Corner Easier

Ten practical reasons my chair corner by the window works better now than it did with a manual recliner.

The Chair I Wish I Had Bought Sooner: My MCombo Lift Recliner Story
Lift Chairs

The Chair I Wish I Had Bought Sooner: My MCombo Lift Recliner Story

Darlene Hatcher, 72, on nine months in a power lift recliner, the three things that annoy her, and why she wishes she had stopped rocking and pushing years ago.

How to Choose a Power Lift Recliner for Your Home
Lift Chairs

How to Choose a Power Lift Recliner for Your Home

Five things to settle before you order, from the tape measure on the carpet to the outlet behind the side table.

MCombo Lift Chair Honest Review: The Good and the Annoying
Lift Chairs

MCombo Lift Chair Honest Review: The Good and the Annoying

Nine months in my living room, here is what the MCombo power lift recliner actually does, what it does not do, and the three things that still irritate me.

Recliner Slipcovers

Easy-Going Stretch Recliner Slipcover Review: Fit, Feel and Washing
Recliner Covers

Easy-Going Stretch Recliner Slipcover Review: Fit, Feel and Washing

Eight months, better than ten washes, and one honest problem with a knit cover on a lift chair.

Easy-Going Stretch Slipcover vs a Waterproof Recliner Cover
Chair Covers

Easy-Going Stretch Slipcover vs a Waterproof Recliner Cover

Two covers, two jobs. One is for a chair that needs to look and feel better. The other is for a chair that sees real spills.

10 Reasons a Recliner Slipcover Is Worth Having
Chair Care

10 Reasons a Recliner Slipcover Is Worth Having

Eight months with a washable stretch cover on my lift recliner, and the ten things it has actually done for me.

How a Stretch Slipcover Saved My Favorite Chair From Coffee Spills
Slipcovers

How a Stretch Slipcover Saved My Favorite Chair From Coffee Spills

The chair was three weeks old and the coffee was already on it. Here is what I did about it, what annoyed me, and what I would tell you before you order one.

How to Measure and Fit a Recliner Slipcover Without a Fight
Recliner Care

How to Measure and Fit a Recliner Slipcover Without a Fight

The one number to check before you order, the order to fit the four pieces in, and the part of a lift chair a slipcover can get in the way of.

Easy-Going Recliner Slipcover Honest Review: What I Would Change
Recliner Covers

Easy-Going Recliner Slipcover Honest Review: What I Would Change

Eight months, a dozen washes, and one footrest piece that has never fit right. What I would tell a friend before she orders.

Armchair Caddies

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Review: A Pocket for Everything
Recliner Accessories

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Review: A Pocket for Everything

Seven months on the right arm of a lift recliner, with one honest complaint about the tuck-under flap.

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy vs a Sofa Arm Tray
Comparisons

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy vs a Sofa Arm Tray

One holds the remote, the glasses and the pen. The other holds your coffee. Seven months in one chair taught me which is which.

10 Reasons an Armchair Caddy Belongs on Your Recliner
Recliner Accessories

10 Reasons an Armchair Caddy Belongs on Your Recliner

I lost the TV remote down my recliner four times in one winter. Here is what changed after I hung a five-pocket organizer on the arm.

The Little Armrest Pocket That Ended My Remote Hunt
Around the Chair

The Little Armrest Pocket That Ended My Remote Hunt

A recliner, a remote that kept falling into the gap, and the four-ounce organizer that fixed it. Seven months of daily use, honest annoyances included.

How to Keep the Remote and Glasses in Reach With an Armchair Caddy
Chair Accessories

How to Keep the Remote and Glasses in Reach With an Armchair Caddy

Seven months with an armchair caddy on a lift recliner, plus the five steps that decide whether it stays put on the arm or ends up on the floor.

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Honest Review: Where It Falls Short
Chair Accessories

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Honest Review: Where It Falls Short

Seven months on the right armrest of a lift recliner. What the listing gets right, what it leaves out, and the one thing that bothers me every day.

Lap Desks

LAPGEAR Home Office Lap Desk Review: A Tray for the Recliner
Lap Desks

LAPGEAR Home Office Lap Desk Review: A Tray for the Recliner

Six months of daily use in a lift recliner, with a tablet, a crossword book and a stack of birthday cards I keep meaning to finish.

LAPGEAR Lap Desk vs a Bed Tray With Legs
Lap Desks and Trays

LAPGEAR Lap Desk vs a Bed Tray With Legs

One of these lives on my knees every afternoon. The other I have only handled on a store shelf, and it still wins two rows of the table.

10 Reasons a Lap Desk Works Well in a Recliner
Chair Accessories

10 Reasons a Lap Desk Works Well in a Recliner

What six months of daily use in one recliner taught me about a flat surface, a cushion, and one very stubborn folding TV tray.

The Lap Desk That Turned My Chair Into a Little Office
Chairside Living

The Lap Desk That Turned My Chair Into a Little Office

Six months with a lap desk, a tablet and a crossword book in the chair by the window.

How to Set Up a Lap Desk in Your Recliner
Chair Setup

How to Set Up a Lap Desk in Your Recliner

Five steps for getting a lap desk to sit level and stay put once the footrest goes up, from someone who got it wrong first.

LAPGEAR Lap Desk Honest Review: Pros, Cons and Quirks
Home Office

LAPGEAR Lap Desk Honest Review: Pros, Cons and Quirks

Six months with the LAPGEAR Home Office lap desk on a lift recliner by the front window. What the listing does not say, what the cushions do by late afternoon, and the one job it will never do.

Lumbar Pillows

HOMBYS Lumbar Support Pillow Review: A Cushion for the Recliner
Recliner Accessories

HOMBYS Lumbar Support Pillow Review: A Cushion for the Recliner

Four months of daily use on one lift recliner, by a woman who measures twice and reads the tag on everything.

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow vs a Regular Throw Pillow
Recliner Accessories

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow vs a Regular Throw Pillow

One is built to fill the gap a recliner leaves at your back. The other came off the couch. After four months in the same chair, here is where each one earns its place.

10 Reasons a Lumbar Support Pillow Suits a Recliner
Recliner Comfort

10 Reasons a Lumbar Support Pillow Suits a Recliner

Darlene Hatcher, 72, on four months with a memory foam back cushion in her lift recliner, including the one thing that still annoys her.

The Little Pillow That Changed How I Sit in My Chair
Comfort and Support

The Little Pillow That Changed How I Sit in My Chair

Four months with a memory foam cushion in a lift recliner, including the one thing about it that still bothers me every day.

How to Position a Lumbar Support Pillow in a Recliner
Lumbar Support

How to Position a Lumbar Support Pillow in a Recliner

The gap comes first and the pillow comes second. Five steps, in the order I wish I had done them.

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow Honest Review: What I Liked and Did Not
Comfort and Support

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow Honest Review: What I Liked and Did Not

Four months on the same lift recliner, with the sliding, the softening foam, and the one measurement that decides whether this cushion is right for your chair.

All Reviews

MCombo Power Lift Recliner Review: What It Is Like Day to Day
Lift Chairs

MCombo Power Lift Recliner Review: What It Is Like Day to Day

Nine months in one chair by the front window: what the lift does, what the heat does, and the three things that still bother me.

MCombo Lift Chair Honest Review: The Good and the Annoying
Lift Chairs

MCombo Lift Chair Honest Review: The Good and the Annoying

Nine months in my living room, here is what the MCombo power lift recliner actually does, what it does not do, and the three things that still irritate me.

Easy-Going Stretch Recliner Slipcover Review: Fit, Feel and Washing
Recliner Covers

Easy-Going Stretch Recliner Slipcover Review: Fit, Feel and Washing

Eight months, better than ten washes, and one honest problem with a knit cover on a lift chair.

Easy-Going Recliner Slipcover Honest Review: What I Would Change
Recliner Covers

Easy-Going Recliner Slipcover Honest Review: What I Would Change

Eight months, a dozen washes, and one footrest piece that has never fit right. What I would tell a friend before she orders.

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Review: A Pocket for Everything
Recliner Accessories

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Review: A Pocket for Everything

Seven months on the right arm of a lift recliner, with one honest complaint about the tuck-under flap.

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Honest Review: Where It Falls Short
Chair Accessories

AUVCAS Armchair Caddy Honest Review: Where It Falls Short

Seven months on the right armrest of a lift recliner. What the listing gets right, what it leaves out, and the one thing that bothers me every day.

LAPGEAR Home Office Lap Desk Review: A Tray for the Recliner
Lap Desks

LAPGEAR Home Office Lap Desk Review: A Tray for the Recliner

Six months of daily use in a lift recliner, with a tablet, a crossword book and a stack of birthday cards I keep meaning to finish.

LAPGEAR Lap Desk Honest Review: Pros, Cons and Quirks
Home Office

LAPGEAR Lap Desk Honest Review: Pros, Cons and Quirks

Six months with the LAPGEAR Home Office lap desk on a lift recliner by the front window. What the listing does not say, what the cushions do by late afternoon, and the one job it will never do.

HOMBYS Lumbar Support Pillow Review: A Cushion for the Recliner
Recliner Accessories

HOMBYS Lumbar Support Pillow Review: A Cushion for the Recliner

Four months of daily use on one lift recliner, by a woman who measures twice and reads the tag on everything.

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow Honest Review: What I Liked and Did Not
Comfort and Support

HOMBYS Lumbar Pillow Honest Review: What I Liked and Did Not

Four months on the same lift recliner, with the sliding, the softening foam, and the one measurement that decides whether this cushion is right for your chair.