CHITA Genuine Leather Reclining Swivel Accent Chair with Ottoman, Black | Eames Swivel Chair with Adjustable Backrest and Headrest for living Room & Office, 34.3"Dx31.1"Wx39.4"H, 350 Lbs Capacity

I was intrigued by this recliner and initially hesitated to purchase it. It didn't look like every other recliner out there, but we needed a minimal size and we loved the mid-century modern styling. Similar looking chairs from that time period are thousands of dollars, and they don't have the same recliner function. We took a chance, and ordered it. It came in two boxes, but came with clear instructions for assembly. I put it together after unpacking in just a couple of minutes with the included Allen wrench. I easily carried this up from our garage out of the box without straining, and I am only a couple of years away from 70. It is substantial but not overly heavy. It is a firm sit, but incredibly comfortable. We ordered the black leather and it feels like quality leather, not thin. It is a true black color and matches the accents around our living room. The headrest adjusts up and down and tilts. I am 6'1" and weigh 240 pounds and had no difficulty relaxing. It lays back quite far, farther than I expected, but it is smooth and noiseless. It will twist when you get out and then rotate back to its original position. My wife is 5'4" and weighs about 125 pounds and loves it as well. It is stylish and comfortable, and incredibly well-crafted. Classy. I should not have hesitated ordering this.

I'm sure there are many kinds of customers with many kinds of needs and preferences for a recliner, or in my case, for a dedicated A/V room chair. So, first let me explain mine... This is replacing a 30+ year old Danish recliner for which the top grain leather surfaces were still in very good condition, but the mechanicals have been steadily declining over the past few years. The CHITA recliner caught my eye because of the resemblance to a Coalesse Bob chair (not a recliner) which we used in the lobby of the national HQ of the German semiconductor company I worked for, for 35 years. Those chairs always felt like they were designed just for me, as regards height, support, and comfort. But they are not inexpensive, coming in at about $2900 in the US, and lacking the ability to recline or an ottoman. I am familiar with some Scandinavian made chairs, having shopped around and bought a Stressless for my wife in 2022, but not really being enamored of it. It was close to the Coalesse Bob price, but did recline and has an Ottoman. Just doesn't feel like it was designed for my back and physical structure (6'1", 220lb, into walking, hiking, and working with heavy power tools- same jeans size for 4-5 decades, and I'm in my mid 70's) I do a lot of wood working and mechanical prototyping for a small outfit back East (I'm in Idaho) so even things like the basic chair structure with steamed folded high density plywood caught my eye- including the use of high density felt damper pads as primary contact points after one inserts and tightens the mounting screws. I did cheat a little, and though I used the supplied Allen head wrenches to start the bolts into the threaded inserts, I finished up with my own DeWalt mm Hex wrench tool. My opinion is that whoever developed this chair is either clairvoyant, or an SME. (Subject Matter Expert). Let me explain why, from my viewpoint. * Very high quality self centering swivel bearings on the chair and ottoman. Almost no effort to rotate the chair side to side, (unlike every other Danish style recliner I've bought) and it smoothly, (not to fast, not too slow) returns to the centered position after you get up. * Excellent design of seating surfaces and support (for me, anyway)- I've had major back surgery decades ago, functionally I'm fine, but some chairs or seats bug me- for example, my Toyota FJ Cruiser is fine for 600 mile drives, but my wife's seats in her Lexus RX350 just cannot be adjusted to provide the right support for either me or her for long drives. Firm, where it needs to be. Again, feels a lot like my memory of the Coalesse chairs, in the upright position. * Additionally, high quality top grain leather, in what I call an old school weight and style similar to my 3 decades plus recliner that I had to retire, though the leather surfaces were still fine. * VERY good recliner functionality- a simple pull up lever on the right to release the lock, very easy to move into position, and release the lever and the back stays where you put it until you pull it up again. Reclines far enough to make naps comfortable for me. (Mind you, I'm not the princess and the pea sort) * Easy to adjust headrest (well, for me, much easier than the other newer more expensive recliners we have), with adequate height range and three angle positions. Any drawbacks? Well, since it seems designed to work so well for me, it would not work well for my 45 yo nephew- Why? well, the seating area on most recliners is of a general size to accommodate a wide range of folks of different sizes and degrees of adipose. Most recliners have a seating area 24" wide. The CHITA Elvin (its official name in most markets, though not used in the Amazon listing) has a seating area width of 18". Some folks may undoubtedly say, "Well, what do you expect, made in Vietnam (Asia), for small people, right". Well, I'm not a small person. But my proportions are obviously much different from my 45 year old nephew who is about 5" shorter and 60-70 lb heavier. So, this chair may not be a good fit (or possibly even a feasible fit) for him. But me, I'm totally charmed with the operational characteristics, the comfort, the rock solid physicality (no wobble or tilt getting into it) - maybe you could say this is an engineer's recliner. Oh, given it is well constructed, it is heavy, but that comes with the territory.

This is a pretty heavy-duty leather and wood chair that is a nice design and, so far, seems well built. Pretty comfortable to sit in for long periods of time. My second shipping box (with the top parts of the chair and ottoman) arrived badly beaten up with very slightly dented leather. Customer service was quick and remedied my situation. A couple of things that I really wish were different about this chair and ottoman: 1. Both the chair and ottoman rotate, but have fixed resting positions. If you swing either, they will swing back to this resting position. I like this feature except that they are both heavy (a good thing from a build perspective) and getting the two to line up is a bit of work. You can't line them up by rotating the upper parts, only by getting on the floor and rotating the bases. It's a bit of a challenge (especially on carpet) and I don't know what a good solution for this might be. 2. The headrest is adjustable in two directions: front-to-back and up-down. Good thing right? It could have been. The front-to-back works fine when you understand how it works. The up-down is designed a little bit like a car headrest without, however, the option to lock it in place. And it really doesn't have enough snap to hold itself in place. If it's raised and you put any kind of pressure on it it will push down and usually at a random angle. Pretty irritating. All-in-all it's a good chair for a decent price. Not sure that I'd purchase it again though given my time with it so far.

I read lots of reviews and decided to buy one for myself and one for my husband. I have cervical stenosis, cervical arthritis and Degenerative Disc Disease so I needed a chair that was supportive in all the right places and this chair hits the mark for me. It is a firm chair but is exactly what helps alleviate a lot of my pain. I especially like that it has adjustments for the headrest, I find it to be one of the most important features for my comfort. It also has great lumbar support and hugs your body well I’m all the right places. The ottoman makes it possible to recline all the way with feet up and you can watch tv comfortably or rest. It also is very well made. It’s a very sturdy chair and the leather is very soft and high end looking. I had no issues with assembly, was extremely easy. I just turned it over the edge of my couch to hold the weight and was able to install the bottom legs. I felt the price was very fair considering I got two chairs for what I might have paid for one of similar style. I’d recommend it and I definitely don’t have any regrets with my purchase.

I recently saw a video which strongly recommended this product because it offers some key features that more expensive chairs don't have. The short of it is that the chair is decent. It has good comfort and support for an average sized person, and the recline/tilt function works well. The bases to both the chair and ottoman are quite heavy, so you may require two people to put it together. Once assembled, it feels sturdy and secure. When the product arrived, the boxes were in good shape. It definitely requires two average people to carry as it's quite heavy, and the shape requires some pivot skills to get through narrow spaces. Once I unboxed the chair parts, I found like many other reviewers have mentioned, the bolts were not at the correct length or angle to attach to the base. I attached a photo of how the bolts are secured to this review, and when you look closer it makes a lot of sense. This is a very cheap way to accomplish what they are looking for, and it's also relatively fragile and prone to failure. The customer support team responded in a timely manner and offered to replace the body parcel at no cost. A few days later, an entire replacement box showed up including the chair body, headrest and ottoman. The replacement chair body was not defective, so I was able to put together my chair. I'm giving this product 3 stars for a few reasons. The first reason is that I find the full price of $1,100 a bit expensive for the chair. When you look closer, I think it's easier to understand. The aforementioned attachment bolts are very crudely secured. The grommets for the head rest on both of my bodies are about 1" away from the insert to place the head rest which requires straining the leather. I find the chair itself to be comfortable, but I have doubts it will last for much more than 3 years with regular use. I had a positive customer support experience which resolved my issue, but the replacement box also included a headrest and ottoman body which did not need replacing. This was extremely wasteful and it was recommended to "feel free to keep and dispose of it yourself". Finally, I feel that the packaging appears to be sturdy on the outside, but body pieces have minimal protection and the bolts have just a little hard styrofoam to protect them from impact during transit. I've had the chair for about two weeks and I am already planning on saving for a replacement a few years down the line.

I've had this chair for a month now, so I feel I can give it a balanced review, and I love it! It's really comfortable and I think it looks great. The leather feels high quality (I'm no expert on leather so that's just my subjective opinion) and the teal color and overall 'mid-century modern' vibe works for me. As far as comfort goes the recline mechanism and the headrest adjustment work well to transition between upright sitting and a more relaced angle. The leg rest "ottoman" is great when the chair angle is back a little. I suspect some people might want to add a thin lumbar support cushion but personally don't need to Assembly was easy but it was a little confusing that there were two deliveries - the first was both bases and the second the chair and ottoman bodies. Some hardware (bolts/screws) was included with the first delivery but it turned out it was replaced by newer hardware in the second delivery. I worked with vendor support through email and phone to resolve the confusion about that quickly. The first delivery box (containing the metal bases) was slightly damaged but there was no damage to the contents except a small scratch on a rubber bumper that wasn't enough to complain about (it's not visible in use), but the vendor should maybe think about beefing up their packaging a little.

Updated after 1 month!!! We had a heck of a time putting the base on the chair. The curve of the base is not consistent with the curve of the chair bottom. We ended up taking the felt pads all the way off because we couldn’t even use clams to get the nuts on. Even after taking the felt pads completely off, we had to clamp the base down to get one twist on the thread. If I was alone, I would have never gotten this chair put together. I wonder how the noise of the chair will be impacted by not having the felt barrier between the metal and wood pieces. Time will tell! The chair seems like decent quality and will hold up for a few years, but this won’t be a lifetime leather furniture piece. Update: reclines the chair one time. Now it won’t go back to an upright position. The entire reason I chose this chair over others is the ability to recline. Terrible. I’m extremely disappointed in the quality of chair O received. Also, I’m a 5’5 petite female and the chair fits me. Any bigger of a person would not like this chair AT ALL! Chita, what can you do to fix this??? 2nd update: customer service reached out and offered $100 and for me to keep the chair. Suggested I give it to some in need….very odd. I didn’t spend almost $1,000 to donate it. They then offered me 40% refund. I asked for a replacement chair and they said they were worried that if the sent a replacement the same issue would happen… if that is a concern, this product is not ready to be sold. Finally they gave me $100 and are sending a replacement “chair body”. Hope that means a new chair… I couldn’t get a clear answer from the representative that clearly did not speak well enough English to be replying.

This chair arrived within 3 days of my order. Was a bit nervous because of the price, but the reviews were very good. Lots of packaging to keep it safe, so I spent an hour or two carefully unpacking it and setting it up. Then I sat in it. Well it fits my 6-ft 215-lb male body just right. Great back support including lumbar area. Excellent adjustable head and neck support. Being able to lean back, stay at one position, put my feet upon the ottoman all added up to my spending about 3 hours in this chair on Day 1. And this was on a day with my normal obligations to my job and family, etc. I can easily imagine a winter nap in this chair. The leather seems strong and the construction is very sturdy. A lever managed with my right hand functions very well. The chair locks into my chosen position, and then is easily released and the chair returns to its normal position. The headrest offers several positions as well, and the ottoman is mildly slanted, so you can choose which way you prefer it. The only “con” I found so far was that they taped some foam around the stem of the leg support, and with today’s modern super-strong tape, and I had to use a knife to release it, which resulted in some minor scratches of the stem, which is mostly hidden anyway so it’s pretty irrelevant. Ironic, as the purpose of the foam wrap was to protect the stem. In future I hope they figure out a protective wrap that could be removed with the hand alone. That is a pretty minor thing, for a chair that seems excellent. The butterscotch color is nice. I didn’t want the severity of black. If they had offered a coffee.or chestnut color I would have.chosen that, but the butterscotch color is warm anc light, so I’m happy with it. Assembly instructions were superb, with unusually excellent drawings for guidance. Someone suggested 2 people would be needed for assembly, but I accomplished it by myself, using the styrofoam packing pieces to prop up the chair as I carefully screwed the feet onto it. It feels very sturdy and also very soft and comfortable. It seems to just absorb me into its comfortable support. I love it. Well worth the price.

What a great chair!! Super solidly built with great real leather (not a fan of PU fake). Wickedly comfortable with supportive cushioning, not that super soft garbage that contributes to back problems. Feels very ergonomic with excellent back support. Excellent simple mechanical (hate power, never understood the need) mechanism for recline. I have a Stressless Ekornes as well and this one comes very very close in quality for 1/2 the price. I say go for it!

I waited a little while before writing this review because our house was still under construction when the chair arrived, and I wanted to set it up properly before sharing my thoughts. Assembly was simple and didn’t take long. The fabric looks very nice and feels durable, and the chair itself is very comfortable for relaxing. The ottoman makes it even more enjoyable to sit in. I had previously ordered two recliners from the same company, and this chair matches them very well. Overall, I’m very happy with this purchase.

Love the chair....it does have a factory charcoal type of smell. It will fade in time I hope. It would have gotten a 5 star if the armrest were a bit higher. I am 5'4" and find them too low. But I do love the seating and the ottoman and the fact that they both return to it's original position when you get up :)

Love this chair! Well built, looks amazing, comfortable and easy to install. At this price, I doubt you’ll find better.

Great chair, very comfortable and sturdy.