Seatcraft Equinox - Home Theater Seating - Living Room - Italian Leather - Power Recline - Powered Headrest and Lumbar Support - Arm Storage - USB Charging - Cup Holders - Row of 3, Black

First off, the Equinox Home Theater seat looks great. Its appearance gives me the impression of being a hand-crafted, leather seat. The ambient lighting around the base, cup-holders, and control panel (when buttons are pressed) accentuate it very nicely. The whole thing just looks beautiful.It is also amazingly comfortable. My butt sinks very softly into the leather seating. And aside from being able to recline, the lumbar support means my lower back doesn't feel the "gap" behind it I feel in most seats and chairs. I adjust the lumbar where I want it, and I can save its position to memory! The same applies to the headrest. I can easily feel more "upright" while fuly reclined, or completely laid back for a movie nap!Other built-in features I have found immediately useful were the memory button (as mentioned), the USB charging port, and the tray table. Obviously, the USB port is great because I don't have to run a cable to the chair if I'm on one of my devices. And If I choose to use the tray table, I'm able to easily mount it on either the left or right arm-rests. It's a really convenient option for when I have to snack or use a tablet. A feature I had added to the chair was the SoundShaker.I love watching movies, either on DVD or Netflix. And after a binge-watching session this last weekend, I found watching movies much more immersive--especially with the SoundShaker. Feeling like the room is alive with the reactions of what happens on-screen really draws you into the experience. Interestingly, the SoundShaker did not seem to affect the couch next to my seat. I also do a lot of gaming. This is a serious upgrade from my old gaming chair!

Update and upgrade to 5 stars.Within an hour of reporting chair malfunction the seller shipped a replacement chair. Angela from customer service called me, I didn't have to call them, and got the ball rolling on the replacement. 30 minutes after Angela called, Lynn, the customer service manager called to help out as well. Great customer service.The new chair works great, is good quality and most importantly is comfortable. If you have leg, hip, back or neck problems this chair is great. Nice to have your favorite sitting position set to the chairs memory, just push one button and you are good to go.-------Nice, comfortable chair. Arrived in good condition but missing directions and 1 cup holder liner. Was able to put together pretty easily even without directions, only 2 marked wires to connect, chair back pops right in place. Was really liking the chair. Worked well for first 2 nights, then it stuck in open position. The headrest and lumbar still work but can't close the darn chair. Can't find any loose or disconnected wires. Kinda hard to climb out of when it's locked in full recline. Would have given it full stars before it died, now I'm going have to get it fixed or return it.

So loud! These recliners have screeched whenever we operate them from the moment we bought them! We have tried powder, oil, silicone....it's awful! I would throw them in the garbage, but my wife is willing to put up with the noise. We actually have to pause the tv when we want to raise or lower the chairs because we cannot hear anything during that time.

Buying online is a little risky, because you can't actually feel the material. This is my second online recliner, as I immediately returned the last one I bought. I decided to risk it one more time, and I'm not disappointed at all. However, from the pics, I was expecting buttery-soft leather, which it's not. It's a tough leather, like what you'd expect when looking at high-quality, real leather recliners. I'm probably a novice when it comes to knowing about leather, and all the different ways it can be finished, but I can tell that this leather is going to last a lifetime. Speaking of quality, this chair is rock-solid! I broke my last recliner, but I'm confident the Equinox will handle lots of abuse.One of the things that I thought could use a little design improvement, are the LED lights.- should have a separate switch to turn off the base light- should have a dimmer for the lightsThe base light is really bright! In my theater room, it would certainly be bright enough to throw off the colors on my projector screen. I've read posts about people adding a dimming cover, sold separately. I think that's a bandaid on the problem. I ended up cutting the zip ties holding the LED rope light on the bottom of the chair, flipping the rope to the other side of the bar it was on, then zip tyjng it in place. Made a huge difference, and it just took a couple minutes! Look through the pics to see how I did it, and the results.One other little gripe I have is the SoundShaker plug. It's set up to accept the proprietary plug from the matching amp, sold separately. It would've been nice if they added an open-ended plug to connect to an external amp. Intead, I'll have to it and replace the plug with a standard RCA plug, or bare POS/neg wires.Other than that, I'm really happy with this recliner! It's really comfortable, and I imagine the leather will soften over time. The price is actually less than many of the leather Lay-Z-Boy recliners I was looking at, and with way more bells and whistles. On top of all that, it's an absolutely beautiful chair! It looks so good in my living room, and makes everything else in the room look a little more classy! I'm definitely going with a row of these in the theater room, when I'm ready.