Lifestyle Power Recliner Review 2025

Are you in the market for a power recliner that can also be used as a sleeper? Are you in good enough health that you don’t require lift functionality? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you’ll be intrigued by what you discover in this review.

Lifestyle isn’t one of the furniture industry’s bigger, more established brands. They’re general merchandisers rather than specialists, so it’s important to understand that this isn’t a world-class chair constructed of premium materials. It’s built with lower-quality parts and not designed to last for the long term.

Even so, if your needs aren’t long-term, the Lifestyle power recliner is a surprisingly good little chair that will serve you well. The design team got the basics right and offered the chair at an attractive price. We were fairly impressed, and we think you will be too.

In the sections that follow, we’ll tell you all about this chair, including its core strength and the areas where it falls short. Let’s take a closer look at it, starting now.

Key Features of The Lifestyle Power Recliner

We’ll start with the obvious—this good-looking recliner will blend in easily with most home décor schemes. It looks comfortable and inviting, and you won’t be disappointed when you sit in it. Granted, it utilizes conventional block foam for padding, so it’s not next-level comfortable, but given the price of the chair, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Chair Specifications

Before moving beyond simple aesthetics, we must examine the core stats that define the model closely. Here are the basics:

This lightly built chair doesn’t weigh a ton or support much user weight. It’s not an excessively large chair; even better, it’s built with space-saving technology incorporated into the design. You’ll only need about 4” – 6” of clearance between the seatback and whatever wall you set the chair near.

That’s good news for people who live in smaller homes or apartments or for anyone for whom space is at a premium. However, given the modest size of the chair and the limited weight it can support, this chair will not be for everyone. You will need a bigger, more robust recliner if you’re taller than 6’ or weigh more than 250 pounds.

Assuming the height and weight limit issues aren’t a problem, you’ll find a lot to like in the design. We’ll discuss the particulars in the next section.

Adjustability & Comfort

As we said in the last section, the Lifestyle Taupe leather recliner utilizes conventional block foam for padding. It’s comfortable, especially given its relatively modest price, but there’s a catch. Block foam tends not to hold its shape very well over time, so if your chair relies heavily on it for padding and you plan on using it for several hours every day, you can expect it to break down after a couple of years of heavy use.

That fact underscores the biggest single limitation of this chair. It’s not built to last. All of its components are relatively low-quality. The motors are made in China, and the frame is lightweight wood, so it can’t support a ton of weight. This is a great chair for what it is, but it’s not a product you can buy today and plan to use for a decade. It’s simply not going to last that long.

Where adjustability is concerned, this is a power recliner, so the electric motors handle the recline function. It’s a standard three-point recliner, so you can choose “Sitting,” “TV,” or “Sleeping” positions. The motor is quiet, and the recline action is smooth, but you don’t have many options.

If you’re looking for something that offers infinite recline positions and allows you fine-grained control over the recline angle, this isn’t the chair you’re looking for. It’s very good at what it does, but what it does is somewhat limited.

The company markets this chair as a “lay flat” model, but that’s overselling it. It lays mostly, but not completely flat. Again, that’s not a deal-breaker because if you’re looking for a recliner to sleep in, then odds are it’s because you find sleeping in your bed challenging, if not impossible, so laying perfectly flat wouldn’t do you much good anyway.

It’s a very good chair for people with conditions like sleep apnea, though, because the seat is flat enough to be comfortable, but the head is elevated sufficiently so that sleeping in the chair is not likely to trigger an attack while sleeping.

Storage & Extras

Another potential limitation is that this chair lacks built-in storage pockets. There’s nowhere to put your favorite books, magazines, or any supplies you may want to keep close at hand while you’re sitting in it.

That’s not a deal-breaker, but storage pockets are pretty easy additions, so we were surprised not to find one present here.

On the flip side, the Lifestyle recliner does have a USB port so you can keep your favorite device charged, which we can almost see as a viable replacement for the lack of a storage pocket, except, of course, that the storage pocket can be used to hold bottles of water and snacks. The USB port might replace the need for reading material storage, but you’ll want a side table near this chair so you’ll have a place for your stuff!

However, one thing to note in this section is the lack of a battery backup system. If you’re in a reclined position and the power goes out, the chair will stay in that position until the power comes back on. If you suffer from a mobility issue, you may find yourself stuck in the chair until someone can help you.

If you don’t have a mobility issue, you’ll still have to clamber out of the chair, which is a bit awkward but more annoying.

Minimal Assembly Required

The Lifestyle power recliner isn’t assembled, but the process is straightforward. All you’ll have to do is attach the seatback to the rest of the chair and plug it in. From start to finish, it should take no more than fifteen to twenty minutes to get the chair ready for first use.

Unfortunately, this company does not offer White Glove service, so if you’d rather not put it together on your own, you’ll want to ensure you’ve got an assistant close at hand on the day the boxes arrive at your doorstep.

Pros & Cons of the Lifestyle Taupe Leather Recliner

As we said at the start, this isn’t a world-class product, but if you’re only looking for something to meet a short-term need, it’s a solid product that will serve you well. It is important, though, to be mindful of the chair’s limitations. In our view, here are the things you’ll like best (and least) about this model:

PROS

CONS

Final Thoughts on Lifestyle Power Recliner 

Overall, we feel that the pros outweigh the cons, making the Lifestyle Power Recliner an above-average product that falls short of greatness. Even so, before you buy this model, you’ll want to ensure it’s a good fit for you and be mindful of its limitations. We provisionally recommend the model.

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References & Resources

• How to Replace the Old Foam in Your Recliner, SFGate.
• Positional Therapy for Snoring and Sleep Apnea, Verywell Health. 
• Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep, Mayo Clinic. 
• 10 Reasons Why Good Sleep Is Important, Healthline.