Sunset Trading Diamond Power Recliner Review 2024

Are you in the market for a new recliner? Have you been frustrated by the relative lack of options available to people who weigh more than three hundred pounds?

You will love what you read in this review if you answered yes to either or both questions.

While Sunset Trading isn’t one of the biggest or best-known names in the furniture world, it has a long history of making world-class furniture and offering stunning designs. Sunset often builds delightful surprises into its furniture and pays exquisite attention to detail, and the Diamond recliner is an excellent example of its work.

It’s not a perfect recliner, but it has so much to offer that it’s easy to overlook its shortcomings. In the following sections, we’ll tell you about this chair, from the good to the bad, so you’ll have all the information you need to decide if this is the recliner you’re looking for—and it may well be! Let’s take a closer look.

Key Features of the Sunset Trading Diamond Recliner

The Sunset Trading Diamond Power Recliner is a one-part recliner and one-part work of art. That’s the first impression the Diamond leaves most people with, and it’s a fair assessment. The chair looks both gorgeous and inviting.

Chair Specifications

However, before we go into further detail, let’s look at the core stats defining the model. Here they are:

There are several things to talk about regarding these numbers. First, this isn’t a super heavy chair. And since it comes in pieces when it arrives at your door (which we’ll talk more about later), it’s not impossible to get it into your house by yourself on the day the chair arrives. That’s good because the company doesn’t offer White Glove service so that the delivery folks will bring it up to the door, but it will be up to you to set it up where you want it.

Second, it supports a generous amount of user weight, which makes it useful to a broader market.

Unfortunately, there are some limitations here. This isn’t an enormous chair; if you’re close to its maximum supported weight, the seat may not be wide enough. Before committing to a purchase, you’ll want to take careful measurements to ensure the chair is a good fit.

The seat height is good, though, and marks the chair as a model built for taller folk. Compared to other recliners with comparable weight limits, it’s not as big, which means that even if you have a smaller home or apartment, it should be possible to find a permanent home for it.

Adjustability and Comfort

This is a power recliner that offers an infinite number of recline positions. Where some power recliners offer a simple remote, the controls here are built into the chair itself, right next to the included USB port, which is handy for keeping your phone charged while relaxing in the chair. With infinite recline possibilities, the Diamond is about as adjustable as it gets.

Comfort-wise, the Sunset Trading Diamond Recliner has a lot to like. The seat features individually wrapped coil springs encased in foam with a generous layer of foam atop these. While it’s not entirely on par with memory foam, this pretty advanced comfort system delivers next-level comfort to anyone sitting in the chair.

The diamond stitching in the seat and seatback is more than simple decoration; it also helps with breathability, getting around one of the biggest problems with leather, PU, and leatherette-upholstered furniture, which is not breathable.

The double-stuffed seatback features a web suspension system for additional support and comfort. Combined with the comfort of the seat cushion, the experience is out of this world.

Unfortunately, the upholstery is a bit underwhelming. It’s a hybrid material, part leather and part PU, which won’t age well or gracefully. It is a bit more durable than standard PU, though, and you can expect that with care, it will hold up for at least two years of heavy use, perhaps up to three if you only use the chair for a few hours a day. After that, you’ll need to think about having the chair reupholstered.

Fortunately, the frame is rock-solid and durable. It will provide you with years of reliable service, so it’s well worth the eventual investment to have the chair reupholstered when the day comes.

Storage & Extras

Besides the USB port, this model’s only “surprise” is the diamond stitching on the seat and seatback, which greatly improves the chair’s breathability. Where most leather chairs make you hot and sweaty in short order, you’ll be cool and comfortable sitting in this chair, even for extended periods, and that’s awesome.

Note that Sunset Trading makes a matching loveseat that is well worth a look (see the company’s brand page above). It includes a hidden storage compartment and a pair of cupholders.

Minor Assembly Required

As we mentioned, this chair will arrive at your door unassembled. The seatback is not attached to the seat itself, but the assembly process is simple. Just slide the seatback onto the clips and lock it into position. That’s all there is to it. It will likely take longer to get the chair out of the box than to put it together.

Pros and Cons of Sunset Trading Diamond Power Recliner

We like almost everything about this chair. In our view, its two shortcomings are these:

First, the upholstery is a bit underwhelming. The company makes a deluxe accent chair with much better and more robust upholstery, and we’d love to have seen that adopted here. Sadly, that was not meant to be.

We understand why. Adding deluxe upholstery to this modestly priced chair would have dramatically increased the price, and the company wanted to offer a chair that mere mortals could afford.

Second, for a company known for offering extras and other surprises, we were disappointed only to find two provided here. Again, we understand. The more extras offered, the more expensive the chair, but we were disappointed.

We don’t regard either of these as deal-breakers, and the chair’s positive aspects outweigh them by a wide margin.

Sunset Trading Diamond Power Recliner Review Conclusion

We love the Sunset Trading Diamond Power Recliner. In our view, it’s one of the best high-weight capacity recliners on the market today. Assuming the seat width isn’t an issue, you’ll love it. We highly recommend it.

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References & Resources

• Sunset Trading, Official Brand Website.
• Leatherette vs. Leather: What’s The Difference?, Soho Concept.
• Why You Need a Recliner Chair, Hostal Larroyo Inc.
• How to Choose and Maintain the Best Type of Leather Upholstery, New Hampshire Home.