Love it!  Unlike many other reclining sets these are easily closed from the sitting position! We've had ones that I had to stand up and kick the footrest into the closet position.  The entire set closed easily from the sitting position.  The only negative is when you're sitting in the upright position with the footrest up it is not locked in place.  When my dogs jump up to sit with me the first one is OK but the second dog pushes the footrest down.  It does lock in play when fully reclined.