I bought two of these chairs to replace the old recliners that my son had for about 5 years. He uses them to play video games. We tried bean bag chairs but they go flat right away. I thought that he might be to big for them he is a tall & big  boy, he is 7 and is about 90lbs and this chair still works great for him and he should be able to use it for awhile. Also, he loves the cup holder he didn't have that last time.