YES!  Finally an extremely comfortable recliner!  The seat is springy and soft.   To recline, all you have to do is thump your torso backwards, which also automatically causes the foot rest to come up.  For those people that like to sprawl sideways across a chair, the arms are low enough to do that, and, the arms are padded.  This recliner is a normal size for an adult so you don't have to worry that you are getting any kind of downsized furniture.  I should say that if you have young children that like to climb on top of furniture, because this is a recliner it would not be the furniture for them to climb on because although the recliner back is supportive in an upright position, it does recline as it is supposed to do if enough pressure is put on the back of the recliner.  But of course, that is a parental supervision/decision situation.  This RECLINER is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!