My husband thanks me every day for buying this chair. He had a lazyboy for 20 years, and he complained all the time about it. It didn't fit him right, it hurt his back because of the overstuffing, and most of all his legs were too short to fit the chair properly. The minute we got this chair set up he sat down and then whooped for joy. His back sighed in relief, and his legs yelled "whoopee". At 6 feet tall he has short legs for his height. The chair sits straighter than his old chair and is sleeker. He really loves it. I try to sneek a sit in it once in a while, because I love it too, but don't usually succeed. By the way, the chair is sturdily built, rare in this age.