We just unpacked and put it together yesterday and my husband slept in it the first night - he loves it. He is suffering chronic back and leg pain, so the lift assist was an important reason to choose this one. The chair is very soft and comfortable, and back and footrest mechanisms work great. The motor is very quiet. My husband is 6 foot 2 and 200+ pounds, so I wanted to make sure it wouldn't be too small or narrow - this is perfect. As long as it holds up well we will be very happy with this purchase.  It is true that the instructions are a little vague - the assembly was fairly simple but hard to figure out from the directions. It took about half an hour but would have gone faster if they hadn't left out some important information in the instructions.