The chair broke after a week. My mother placed the control into the built in side pocket while bringing the chair up to assist her getting up and off.  The control got stuck between the pocket sides and didn't stop raising the chair up. The chair raised up to the maximum lift, and the power wires, (which are extremely thin) stretched and broke the chair in it's highest lift. We had to have it repaired. It is a smaller sized chair, which we wanted, and the arm rest are very narrow about 3 inches. The leather "like" exterior cloth is thin.