CHITA Fabric Reclining Swivel Chair with Adjustable Headrest and Ottoman for Living Room, White (Multi-Colored)

I was intrigued by this recliner and initially hesitated to purchase it. It didn't look like every other recliner out there, but we needed a minimal size and we loved the mid-century modern styling. Similar looking chairs from that time period are thousands of dollars, and they don't have the same recliner function. We took a chance, and ordered it. It came in two boxes, but came with clear instructions for assembly. I put it together after unpacking in just a couple of minutes with the included Allen wrench. I easily carried this up from our garage out of the box without straining, and I am only a couple of years away from 70. It is substantial but not overly heavy. It is a firm sit, but incredibly comfortable. We ordered the black leather and it feels like quality leather, not thin. It is a true black color and matches the accents around our living room. The headrest adjusts up and down and tilts. I am 6'1" and weigh 240 pounds and had no difficulty relaxing. It lays back quite far, farther than I expected, but it is smooth and noiseless. It will twist when you get out and then rotate back to its original position. My wife is 5'4" and weighs about 125 pounds and loves it as well. It is stylish and comfortable, and incredibly well-crafted. Classy. I should not have hesitated ordering this.

I'm sure there are many kinds of customers with many kinds of needs and preferences for a recliner, or in my case, for a dedicated A/V room chair. So, first let me explain mine... This is replacing a 30+ year old Danish recliner for which the top grain leather surfaces were still in very good condition, but the mechanicals have been steadily declining over the past few years. The CHITA recliner caught my eye because of the resemblance to a Coalesse Bob chair (not a recliner) which we used in the lobby of the national HQ of the German semiconductor company I worked for, for 35 years. Those chairs always felt like they were designed just for me, as regards height, support, and comfort. But they are not inexpensive, coming in at about $2900 in the US, and lacking the ability to recline or an ottoman. I am familiar with some Scandinavian made chairs, having shopped around and bought a Stressless for my wife in 2022, but not really being enamored of it. It was close to the Coalesse Bob price, but did recline and has an Ottoman. Just doesn't feel like it was designed for my back and physical structure (6'1", 220lb, into walking, hiking, and working with heavy power tools- same jeans size for 4-5 decades, and I'm in my mid 70's) I do a lot of wood working and mechanical prototyping for a small outfit back East (I'm in Idaho) so even things like the basic chair structure with steamed folded high density plywood caught my eye- including the use of high density felt damper pads as primary contact points after one inserts and tightens the mounting screws. I did cheat a little, and though I used the supplied Allen head wrenches to start the bolts into the threaded inserts, I finished up with my own DeWalt mm Hex wrench tool. My opinion is that whoever developed this chair is either clairvoyant, or an SME. (Subject Matter Expert). Let me explain why, from my viewpoint. * Very high quality self centering swivel bearings on the chair and ottoman. Almost no effort to rotate the chair side to side, (unlike every other Danish style recliner I've bought) and it smoothly, (not to fast, not too slow) returns to the centered position after you get up. * Excellent design of seating surfaces and support (for me, anyway)- I've had major back surgery decades ago, functionally I'm fine, but some chairs or seats bug me- for example, my Toyota FJ Cruiser is fine for 600 mile drives, but my wife's seats in her Lexus RX350 just cannot be adjusted to provide the right support for either me or her for long drives. Firm, where it needs to be. Again, feels a lot like my memory of the Coalesse chairs, in the upright position. * Additionally, high quality top grain leather, in what I call an old school weight and style similar to my 3 decades plus recliner that I had to retire, though the leather surfaces were still fine. * VERY good recliner functionality- a simple pull up lever on the right to release the lock, very easy to move into position, and release the lever and the back stays where you put it until you pull it up again. Reclines far enough to make naps comfortable for me. (Mind you, I'm not the princess and the pea sort) * Easy to adjust headrest (well, for me, much easier than the other newer more expensive recliners we have), with adequate height range and three angle positions. Any drawbacks? Well, since it seems designed to work so well for me, it would not work well for my 45 yo nephew- Why? well, the seating area on most recliners is of a general size to accommodate a wide range of folks of different sizes and degrees of adipose. Most recliners have a seating area 24" wide. The CHITA Elvin (its official name in most markets, though not used in the Amazon listing) has a seating area width of 18". Some folks may undoubtedly say, "Well, what do you expect, made in Vietnam (Asia), for small people, right". Well, I'm not a small person. But my proportions are obviously much different from my 45 year old nephew who is about 5" shorter and 60-70 lb heavier. So, this chair may not be a good fit (or possibly even a feasible fit) for him. But me, I'm totally charmed with the operational characteristics, the comfort, the rock solid physicality (no wobble or tilt getting into it) - maybe you could say this is an engineer's recliner. Oh, given it is well constructed, it is heavy, but that comes with the territory.

4 chairs purchased over two years. I loved the first two so much that when purchasing a new home I ordered two more. I prefer them to fixed living room chairs/bulky recliners because of the reclining feature and upscale feel without over filling the space with unnecessary stuffing and framing. They swivel and move back to their fixed positions which works for me so there’s no resetting the room to order. Leather is nice and does not mar easily. Heavy base and wood features add to quality feel. Nice clean functional piece of furniture that doesn’t swallow the room with its presence. Amazing comfortable piece for small spaces especially or fill a room without bulk.

This is a pretty heavy-duty leather and wood chair that is a nice design and, so far, seems well built. Pretty comfortable to sit in for long periods of time. My second shipping box (with the top parts of the chair and ottoman) arrived badly beaten up with very slightly dented leather. Customer service was quick and remedied my situation. A couple of things that I really wish were different about this chair and ottoman: 1. Both the chair and ottoman rotate, but have fixed resting positions. If you swing either, they will swing back to this resting position. I like this feature except that they are both heavy (a good thing from a build perspective) and getting the two to line up is a bit of work. You can't line them up by rotating the upper parts, only by getting on the floor and rotating the bases. It's a bit of a challenge (especially on carpet) and I don't know what a good solution for this might be. 2. The headrest is adjustable in two directions: front-to-back and up-down. Good thing right? It could have been. The front-to-back works fine when you understand how it works. The up-down is designed a little bit like a car headrest without, however, the option to lock it in place. And it really doesn't have enough snap to hold itself in place. If it's raised and you put any kind of pressure on it it will push down and usually at a random angle. Pretty irritating. All-in-all it's a good chair for a decent price. Not sure that I'd purchase it again though given my time with it so far.

This chair and ottoman are so beautiful! A modern take on the Eames chair (as mentioned in another review) and, imo, more comfortable. It sits a tiny bit higher and makes getting in and out easier. it goes perfectly with our Thomasville bent wood dining chairs from years ago and blends with our decor. We found it sits comfortably. Note: This is not your Grandma’s Overstuffed Recliner!! Steer clear if that is what you are looking for. This one is firm and seems like there is lumbar support in the way the cushions are filled. It has a swivel that returns to original position and leather that feels like butter. It looks beautiful from every angle and isn’t cheap and flimsy, but well made, sturdy and heavy. Be aware that this comes in two very very heavy boxes!! The packaging seems like it goes on forever when you are unpacking things, especially the bases. In spite of a damaged box, the chair was so well packed that there were no marks or dings. But, be prepared to have help bringing it into your place and having someone hold the base, at least on the chair, while you screw it on. For the record, we had no trouble screwing this together. The hardware, including the Allen Wrench, were attached to the chair wrap and easy to find as they are on a red ribbon in a red plastic bag. I can see where it might be missed among all the other packaging, so just be aware. So if modern is your style, buy this chair now.

Received my chair 8 days ago (Oct 12) , just right now (Oct 20) I tried to set it up and the bolts for the chair are missing. Separate bag for the ottoman were there for the chair nothing. The last thing I wanted was to write a review like this after spending $1000, but after that much money a bag of bolts should not be overlooked, unacceptable in my eyes, should've included a spare bag in the other box just so this never happens. And I did read some other people had the same issue. Not for this price, unacceptable. I'll update the review once I can actually sit in it. For now 2 stars mainly because I can tell the build quality seems really good. Leather feels and smells premium and seems like it will be comfortable, but I wouldn't know because I'm missing 4 tiny cheap bolts!!!!! And yes I did want to just go and get the 4 m6 bolts and not even worry about any of this , but they specifically said not to do that on the instructions and to contact them immediately so here I am. Sitting on the ottoman writing this dumb review. I'll update the rest of the review once I get the bolts from CHITA and hopefully very very soon. This little thing is comfortable but I think it was meant for my legs not my butt Update 10/23 I ended up buying correct length screws and washers and just installed it. Chita replied quickly they said they're out of stock at the moment but they will send them to me ASAP. They replied the next morning. I still want to use the correct ones provided by chita but they're still the same bolts don't see it being an issue for a week or so. The chair is amazing. Very comfortable. First thing I do when I get home is just plant my butt there for a few minutes to enjoy it. It's that good. Leather smells amazing. Build quality is top notch. The back support raising lowering handle is very well made, made from metal and feels very good to press. Back sopport raises and lowers very smoothly not too fast. And just yesterday I realized not only can you raise and lower the separate head support, but there a way to adjust it backwards / forwards in 3 different positions. That was a pleasant surprise. Overall highly recommend it. Thinking of buying another one but I want to see how well it holds up for a few months. I'm a relatively big guy at 240lb so I should be able to see if there's any issues relatively soon. Good job Chita. Don't forget the parts next time. This is a $1000 product.

I was so worried about buying this chair, with all the people complaining about bolts too short and impossible-to-get-off labels... but everything was fine. No issues with unpacking or assembly, which I did myself (although the base is quite heavy: try and rest the chair on something that will keep the bottom level when you put the bolts in). The labels are not visible after assembly, so I just left them on. If I want to try and get them off later, Chita sent me some very detailed instructions on techniques to try (great customer service). But the chair! OMG, the chair! I sat down in it just to see if I had it in the right place, and I did *not* want to get up again. I sat there for quite some time, just luxuriating in the comfort of it. All the adjustments are easy (including the headrest), but there's not much to do to get it perfect. I felt just like the pony-tail guy in the video! What's especially impressive is that it provides good lower back support no matter how far back you recline. It feels comfortable in every position (I'm 6'0"). As for the looks, if you're a fan of this kind of modern style, it's absolutely gorgeous. The leather is superb (take it from me, I used to be an upper cutter in a shoe factory), and the craftsmanship is excellent. I'm glad I clicked the button and bought it.

Updated after 1 month!!! We had a heck of a time putting the base on the chair. The curve of the base is not consistent with the curve of the chair bottom. We ended up taking the felt pads all the way off because we couldn’t even use clams to get the nuts on. Even after taking the felt pads completely off, we had to clamp the base down to get one twist on the thread. If I was alone, I would have never gotten this chair put together. I wonder how the noise of the chair will be impacted by not having the felt barrier between the metal and wood pieces. Time will tell! The chair seems like decent quality and will hold up for a few years, but this won’t be a lifetime leather furniture piece. Update: reclines the chair one time. Now it won’t go back to an upright position. The entire reason I chose this chair over others is the ability to recline. Terrible. I’m extremely disappointed in the quality of chair O received. Also, I’m a 5’5 petite female and the chair fits me. Any bigger of a person would not like this chair AT ALL! Chita, what can you do to fix this??? 2nd update: customer service reached out and offered $100 and for me to keep the chair. Suggested I give it to some in need….very odd. I didn’t spend almost $1,000 to donate it. They then offered me 40% refund. I asked for a replacement chair and they said they were worried that if the sent a replacement the same issue would happen… if that is a concern, this product is not ready to be sold. Finally they gave me $100 and are sending a replacement “chair body”. Hope that means a new chair… I couldn’t get a clear answer from the representative that clearly did not speak well enough English to be replying.