We read the reviews on this chair before we made our purchase and still bought 2. They were on sale at the time, so we paid $210.00 each. Now, here’s our review: YES, when the boxes arrived on our front porch, we were apprehensive, how could a full-sized chair fit in THAT box??? And yes, the boxes showed wear and tear from having been shipped over the ocean from China. So, we were understandably nervous about damage to the product inside. But vacuum packaging is a modern miracle I guess, because there was, in fact, a full-sized chair inside that box (careful, that box IS heavy). Now to assembly – the instructions should give you a giggle, and you’ll have to use a little deductive reasoning to work out the English translation, but it is possible to build these things yourself (second person recommended). Please note that the instructions are in the little parts box wedged into the chair base – be careful accessing this box because if you damage the vacuum seal on the cushion wedge in there too – getting that out is akin to birthing a calf. We did significantly better assembling our second chair. All right, now we’ve had these chairs an entire week as of writing this review, and its been a challenging week – huge deadlines at work, a neck and should injury, sciatica – these chairs have seen a lot of use. YES, the “message” feature is just vibrations, albeit with nice variations to mix it up, but it isn’t a Shiatsu chair – but hey, $200 recliner . . . so . . . Alright, to address the size of the chair – I’m not sure what other people expected from a chair in this price range, but I’m a 5’8” woman over 200lbs and I fit in the chair nicely – sometimes I even pull my Belgian Malinois up with me, and at least 2 of my cats sit with me at any given time. AND to my favorite part of this chair – the compartments – now we have a pitbull puppy that thinks EVERYTHING belongs in his mouth. For 10 months I’ve had to keep my TV Remote put up on the fireplace mantle so that he wouldn’t eat it – he’s eaten 2. Not anymore, my remote tucks perfectly away into one of those little pockets on the front of the chair. So does my cell phone, AND now I can charge my cell phone right there, while I’m using it and the chair without a lot of extra cords thanks to the USB charge port on the chair controller. Even my back scratcher is back by my side thanks to the side pockets on this chair. All in all, I think we made a good purchase. If we’d had more money to invest into a pair of recliners then sure, we could’ve probably bought some big fluffy overstuffed pair of chairs with features that felt more luxurious – but honestly, these fit really nice into our space, and we didn’t break the bank buying them. And we’ve YET to fall out of them.
TL;DR: Good chairs for the price, YES, it fits a full sized human being, perfect for people on a budget, have fun assembling