Executive Recline Extra Padded Office Chair (Black PU Leather)

I had an appalling chair for a while so decided to buy this, and I can honestly say that it is a brilliant chair. It is really comfortable and has a lovely look to it, and it's a very good price (I bought it when it said it was in sale, it told me that it would be dispatched in 4 days when it came in stock, some dfs style sale right there) and I'm loving having a chair that supports me properly and gives great comfort. You can put it together by yourself without someone helping, but at the same time you can get to a place without a car, but it makes it an F tonne easier if you have one, but generally the instructions and the assembly is easy. The only negative I've found so far is that the recline feature really isn't great. Not saying it doesn't work, I'm writing this review now at a lovely angel, but it's just not that great as a piece of equipment. When I first put it together I thought the recline was broken ( I dropped the box containing the parts for it and was 90% sure I had ruined it). Turns out it just requires the strength of The Mountain to make it move back, perhaps after a while the piston will get worn in and it will be easy, but pistons are designed to last for years and run in a simple way with nearly no maintenance, so I reckon I'm just gonna have ultimate back muscles in a month or so. It came four days early and it is as good as it promised on here. In a world where computer chairs are priced beyond reason for how cheap and easy they're made, I think this is probably your best bet, would recommend this chair to any one.

If 'completely' satisfied, why 'only' 4 stars for durability? That's me hedging my bets, really, as I've only had the chair for 2 days. I think it is REALLY well made, tho', and cannot foresee any durability issues arising any time soon. Why 'only' 4 for 'support'? Well, 4 is pretty darned good - and it is very comfy and supportive - but there is always room for improvement such as adjustable lumber support etc - ie it ain't 'perfect', but it is lovely... There are LOTS of chairs out there in this price range, and I'm sure many others are equally good, but we ultimately chose this one due to the largely very positive reviews and its aesthetics. We are not disappointed. FEATURES: This chair has a significant advantage over most others in this price range of having an independently reclining backrest which is controlled by a gas ram and operated by the button on the side of the seat base. To operate this, first make sure the WHOLE seat is locked in its upright position (by pressing INWARDS) the height-adjusting lever, then press in the recline button whilst reclining your body back on the backrest - it will move smoothly and remain in whatever position you want when you release the button. (This button operates the gas ram via a cable - it presses on the control button on the end of the gas ram and, if this doesn't work easily - see if that needs adjusting; it's exactly like the cable control on a bike brake lever - you adjust the length of the outer cable. Easy.) To return the backrest, simply lean forward (to remove pressure on the backrest) and press the button - it'll hiss back smoothly... The WHOLE chair can also 'rock' backwards by pulling OUTWARDS the height-adjustment lever, and then you can adjust the tension in that 'rock' - ie how easily it is to lean back and make it 'rock'. You CANNOT lock the whole chair in this recline - it works against spring pressure, so just gives that nice relaxing rocking motion that's so pleasing now and then! Finally there's the height adjustment, again via a gas ram - pull the height-adjustment lever UPWARDS and the chair will smoothly drop if you are sitting on it. Raise yer bum and pull again and it'll smoothly glide back up. ASSEMBLY: No issues at all - it's common sense. The only tool - a hex key - is supplied. One teeny issue was initially trying to align one of the armrest screw holes; the armrest has 2 screws through the seat base, and one in the backrest ('cos it needs to pivot on that one). The screw 'receivers' on the backrest & base are raised round collars so the armrest actually fits neatly over them and locates there before the hex screws are bolted down. I found one side tricky to align at first - when I got the armrest over one collar, the other one was fractionally not lined up and wouldn't fit over. After a few attempts, I tried it the opposite way around; I positioned the other one first - blimey the second one now went on ok. AESTHETICS: Lovely finish to the PU 'leather' - it isn't that nasty shiny heavily-overgrained pseudo-leather plastic at all, but a lovely matt/satin, delicately grained soft finish which looks superb and could easily pass for real leather. Although soft, it also feels nicely thick so I have no worries about durability. All the other components were very solid and very well finished - it really does look like a high quality chair; there is no signs or indications of 'cheapness' at all. Any 'CONS'? Well, it was bought for my mum-in-law who plays on-line Bridge, and - whilst she absolutely loves the chair - she did wish that the backrest could be slightly more vertical so as to still be in contact as she works the keyboard - (she leans forward when 'dealing' cards... :-) ) That has just lit a lightbulb - the bracket for the end of the gas-ram is very easily removed and if I drill a couple of extra holes in it I'll be able to reposition it, say, a quarter or half-inch further towards the back of the seat base - that'll push the backrest forward. It won't matter if it's slightly TOO upright then as - of course - it's adjustable using the side button. Where's my drill...

When I was looking for a chair, I read most of the reviews and questions for a whole heap of them and ended up with this as it ticked all the boxes. So..to answer some of the questions ... 1. Yes.. it does smell a bit, but that's because it's new PU Leather, I'm sure it will fade over time... 2. Assembly instructions could be clearer (see picture) but it was fairly easy, a second pair of hands us useful, but I actually used the chair it was replacing to support it when needed, the most confusing bit is that you have to bolt the back and the seat together as the second step, using the arm rests.. then lean the back forward (beyond upright) to allow you to slot the locking bolt (and split pin) through the piston.. When you put the arms on, you need to make sure the "silver" lugs on the chair are fully recessed into the holes in the arms otherwise the bolts wont fully tighten ... this is actually quite tricky as the bolts are not perfectly aligned, but there near enough with a thump of the palm ... 3. The seat back "button" is relatively firm to push in but works fine. 4. "The Lever" ... This operates the up/down and its like virtually any other chair ... pull up to raise and lower... but the lever does actually move in/out (left/right as you sit) which allows the whole seat to rock (like a rocking chair) ... IN stops it, OUT allows it ... its a very rudimentary operation and does actually feel like its doing nothing ... all its doing is putting a "blocking plate" into the mechanism to stop the rocking. So, now to the chair its self... I am 24st which means I have a big butt and the seat base is ample size which allows my legs to bend naturally at the front.. The seat back has fully variable position so you can set exactly where you want it. Width-wise, again, seems to be ample room to host my ample posterior but the arm rests to just about touch my sides but if I lost a bit of weight would then be fine.. The arm rests could do with being a little longer, I can just about put my elbows on them... As I am sitting on it writing this review, its put my in a fairly good posture and is nice and comfortable right now ... but who knows what will happen over time ... If I remember, I'll come back and edit this review. All I will say is that for £70 (it was on offer when I bought it) ... its very good value and feels more comfortable than my chair at work which cost over £500 Hopefully, this (extended) review will help with your decision but, for now, I have no qualms with this chair, and I hope you dont too.. Thanks for reading.

I've had my eye on this chair for some time and struggled to justify the expenditure when my old chair was... functional. After about 2 years of looking at this chair, my old one finally didn't cut it anymore, the headrest became loose and wobbly, so I threw it out and bought this one instantly. HOO BOY. The first time I sat in it, I was wowed by just how well I fit into this chair. My lower back feels supported for the first time in years and it RECLINES. Praise be to whatever deity or lack thereof you may have, this chair reclines and it does it well. I can and have fallen asleep in this comfortable piece of furniture SO MANY TIMES over the past week or so because it is JUST THAT COMFORTABLE. I love it. I love my chair. Update: Going into the third month of having this chair now. I can confirm that the padding on the arm rests has begun to sag and deflate a little, but this is no major problem and is to be expected. Aside from this, the chair continues to perform perfectly and provide a significantly more comfortable experience compared to my old chair. Still love my chair. Update 2: After nearly 4 years of use, a house move and a global pandemic that saw me using this chair for anywhere up to 24 hours a day at some points, one of the legs finally gave way. The max weight rating for this chair is 250lbs and I am 265 so it's definitely at no fault of the manufacturer. Admittedly, I've been looking at changing up in the last year or so as my mainly-home-based life in a post-covid world could do with a little extra cushioning (I'd basically flattened out the padding in all areas of this chair and had to use additional material to make it comfortable to sit on). So yeah, if you want a chair that is pretty comfy to start with, has full recline functionality and won't actually break for 4 years or so this is definitely worth the £150 price tag.

I thought I'd give this chair a month in use before reviewing it objectively and so far my impressions are mixed. Pros: It looks the business (mine is black pseudo leather). Very nicely designed visually. It's cheap. For a small to medium sized human it's probably quite comfortable. Relatively easy to assemble. Simple adjustment. Bolts etc blister-packed so they don't go adrift & you could easily spot if any are missing. None of mine were. Cons: Now I'm exactly six feet tall and weigh 82 kilos and find the chair quite uncomfortable and unergonomic, lacking virtually any correctly placed lumbar support: I use a cushion to simulate lower back support. Similarly the seat is too short front- to- back adequately to support a six-footer's legs up to the inner knee joint. Frankly it's designed for small people it seems. I also suspect that anyone over 100 kg takes their life into their hands if sitting on it as it feels slightly rickety having my enormous bulk (!) Perched on it. The castors don't simply push in to the legs on assembly as inferred by the instructions: they need to be belted into place with a heavy rubber hammer or similar, as they collapse if you don't: the circlips used are too strong to be compressed by hand pressure. The faux leather fabric seems sturdy enough for someone my weight but I feel it's severely underpadded to be comfortable for anyone who doesn't carry their own ample bodily padding. The complete lack of lumbar support is probably, long term, its worst fault On balance, to use a cliché you get what you pay for and I'll be happy, given the price, if it lasts longer than a year and it looks great in place, so that's the main thing for the occasional user like me.

My biggest anxiety when buying a new office chair is not how comfy it is or how the tilt works - it's how much of a pain will it be to try to assemble. I've had lots of experiences of chairs with missing or ill-formed parts, bits that don't work and especially holes that don't line up so you have to either drill your own or exert huge force to make things line up. But I was so pleased with how easy this chair was to assemble that I logged straight into Amazon to let others know. It took me around 30 minutes working alone. If I'd've appreciated a third hand to hold something upright, I just rested the chair against the box it came on. The instructions, although entirely pictorial, were clearly illustrated and simple to follow. All the parts were present and correct, and easy to identify with no possibility of mixing up screw types. The part labelled "L" was already attached to the chair. The holes in the chair parts lined up perfectly with the holes in the arms (that's a first for me) and the solid screws went smoothly into place. I attached both arms to the base before attaching the back. And just to clarify on a couple of assembly things that could be overlooked: you might wonder which way round to attach the large metal plate to the seat underside - well, see the photo which shows "Front" on both components. I noticed the engraved word after I'd attached the plate but I'd got it right anyway by looking carefully at the picture. And when you finally attach the base to the back using the bolt "M", make sure you align the hole in a way that allows you to insert the cotter pin without the chair back getting in the way. I didn't, but it only took a minute or so to wiggle the bolt out again and put it back in more favourably aligned. The seat does feel very comfy and I expect it to remain so for the extended sitting (full time job) I do at my desk. The chair lifts higher than my old one (hooray) but even at its gratuitously highest setting, which sees my feet one inch off the ground (I'm 5' 9") the chair still just about fits under my desk (which is 75cm from floor to its underside) so I can comfortably reach my keyboard. Even better, I look down at more of an angle at my screen, which helps as I wear vari-focals and had previously needed to tip my head back a bit to see the screen clearly. I ordered the chair at the weekend and it's with me two days later. Great service and I'm really pleased with everything about the chair.

The title says it all, and really, when it comes to an office chair that you spend all day sitting in, all you want is decent quality and a bit of comfort. Not much to ask. But not what I got. It was a pain to assemble -- all the holes seemed to be slightly out of alignment and the assembled chair still feels wobbly, despite the hours of finagling and elbow grease that went into tightening things up. But worse than the slightly uneasy feeling of sitting in a shaky chair is the discomfort of resting my not inconsiderable bones on a thin (and I mean THIN) layer of rock-hard foam, which has no give and provides no support at all. Don't be misled by the picture, which makes the chair look soft and welcoming and plush. It isn't. Not even close. It's hard, uncomfortable and puts me off my work because it's painful to sit in. And as if that wasn't bad enough, it's just poorly made. The stitching of the PU is inferior and part of the seam at the back was coming away when I took it out of the box. Speaking of which, it was so badly packaged that it was obviously a return that had just been stuffed into its original box and shipped out to the next unsuspecting mug (i.e., me). The previous owner had clearly returned it for the same reasons I've mentioned. Frankly, I'm too lazy to return it after all the hassle of putting it together, but I won't be buying anything that bears the names Cherry Tree or Daal's Home again. I'll probably put up with it for a couple of weeks until my legs can stand it no more and then go to a real store and buy something that's properly made, feels sturdy, and is more comfortable than a slab of concrete. What I won't be doing is buying office furniture of any kind from Amazon ever again. Do yourself a favour and give this one a wide berth.

Really do not review many products, but thought this chair deserved a mention after 10 months of heavy use. Firstly it is cheap, but only as in cost and not quality. After 10 months of use during Covid lockdown, usually spending 10 to 12 hours sat in this chair I am really impressed. Pretty easy to assemble, creaks a little now and then, seat feels as though it could do with a little more padding at first (not so much after sitting for a while), some adjustments a little clunky (but they work). Why wait this long to review? Well I don't find reviews by people who have just received a product that helpful and the chair is now showing it's first signs of ageing. Please remember this chair has been extremely heavily used for 10 months. Not only do I spend 8 to 10 hours a day working from it, but it is also my choice position for watching videos and general computing including writing this review. The ageing consists of damage to the chair arms, left arm material is splitting, strangely this is just where it would be damaged if I was careless and accidental tried to push it under the desk. Right arm is showing signs of splitting in the centre of the pad. Of course the fact that I tend to put my elbow at just that point when resting my head on my fist is I'm sure completely coincidental. The rest of the chair is like new. Originally brought this chair because I couldn't find an more expensive one that I was sure about and so went for a cheap option to get by. Now, I am ordering some stick on faux leather to reinforce the arm rests and when it does give up on me will seriously consider replacing it with the same model or an higher grade one from this manufacturer. I think the above makes my opinion clear, but my only other comment would be is make sure to use with an adjustable footrest. I'm a late convert to footrests. If Cherry Tree Furniture wish to offer me preferential terms when I need to replace this chair I would of course accept, so long as it is an offer that stands for several years until I need to retire this chair!

I received the chair today and for the price it is not bad. It is a little difficult to assemble with no written instructions, just pictures like for a child. I ordered the brown one but when I opened the box and unpacked it, it was black. No way was I going to try and repack it to send back. I guess I will just have to live with the wrong color. If the color had been correct I would have given 4 stars.