Genesis Three Position Lift Chair

About this product

The Genesis is a three position power lift recliner: upright, a comfortable television recline, and a near-flat position for napping.

What three position means

The back and footrest are linked, so they move together through three set positions. That is different from an infinite position chair, where separate motors let them move independently.

For most people, three positions is all they use. You sit upright to eat or talk, recline partway to watch television, and go back further to doze. A chair with infinite adjustment gives you more options, and plenty of owners settle on two or three of them anyway.

The lift is the point

Whatever the recline does, the chair is bought because standing up has become hard. The seat tilts forward and rises, bringing you close to standing so you take your own weight for the last part.

For someone who walks reasonably well but cannot get out of a low chair, that single function is what keeps them in their own living room instead of calling for help a dozen times a day.

When to spend more

Choose an infinite position chair instead if the person sleeps in the chair rather than going to bed, or needs their feet above their heart for leg swelling. Neither is possible on a linked three position chair.

Otherwise this does the job for less.

Size it to the person

Seat depth matters most. Too deep and they cannot get their back against the backrest, so they slide forward and lose the support. Too tall and their feet dangle rather than resting flat.

Height, weight and the distance from the back of the knee to the floor all decide the size. Come in and sit in one, since this is obvious in a minute and impossible from a photograph.

Before delivery

Measure the doorway and the clearance behind the chair, and check there is a power outlet where it will go.

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