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Rorey

(8,445 posts)
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 08:13 PM Apr 2021

Recliner handle broke

Last edited Thu Apr 8, 2021, 09:45 PM - Edit history (1)

On Tuesday night I sat down to be my usual lazy-ass self, and when I tried to recline my recliner sofa the handle just broke right off. I took it off and saw what the problem was, and found a replacement on that one online shopping place. It took about 15 minutes to fix, and that's only because I'm me. So just in case this happens to anyone else, don't throw that furniture away! It's a pretty easy fix, and only cost about $10.

As a bonus, I was forced to sit on the other end of the sofa instead of always sitting in the same spot. I always mean to rotate around so my sofa isn't lopsided.

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Rorey

(8,445 posts)
2. I learned that I didn't want an electric one
Thu Apr 8, 2021, 09:45 PM
Apr 2021

My son and his family moved in with me right after I got a divorce a couple of years ago because they were building a new house. I suggested they just bring their furniture because I was getting rid of mine anyway (taint of the ex-husband). It made more sense than putting it all in storage. They had a very nice living room set, all electric.

What I didn't like most was that it takes too long to un-recline, especially when I needed to get up quickly because of the shenanigans of my then two-year-old grandson.

Yeah, a power outage would suck too. I like to keep things simple.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
3. I plugged my power recliner into a UPS (uninteruptable power supply)
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:31 PM
Feb 2022

After I got stuck in it with a fortunately short outage. I got my first power recliner after I had an operation on my right shoulder - the recliner I'd been sleeping in had its lever on the right and I couldn't operate it. (Sleeping in a recliner relieves the pressure on a damaged shoulder).

When I had my knees replaced, I could not push down on the foot part to sit the chair back up so I got a power recliner. Still have it - and inherited the power lift recliner we bought for my Mom. The lift recliner was a life saver after my hernia operation last fall - I could not get up out of bed or the other non-lift recliner due to the amount of work they did on my abdomen.

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