Introduction To Swivel Base Recliners And Things To Look Before Purchasing

Due to heavy weight of recliner chairs, the transportation from one place to another or moving a recliner from one room to another room even in same house seems to be a big hassle. With these swivel base, it becomes easier and even your kids can move the chair as per your convenient place. So the same chair can be used at drawing room, study room, lounge room or at any other place without any hard efforts. Let’s discuss about few things you should aware of while buying a recliner with swivel base. 

What’s it? 

Instead of having flat surface base, in swivel based, it is built of circular caster frame with attached small wheel or settings which help you move the chair from one place to another, also known as mobile recliners. Along with the movement of the whole chair, the seating base can be rotate on this circular frame to provide more flexibility in moving your face in any direction circularly. So, two level of rotation is possible. 

What to Look buying Swivel base recliner? 

Circular base should be wide enough and strong 

As the caster frame lifts the total weight of the chair and a person who sits on it, there are more possibilities or chances that the base gets broken early compared to other recliners. In this circumstances, you must need to look on guaranty/warranty comes with different components including the base. The dimension of the circular base should be wide enough, more it will be wider, stronger the base will be. 

Check movement of the backrest 

Due to having swivel base, in certain models, the backrest can’t be pushed as long as it can be pushed in normal recliners. If your objective is to purchase a recliner on which you can recline completely horizontal, you must ensure the movement of backrest on your own and compare it with chair without swivel base. 

Can it be detached later? 

You should check whether it provides flexibility in removing the revolving base or not. If yes, what are the options for replacing fixed base from swivel base? In many cases, customers may wish to remove revolving base and there must be affordable options for its replacement without changing any other component or comfort it provides. Don’t forget to discuss about this with your dealer while purchasing. 

Settings for Footrest and Comfort 

Last and the least, generally, in swivel base customer prefer attached footrest which can be adjusted with the clamp instead of a separated foot stool. Whatever your requirement is and your chosen model, you must ensure good comfort and relaxation in both models.

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