A little over three years ago I purchased a Stressless Mayfair power recliner. The seat progressively collapsed towards the rear, where it meets the chair back. This caused great pain due to the lack of support. Fortunately the furniture store ordered a new seat. Six weeks and it's still not here. What's worse is fact the chair, as another reviewer noted, has mind of its own. It randomly reclines and it can't be stopped. It has done this even when no one is seated. You have to straddle the leg rest and climb out of the chair, get on your knees and unplug the power cord from the battery to the chair and then plug it back in. You also have to get down on your knees to plug in the converter to the battery to recharge. This chair is literally and figuratively a pain in the butt.

I am an ergonomics specialist and thought that stressless recliners were great at one time, and coupled with their appearance, motivated me to pay two of their recliners along with a sofa, a cost over 10,000 dollars. We sat in the chairs for a short while at the store and they felt good so we bought them. Bad decision, in fact ANY other furniture would have been better. Ergonomically, when reclined, the waterfall from the seat pan cuts off circulation on your legs, then you will get neck and back pain. The foot stool is also terrible, it does not go up or down in height causing the leg and foot to place extra pressure on your thigh and back and neck. If you’re going to sit in their furniture longer than an hour, you’re going to have musculoskeletal problems. Don’t buy this furniture, it is actually nothing more than a poorly functional desk chair. Sit in the chair for an extended time before making your buying decision and then go sit in a different recliner, you’ll see the difference and appreciate the savings from not blowing your money on junk

The chair itself is great yet it has a mind of its own It reclines sometimes when just sitting in it Paid way to Much for It

Very disappointed in the quality of the leather. Doesn't seem to be real leather, as it's peeling, cracking, discoloring. After less than 5 years, the $2800 chair is ready for the dump. Will not buy again.

I reported a part failure on 11th of December and supplied a couple of photos. Ekornes sent two boxes of replacements which arrived this week.. The furniture supplier came out very quickly but it soon became clear that he had had a wasted journey as they were of no use at all. The very pleasant gentleman who came was very apologetic but said that he was not surprised and that Ekhornes were very poor to deal with. I now have to wait for a specialist team to arrange to come to my home to repair it but as it is linked to Ekornes I am not holding my breath. The chair was comfy enough but I would not recommend this particular Norwegian manufacturer to my worst enemy!

The leather loses the colour and quality after a period of only two years. Given that we travel a lot in our retirement we do not use these chairs every day! Also, the padding or foam interior loses its thickness and the overal quality of the stressless chair becomes FLAT and unsightly. Not good performance and the manufacturer, shop and insurance extended warranty does not cover this????. Why pay extra insurance cover when they deny responsibility. Would definitely not recommend this furniture. We looked up the sales advertisements and the USA state comfort for up to 3 hours. The U.K. Do not state this fact. The chairs dip at the back of the seat which means your knees are higher than your hips and can in fact cause back ache.

Extremely disappointed, leather creased after short time and folded over on seats of chairs.followed all procedure to try and rectify, no out come, Starting claim on credit card , section 75.. Do not waste your money on stressless . Poor quality, we even upgraded leather.

We have 2 of the Kensington chairs and a matching Sofa that we have had for 16 years and love them. I joke that my wife can not sit in her chair for more then 15 minutes before she falls asleep. A couple of weeks ago the seat cushion in my chair broke, ( it is a molded piece of foam ) Called Ekornes and they sent me to a local distributor and I gave them a copy of the original receipt from our purchase, then waited. Now I am being told that they don't produce that style any more ??? I was willing to pay for this and now ??? you would think that they still own the molds for this and could build one to keep a loyal customer happy. Is this just to get me to buy a new one ? I am very upset about this and doubt that I will replace it with another Ekornes. If I had been told that parts would go obsolete I would have looked at other options. Now have a chair that is useless.

Received my stress less chair 26/07/17,the chair is comfortable BUT the smell the leather gives off is very unpleasant and it is giving me headaches,I am typing this with my windows open and the smell is not good. I have had a leather sofa and two armchairs before and yes they did smell of leather this does not. As I bought this in a large store the smell was not noticeable, and the salesman made no mention of it smelling different to other leather items or it being so strong, I suppose he just wanted my money. If you have no sense of smell then it might be ok for you but I am regretting buying already. I have sent an e-mail to the supplier and am waiting for a response.

I have been weighting up for sometimes whether to buy the Stressless or other brands, I ended up buying the Stressless Peace Medium recliner due to it's known comfort,quality and workmanship even being pricier than other brands. I selected the Cori leather (same cost as Paloma at the time) on the advice at the store that this leather will hold it's shape better over times, I was also reassured by seeing the same model displayed chair covered in Cori and looked perfect without one single wrinkle or indentation. However, to my big surprise and great dissappointment, less than one week of receiving the chair not mentioning other smaller issues, the chair had a permanent butt indentation, and after 1 month or so there is so much crease on the chair and back that makes the chair looked 5 years or older. When questioned the store and online customer support, there was no suggestion or offer to help. I have now changed my view on the norm European quality and services after this experience.

Stressless, where did that name come from? We bought our two chairs probably some years ago. They are uncomfortable but the most irritating part of the unit is the swivel. We had an engineer out to inspect these chairs and were told that the swivel action of the chairs was being impeded by the fact that they were sat on carpet, well I should think probably 60% of the homes in UK have carpet. We now have the chairs sat on tiles, I have cleaned the runners doused them with silicon oil and well what do you think? You've got it, they are even worse! We are due to have a new Quickstep floor put down, quite an expensive project but we will not be allowing stress less chairs anywhere near this. Would I recommend Stressless chairs? NO I would not, in fact I would rather go to the cheap end suppliers and get something that works properly. If you've bought recently I'd say send them back.

I am very disappointed in your chair. This is the second Ekornes that we've had, the finish of this one isn't a patch on our other chair which lasted for over twenty years, this on is barely two months old and the arm rests are showing signs of compression, the stitching is also not the best. Would I buy an other, no way. For the record it's not comfortable, it's rubbish, and I'm sorry I bought the thing as it's money wasted

This is a very expensive chair and even more expensive than the Perfect Chair recliners that are excellent chairs for people with back pain and issues. My old Perfect Chair recliner was worn out after many years of use and, after extensive research, I foolishly decided to buy a stressless recliner. I bought one of the large stressless recliners in March 2016. It is a very nice looking chair and seemed comfortable when I sat in it in the store. However, after delivery and sitting in the chair for a few hours, I find the chair very uncomfortable and it aggravates my back pain. A significant problem is that the back of the chair cannot be locked into a position; while you can tighten the reclining apparatus you cannot secure it so the chair continues to recline as far as possible. The back cushion is held in place by a strip of velcro so the back pad routinely pulls away and slides down and becomes a knot or bulge digging into my back. I regret purchasing the stressless recliner and am so disgusted with the chair that I bought another Perfect Chair which is significantly superior to the stressless recliner. My spouse also finds the chair to be very uncomfortable. Consequently, the stressless recliner sits in the corner of a room collecting dust. I urge extreme caution and very thorough research before you elect to buy a stressless recliner!

Purchased a Stressless Governor model. Decent price. All the hype, advertising. All the reputation. Looks great. Nice leather. Felt ok in the store. First night I'm lying on it, after 15-20 minutes started feeling uncomfortable. Mov'in around. Back is starting to ache. Figure it just might be new chair/muscle memory thing from my old chair. Second night, same thing. Uncomfortable, back is hurting. Third night, same thing. Now feeling some uncomfortableness in my arms. Could not find a position that was comfortable. Fortunately, my store is agreeing take it back and change for something else. Note: I weight about 220 lb. I don't know that it should make a difference. But I find sitting on an airline seat for three hours more comfortable than that chair. Sorry "Stressless". You're chair was anything but stressless for me.

As I am quite disabled and need to sit with my feet and legs elevated I thought I would treat myself to a luxury Stressless City Chair and Legrest. I ordered the high seat 47 cm model which is the correct height for my long legs. The foam/wadding in the seats is thin and hard and when sitting on it for more than ten minutes makes me really ache. The more you sit on the chair the thinner and harder it gets until after a few months it feels like you are just sitting on the metal frame really, it makes my back really ache. I also found that the seat was not high enough and causing my legs and ankles more pain than ever, so I measured the seat, it is not 47cm seat height at all. It is 46 at the front and just 40 at the back, so a complete misdescription by Stressless. As though all that were not bad enough there is a peculiar sticky covering on the leather, it is peeling off in the middle of the chair and continues to get worse. I have had cheap leather sofas and chairs and never had this problem before, which started when the chair was only a few months old. The foot stool is supposed to move with your feet and legs but it does not. I am just gutted that I wasted £1300 on this pile of junk that is stylish, but when you have said that you can forget it, sitting on it or looking at the peeling gunk on the top of the leather is just awful. I had thought about splashing out on a Stressless suite for the living room, you might as well go to DFS and get something cheap because this is what you are getting from Stressless. I am now suing because they sent their FIRA chap who said there was nothing wrong with my chair, I would like to condemn him to sit in it!