Even the classic La-Z-Boy recliner has gotten a touch of modern fever. The company has introduced a new version of the blocky wooden handle used to drop tired bodies into instant relax mode. The new handle is called the Arc and has a sleeker design with a brushed metal finish. The new handle option is available for any La-Z-Boy motion furniture with a handle.It probably won't change most people's view of the furniture brand associated most with American sloth at its finest but it is a definitely an upgrade over the old handle.
[via Globe and Mail]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-06-2008 @ 8:25PM
CB said...
Why new handle? The old handle worked just fine. Instead of fixing something that isn't broken why don't you continue to stock parts for chairs that are 10 or 15 years old? Your lifetime warranty doesn't mean much if you no longer stock replacement parts does it?
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9-06-2008 @ 9:37PM
Larry said...
I had a 63 Rambler American. Considering my now
Saturn, it wasn't such a Bad Car... It got good gas milieage too...
Why they put my car's handle on your lazy boy recliner, however, most probably had something to do with an overage at a china factory, for a failed company, making some Widgetts... Lazy Boy probably paid .5 cents each for them...
Wahdayamean??? Life Time Guarantee??? Betya they never replaced one chair since Fred Flintstone bought his!!! Yaba Daba Doo!!! They call that profit in Coperate Americia
9-07-2008 @ 11:08PM
petry said...
I had to get rid of my lazboy..requested parts two times and could never get the parts to work...parts list did not match my chair....chair was only five years old
9-06-2008 @ 8:39PM
Dawn said...
It's ugly. Looks like a car door handle...
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9-06-2008 @ 8:53PM
tom sheridan said...
they should make a chair/toilet bowl combo: I WOULD CALL IT "THE LAZY BOWL" ROTF LMAO!!
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9-06-2008 @ 8:56PM
JACK said...
Looks like something the wife is gonna get me with when I fall asleep!
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9-06-2008 @ 9:02PM
barbara white said...
I think the new handle is fine but, my comment is , how about having one on each side as I just broke my right arm and cannot recline for awhile which makes it very hard for me as I was told to sleep in the chair for at least 3 0r 4 months. Not so funny
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9-06-2008 @ 9:11PM
john said...
it looks similiar to my wifes viberator / it has a slight curve/i hope she does not get it mixed up
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9-06-2008 @ 9:32PM
Ryan said...
Why the hell is this a story?
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9-06-2008 @ 9:43PM
Rosemarie said...
'cause we are all sick of hearing about the election!!!
9-06-2008 @ 10:10PM
Poot said...
Whoa! What news this is and I can't believe Fox didn't break it first! I can see a Rambler door handle but I also see an overgrown toilet handle. Maybe money would've been better invested to improve the CHAIR instead of the HANDLE? Duh. "Yeah Bubba I know. My butt hit the flo when the seat springs broke but damn, don't that thar handle look good!"
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9-06-2008 @ 10:12PM
Spiceysheep said...
Not made in America - great Chinese handle.
Lazyboy is junk and they do not honor the
warranty - labor is not covered
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9-06-2008 @ 10:57PM
mary0124 said...
La-z-boy isn't junk..we have 3 of them for over 15 years. They do charge for labor..but we only had to use
it once when my daughter (teenager) and I both got
on fooling around (it was already old) and they fixed it.
Still using all in good condition. We had a Lane that was not at all as good. And harder to move..La-Z-Boys come apart to move.
9-06-2008 @ 11:04PM
Robbo said...
Forget about the handle. I waited 8 months for 2 $1500. leather recliners because they had a problem getting the leather (at least that what I was told).
Did you know that the leather is sewn together in China?
Anyhow, there are 3 different textures of leather sewn together (or maybe it's part cat?)....Trying to get it rectified...before I contact an attorney.
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9-06-2008 @ 11:21PM
amos said...
La-z-boy is JUNK. About 4 years ago, we bought a recliner from them. About 4 months later there was a problem with it and after talking to the store, we waited for service. After 3 attemps to get the problem resolved, I took the chair to the store and dropped it off. I was told to pick it up that afternoon. When I went back to get it, I was told that the serviceman didn't show. They said I would be contacted. It didn't happen. When I complained, The manager said he would call me.
He didn't call. This happened at North Canton, Ohio. I wouldn't buy a La-z-boy ever again. I have had good succes with the furniture store in Sugarcreek, Ohio. I better not name names.
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9-06-2008 @ 11:26PM
Paul said...
I already tried their overated junk furniture. I tried to negotiate anything to offset my $4000.00 investment. I was advised to live with it. Probably the only thing good was the handle. My wife and I gave the furniture to our adult children, they also comment on poor quality-- YOUR BAD LAZY BOY a total of five families will not purchase your junk.
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9-07-2008 @ 12:04AM
cliff powell said...
This story reminded me of a situation that many will find funny . A few years ago I purchased a Lazy Boy Recliner from a store here in South Carolina (Farmer Furnature). The seat began to cave in and was very uncomfortable. My weight is 210 so the problem was not me being a real heavy person. I contacted the store and they send a chair technication to examine my recliner. After a few minutes this young man says to me the problem is you are sitting in your chair too long each day causing it to cave in. Then said that recliners are designed to be sat in 2-3 hours per day thats all. I could not believe the crap he saying. Just wondering if anyone ever heard this line besides me. Just curious.. Oh the chair tech got tossed out of my house on his ass.
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9-07-2008 @ 2:56AM
flilguy said...
I had a similar problem with a Kenmore vacuum cleaner. It makes some kind of burnt rubber smell. They told me I was running it too long. I live a house than 1000 square feet. Use it less than 30 minutes a week.
9-07-2008 @ 12:13AM
TOSHA said...
I AM USING A "LAZY-BOY" NOW, I WISH THE FEET WOULD GO HIGHER SINCE I NEED MORE CIRCULATION. I AM ALSO DISABLED AND CANNOT USE A STANDARD RECLINER. I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WISH FOR A HIGHER LIFT IN THE FEET. IT IS TOO HARD TO PUT A PILLOW UNDER MY FEET DUE TO MY LIVING ALONE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO IMPROVE OUR PROBLEM. THANK YOU
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9-07-2008 @ 4:06AM
Barbara said...
I have the same problem with poor circulation . A home health care worker tied a bedpillow to the footrest with clothesline rope, then got a piece of pcp pipe and extended the handle.