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(More customer reviews)I ordered this in Dark Cherry when the price was so low that it was worth buying it without seeing it in a store.
I purchased this particular model for these reasons:
1) The back measurement was just tall enough for my 6' husband to sit in without his head completely hanging over the back. Also, the seat is deep enough that he can sit in it without being uncomfortable... you'd be surprised how shallow and narrow and short some of the other gliders are.
2) It reclines.
3) It was cheap.
4) The seat is wide enough that it fits petite me and a nursing pillow.
Other notes of interest: This glider was the cheapest I could find that reclined. If you can find a cheaper reclining glider, that might be worth looking into, as there is nothing particularly special about this glider. The recline on this glider is approximately 45 degrees from vertical. It does not recline as flat as some of the fancy Dutailiers or Shermags, but I didn't need it to. I just needed it to recline enough so that I could balance a sleeping baby on my chest comfortably.
Ragazzi was a fine brand of baby furniture that was purchased by Stork Craft in the last few years. When the brand was purchased, Stork Craft was unable to honor customer warranties for previously purchased Ragazzi furniture, and this made a lot of people angry. For instance, one year Baby Bargains gave this brand a failing grade because of the warranty issue. The latest grade is, I believe, an A.
Be aware that this model might be discontinued. When I bought the ottoman later and separately, and I price compared at several websites. A couple websites had it for cheaper than Amazon, but it was out of stock, so I signed up to be notified when it was back in stock... and I just received an email the other day telling me the ottoman would never be back in stock at a particular site because it was discontinued. YMMV.
I had no problems with cushion color like some of these reviews mention. On the dark cherry, the cushions are colored a kind of brownish-cream. They're not quite as light as I think of cream, but not dark enough to be called any other color.
The box did arrive in pieces, but there was not a mark on my chair. As a bonus, much of the chair was already assembled, so it took us no time at all to put it together. This is in contrast to the Shermag I first ordered and ended up sending back.
As for quality, the gliding motion is much smoother than bottom-of-the-line gliders, but not as smooth as top-notch Dutailier. I would put the motion on par with a Shermag. The recline mechanism also compares on par with Shermag but is not quite as smooth as the fancy Dutailiers.
In all, I am pleased with my purchase. I expect to obtain a few years of good use out of it.
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