on this night we recline

September 5, 2018 8:04 AM

I need a rentable, not rent to own, recliner, that slides back into a fully flat position.

Where in nyc is best to rent this from? One month, obvsly must deliver and pick up at end of month, NOT RENT A CENTER where I have to specifically cancel a rent-to-own contract, it would be grand if they had a website I could see options on bc i can't go in person. Budget is up to $500.

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posted by poffin boffin to Home & Garden (10 answers total)

I think your best bet is going to be a durable medical equipment supplier, most (all?) of which rent equipment as well as sell it.
posted by DrGail at 8:17 AM on September 5, 2018 [3 favorites]

Yes, that's what I think, too. Suppliers will rent hospitable beds for a few hundred dollars monthly; multi-position recliners start at twice that. Try the chat feature at this place with the lousy name on Long Island? (If this is a post-surgical rental, your doctor's office or pharmacy might have leads, too.)
posted by Iris Gambol at 8:27 AM on September 5, 2018

Response by poster: I don't need a hospital bed or special medical chairs that lift ppl who have trouble standing, just a regular living room dad chair that reclines flat. I know they exist bc we had (v fancy and expensive) ones in the nap room at work.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:40 AM on September 5, 2018

When I had surgery 15 years ago (admittedly it was a long time ago), I was able to rent a recliner from a Rent-A-Center type place. It was actually renting it for a month, no contract to cancel. Have you specifically called to ask if they do that?
posted by sarajane at 9:36 AM on September 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

It's the month-only rental, delivery and retrieval, no-ongoing-contract-nonsense stipulations triggering the medical supplier recs. They're the companies set up for that, and the reclining chairs they'll short-term rent will lay entirely flat.
posted by Iris Gambol at 9:59 AM on September 5, 2018 [4 favorites]

I expect you'd like to come in well under that, but $500 is hitting the range where you could just buy a cheap recliner (if you can find one that lies flat), keep it for a month, and then sell it off, or give it away, or throw it out your window at someone who has wronged you.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 10:44 AM on September 5, 2018 [7 favorites]

FWIW, I started by looking at NYC furniture rental/staging companies, and it was hard to find stand-alone recliners. Churchill has this daddish one, for less than $200/month, but separate "delivery, security deposit, damage waiver, applicable taxes" will drive that up. Besides, they "will only accept orders with a total lease value of $1,400 or more." The great, upscale chairs at your job may have been enough to meet minimum reqs as a grouping, or were in a larger rental package.

(Maybe breaking down the elements would work? If there's a one-off chair rental that suits, somewhere, arrange a separate TaskRabbit job for its transportation.)
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:00 AM on September 5, 2018

> just a regular living room dad chair that reclines flat

If you go with the cheap purchase: my husband, who is a dad, has this one in the living room (I paid $199 but I see it's a bit more on Costco's website). He got it after spinal surgery, if that's relevant, and it did the job. I can measure various bits and pieces, if that's helpful. It definitely isn't an electronic La-Z-Boy but it's fine, and yes, it's light enough that you can throw it out the window at your enemies when you're done with it.
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:55 PM on September 5, 2018

Response by poster: again, please, i beg you. i don't want to buy something. i don't care how much cheaper it would be to do so. i just had 4 inches of my spine replaced with titanium and i want someone to bring me a comfy chair and then take it away when i am done needing it in approximately 1 month.
posted by poffin boffin at 6:35 PM on September 5, 2018 [1 favorite]

Try these folks . $300 to rent for a month, plus $75 for delivery/pickup. Looks like there may be a security deposit as well.

Get the infinite position chair. Yes, it’s a lift chair, but it reclines flat, per your brief. It probably won’t be as comfy as the expensive nap room recliners, but again: in your budget, available, and will do what you want.

There is less info with DowntownFurnitureNYC, but more selection. Prices look to be around $400 for fabric chairs, $69 delivery plus walk up fees, so with tax, I suspect it’s over budget. Other concern is no indication of which ones (if any) will lay flat.

Hope your recovery is smooth...
posted by jenquat at 8:57 AM on September 6, 2018