A Fabric Chair, Which Is the Right Choice More Often Than People Expect The Texas is a dual-motor lift chair upholstered in fabric. Two motors mean the backrest and the leg rest move independently, so your feet can come up while you sit upright, and the seat tips forward under power to bring you towards standing. Fabric is the part most people skim past, and on a chair somebody sits in for hours a day it deserves more thought than it usually gets. Key Features Two motors — backrest and leg rest move independently, so you can raise your feet without lying back. Powered lift — the seat tips forward to bring you towards standing, and lowers you back into the chair under control. Fabric upholstery — warmer in winter, cooler in summer, and quieter under you than a coated surface. Handset control for the lift and both movements. Fabric or Leather, on a Chair You Actually Live In On a dining chair the upholstery barely matters, because nobody is in it for more than an hour. A lift chair is different — it is often the seat somebody spends most of their waking day in, and over that length of time the material stops being a decorating decision and becomes a comfort one. Fabric breathes. It does not turn cold against you on a July morning in Perth or go tacky in February, and it does not squeak when you shift your weight. Anyone who has spent a long afternoon on a vinyl seat knows exactly what that difference feels like by hour three. The trade runs the other way on cleaning, and we will not pretend otherwise. A wipeable surface sheds a spill; fabric absorbs it, and how well it recovers depends on the weave and on how quickly you get to it. So the honest way to choose is by what will actually happen in the room. If spills are a real and regular prospect, a wipe-clean chair earns its keep. If the chair is mostly going to be sat in, read in and dozed in, fabric is more comfortable for longer and it is the one we would point most people towards. Ask us how this particular fabric cleans before you decide — not all of them behave the same. Product Details Type Lift chair — powered lift and recline Motors Two — backrest and leg rest, independently controlled Upholstery Fabric Before You Buy Ask us the seat width and depth. We hold the measurements in store and would rather give you the figures than have you judge by eye, because seat depth is what decides whether your feet reach the floor. Run the three fit checks. Feet flat on the floor, two fingers of clearance behind the knee, elbows landing naturally on the arms. Tell us which one feels wrong and we will point you at something that fixes it. Ask us the maximum user weight. We will not print a figure we have not confirmed — ask in store and we will get it for you in writing. Ask how the fabric cleans and what it is rated for. A chair used every day gets marked, and knowing what you can put on it is worth two minutes now rather than after the first spill. Ask whether it has battery backup. If the power goes out while the chair is reclined, a backup battery is what brings it upright again. Ask for the overall footprint and the clearance behind it when fully reclined, and measure the spot you have in mind first. Ask about warranty and who services it in WA, and whether it can be supplied under a Home Care Package, NDIS plan or DVA entitlement. Try It at Beds4U Fabric is worth five minutes of your hand rather than five seconds of a photograph. Come and feel the weave, sit in it long enough to settle rather than just long enough to test, run the back and the legs separately, and take it all the way up to standing. Call your nearest store first and we will tell you which of our WA showrooms has the Texas on the floor.