Waterproof Non-Slip Recliner Cover – One-Piece Chair Protector with Side Pockets

The recliner is the chair that actually gets used. It takes the coffee, the dog, the popcorn and the sweaty back after a workout, and it wears out in three predictable places — the seat, the footrest and the tops of the arms. This is a single quilted sheet, cut in a cross, that lies over all three at once and takes the abuse instead of the upholstery.

One piece, not a set of four

Most protectors arrive as a kit: a seat piece, a back piece, two arm caps. Four things to align, four things to shift out of place every time somebody stands up.

This one is a single cut of quilted fabric. A long strip runs from the top of the backrest, down over the seat and out along the extended footrest. Two wide wings come off it at the armrests, one for each side. You lay it on, push the slack into the gaps where the seat meets the back and the arms, and the shape does the aligning for you.

It is cut for a reclining chair specifically, which is why the footrest section is there at all. Fold the chair up and the footrest panel tucks under; kick it out and the panel comes with it, still covered.

Three separate things keep it from sliding

A cover that creeps is worse than no cover, because you end up straightening it more often than you would have wiped the chair. There are three mechanisms here, and they work on different parts of the problem.

• The whole underside is grippy. Flip a corner and the backing is a cream quilted face covered in small raised bumps, edge to edge. That is what holds it on slick leather and faux leather, where a plain fabric back would simply slide.
• An adjustable strap buckles behind the backrest. Black webbing with a side-release buckle. You feed it round the back, clip it, and pull the tail to take up the slack.
• Elastic straps go under the leg section. They loop beneath the footrest panel and stop it riding up when the chair opens and closes.

Fitting it is a five-minute job and needs no tools:

1. Drape it on with the leg straps underneath and the long end over the backrest.
2. Find the three seams — seat to back, and seat to each arm — and line the cover up to them.
3. Push the spare fabric down into those gaps so it sits snug.
4. Clip the buckle behind the backrest and pull the strap tight.
5. Secure the elastic straps under the leg section.

The waterproof part, said plainly

The face sheds liquid. Water, coffee or a knocked-over drink sits on top in beads instead of soaking through, and you lift it off with a cloth. The maker builds it as a laminate — quilted face, a coating on each side of a middle barrier layer, then the grip backing — and states it as fully waterproof.

Will it fit your chair?

Measure the seat, not the chair. The center strip is 23.6 in (60 cm) across, so that is the widest seat it will cover cleanly — the maker's own guidance is that it suits most regular-size single recliners. On a narrower chair the extra fabric tucks into the gaps, which is normal and helps it grip. On a genuinely oversized or wide-body recliner it will not reach.

There is one size. The color is the only choice you make.

Fits

Single recliners with a seat up to 23.6 in (60 cm) wide

Center strip

23.6 in (60 cm) wide

Arm wings

27.2 in (69 cm) out from the seat, each side

Armrest band

22 in (56 cm) front to back

Back section

51.2 in (130 cm) from the top of the backrest to the arms

Laid out flat

About 78 in (198 cm) wide, and 91–93 in (232–237 cm) long — the maker's two measurement sheets differ slightly on the length, so treat it as approximate

Shape

One piece, cut as a cross: back, seat and footrest in one strip, with a wing at each armrest

Face

Quilted 100% polyester, double-line diamond stitch

Backing

Cream quilted face covered in raised grip bumps

Fabric weight

200–250 g/m² (the maker's figure)

Pockets

A flat sewn pocket on each arm wing

Fastening

Adjustable webbing strap with a side-release buckle, plus elastic leg straps

Care

Machine wash cold, or hand wash

Colors

Ten

In the box

One cover

A pocket on each arm

Both wings carry a flat sewn pocket on the outer face, roughly magazine-sized. The remote lives in one; a phone, reading glasses or the TV guide live in the other. It is a small thing that stops the arm of the chair being a shelf.

Reviewers who wanted more from it wanted a deeper pocket — a full-size tablet is a squeeze. A phone, a remote and a paperback are comfortable.

Washing it

Machine wash cold, or wash it by hand. It comes out of the box folded and it will hold the crease for a day or so before the wrinkles drop out; a wash and a shake speeds that up. The maker does not publish tumble-dry, bleach or ironing guidance for this cover, so we would air-dry it and leave the iron alone.

What arrives

One cover, in the color you pick. That is the whole order. The recliner in the photographs is not included, and neither is the dog, the throw, the mug, the remote or the phone — they are there to show you the scale and the thing in use.

HIGHLIGHTS

• One-Piece Cross Cut: Back, seat, footrest and both armrests covered by a single quilted sheet — nothing to align piece by piece and nothing to shift when somebody gets up.
• Grips Three Ways: Raised bumps across the entire backing, an adjustable buckle strap behind the backrest, and elastic straps under the leg section keep it in place on fabric and on leather.
• Sheds Spills: The quilted face beads water and coffee on the surface so you lift the mess off with a cloth instead of scrubbing it out of the upholstery.
• Pockets Both Sides: A flat utility pocket on each arm wing keeps the remote, a phone or a book within reach.
• Made for Recliners: Cut with a footrest panel that moves with the chair, and washable when it has taken enough.