# Does anyone here sleep at night in a recliner instead of in your bed, either routinely or occasionally? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898 "2025-08-10T02:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/61 "2025-08-15T06:35:54Z")
Sometimes, but never on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/62 "2025-08-15T09:57:06Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > It seems the page turner is having trouble holding a charge. Don’t know if it’s some larger issue of remotes these days, but the last cablebox remote I had went through rechargable batteries like nobody’s business. Every three days they needed replaced. Canceled the cable a few months ago when I realized that 90% of viewing was streaming services, and the small amount of broadcast viewing we did watch could be found otherwise. Now the rechargable batteries in the TV remote last months. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/63 "2025-08-15T14:43:00Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > I don’t know if we have the same page turner, but the one we have needs to be turned on with a switch on the back if it’s not been used for an hour or so. Yes, I did try that, there was no response at all, not even the flashing red light indicating low battery. I am now in contact with the seller and they are working with me to troubleshoot the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/64 "2025-08-15T16:09:36Z")
I started sleeping in the recliner when I started waking up in bed after only 2 0r 3 hours and be unable to fall back asleep. I would lay there and feel restless, mostly in my legs. Positions made no difference. It was an unpleasant experience. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/65 "2025-08-15T16:24:54Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I do this because of my acid reflux. I do it if I need to stay in a semi-upright position to keep stomach contents going into my esophagus This is me. My recliner is old and goes almost flat, not but completely. Even in a flat bed I have a wedge pillow so I’m still slightly “up.” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/66 "2025-08-18T01:48:44Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I am now in contact with the seller and they are working with me to troubleshoot the issue. So two things happened: I figured out how to make the page turner work (you have to not just press the button on the receiver once, you have to actually pair the sender and the receiver again, every time you leave them for long enough for the Kindle to go to sleep, or so it appears; this is a small nuisance that I can live with); and the seller sent me a whole new unit, – the Kindle holder plus the page turner. Now I feel silly, and I have an extra one that I don’t need. Anyway, I gave them 5 stars. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/67 "2025-08-20T18:44:39Z")
My mom has slept only in a recliner for a few years. She’s 82 and I think the reason she won’t come down to my place for Xmas is the lack of recliner in my house. She sleeps in my sisters recliner when visiting there. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/68 "2025-08-23T04:28:17Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Would one of you please post a link to this holder? Or a picture of yours? Did you get a holder? Which one? If not, what formed your decision? The Teeming Millions need to know? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/69 "2025-08-23T14:36:21Z")
Gosh… the Teeming Millions can stand down from general quarters. 🙂 I just wanted to see what it looked like, because I have a serious case of FOMO.\* Don’t plan on buying one. Sorry if I caused a kerfuffle. I will post a picture of my new recliner when it arrives. * * * \* “Fear of Missing Out” ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/70 "2025-08-23T15:10:02Z")
Understand completely. Just wanted to know if you’d joined the squad! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/71 "2025-09-01T10:42:38Z")
Yike! I read an actual book, with paper pages and stuff yesterday. Does that count as working out now? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/72 "2025-09-01T22:55:30Z")
Only if it’s over 200 pages! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/73 "2025-09-01T23:06:14Z")
Well over. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/74 "2025-09-01T23:06:49Z")
So, a marathon then? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-sleep-at-night-in-a-recliner-instead-of-in-your-bed-either-routinely-or-occasionally/1021898/75 "2025-09-01T23:09:31Z")
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