I got this chair about 2 months ago. It came in a very heavy , highly compressed duffel bag about the size of an extra large pillow case. I had to carefully cut open the bag and the chair started to grow and kept on growng for over a week. We didn't move it out of the living room soon enough so that's where it remains. It's HUGE and basically a big, black, blob - but incredibly comfortable. The chair smelled funny when it was first opened and the material was solid wrinkles and felt strange and kind of sticky and the filling was very lumpy. But the smell, writnles, lumps and funny texture all went away after about 2 weeks. The grandkids all fought over who would sleep in it over Thanksgiving. It easliy holds 2 large teenagers, a big dog and 2 cats at the same time and is wonderful for napping and watching TV.
It needs to be "fluffed up" periodically and moving it around and shaking it keeps the lumps out.
It is rather ugly , but if you know what to expect and have the patience to wait for about 2 weeks for the chair to reach it's full size and the wrinkles and smell to go away it's really a great and very confortable chair. Just remember to open it up where you want it to stay