When we got our family room furniture almost 5 years ago we got Lazyboy--I'm pretty happy with it--DD#1 sleeps in the recliner sometimes--it swivels, reclines, rocks. There is a bite out of it from our old dog but I can hide it most of the time!
I remember reading in Consumer Reports at the time that the reclining mechanism is safer in the Lazyboy--less likely to chop off a toddler's finger than a Lane (I'm not sure those were the exact words, but at the time I had a new baby and a 3 and 6 year old, so I paid attention!)
The only thing I've noticed is that when you open or shut it lately it is LOUD--it makes a CHUNK sound--works fine, but I can hear it upstairs!
We have a Lazyboy showcase shoppe locally, and Lazyboy's world HQ is in Monroe Mich., about 20 min. north of Toledo.
Robin M.