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So you have built the world’s greatest ‘man cave‘, loaded to the brim with all the electronic bells and whistles that any home theater enthusiast would die for. You have the perfect projector, playing the perfect movie from the perfect speakers, with lighting that makes you think you should have done this kind of thing for a living!  Ok, so the next and final step is easy – it’s the home theater seating. So, you head down to your den of pleasure and pride and pull out the tape and start to plan the rows for you, the 5 kids, and two best friends. This is where it all turns to salt and fear and shock smack you in the face. You realize that you have enough room for yourself, three out of the five kids, and maybe one neighbor if you make one of the rows a loveseat!!

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Don’t despair. This is not the point where you start to bang your head against the wall thinking how you could have missed something so simple. This is the point where you look for the famous Octane or Palliser space savers. Home theater seats designed specifically for the space challenged environment by cleverly changing certain elements of the seating while keeping all the comfort and sleek design.

Space Saving Home Theater Seats

Octane ZR700 & ZR600

The Octane Axis ZR700 and ZR600 Jet are newer movie seat rocker style chairs that include the best features that customers love in Octane’s main line of recliners.  The Axis has hidden storage arms for your guides and remotes and, a small espresso wood insert at the end of the armrest around the cupholders.  The Axis armrests also include the Octane Accessory Dock for the entire range of Octane accessory items like trays, reading lights, wine glass holders and more.  The Axis is only available in straight rows and is now in stock in black bonded leather and ready to ship free to your home.  Typical uses for this type of seat are found in home theater rooms that only have sufficient depth to accommodate 1.5 rows of regular theater recliner chairs.  So the traditional theater room recliners are placed in the front row and the movie room rockers are then placed behind those.

Octane Solace

Big luxury can come in small packages The Octane Solace XS LHR (HeadRest & Lumbar Support) is a new top-grain leather recliner from Octane Seating that delivers extreme comfort with comforting heat and massage,  a powered headrest and lumbar, hidden storage arms, power recline, and the hugely popular Octane Accessory Dock.  All these features along with a variety of available leathers and fabric upholsteries accented by an elegant diamond stitch pattern, make this model a force to be reckoned with.  The contemporary profile on this theater recliner is exceptional with detailed stitching and accent welting in all the right places.

Octane Diesel

This is my favorite introduction in years. The Octane Diesel is the ultimate space-saving design with tastefully subtle features like ambient base rail lighting and a chaise styled foot rest.

The Diesel is available in straight and curved rows with or without power recline. Delivered with a limited lifetime warranty on the frame, this space-saving design fits beautifully in your media room or home theater.

Make sure to ask about all the accessories available with this style too that includes items like iPad holders, reading lights, wine glass holders and tray tables. Each of these accessories slides into a spindle located in the front portion of the armrests allowing for easy use of any number of options. Tray tables are a must and USB chargers come in second in popularity.

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Octane Bolt XS400

The Octane Bolt is a dynamic style introduced by Octane Seating to fill the gap needed for smaller frame seating that can allow for many seats per row. This space saver theater seat has an unusually styled seat back where the back itself is split vertically into two panels. This serves to provide excellent lower lumbar support. Ask any person familiar with home theater seating which seat consistently ranks in their top spot for comfort, and you will hear ‘The Bolt”.

The seat backs on this model detach when they leave the factory and ship fast to your home. With the backs detached, one can easily maneuver the seating through doorways and down stairs as they make their way to your home theater room.

Palliser Techno

The Palliser Techno Model 41413 is a solid space saver that is built off the frame of the Bullet but does not have the base rail lighting or drink holder lights as a standard feature.  Because this model is fully customizable those can be added by the factory along with a color option that will best suit your home theater.  The Blade achieves its smaller footprint by having narrow armrests but still retains a large interior seat width.  Having sold several thousand of these leather theater recliners over the years, this model consistently gets solid customer feedback for its good looks and exceptional build quality.

They are extremely space-conscious, much more so than anything else mentioned above but have the obvious drawback of not having the ability to fully recline like the leather loungers referenced above.

Octane Charger

The Octane Charger XS300 is the #1 choice for someone looking for a space saver that is packed with value but wants to watch their budget.  At $419/seat with free shipping, you cannot go wrong.  The Charger is immensely popular because it presents a transitional style that works well in any home.  Pound for pound we believe this is the best value for money in the industry at the moment.  It has a tall seat back, accessory docks in the arms for all the add-ons, and rich bonded leather for longevity and soft touch.  The Charger is available under our Quick Ship program in black bonded leather but is also available in many different colors in leather and fabric under our custom order My Octane program.  The image below highlights just why we love this theater chair so much!