Is TikTok’s Viral Amazon Chair Sleeper Worth It? I Tested It to Find Out

• Appearance: 17/20
• Comfort: 19/20
• Versatility: 20/20
• Durability: 20/20
• Design: 15/20
  TOTAL: 91/100

While I’m skeptical of most inexpensive, too-good-to-be-true  items I see on TikTok, I don’t want to miss out on great deals on practical home solutions. So during a recent move, while I waited for all my furniture to arrive, I ordered the Amazon chair sleeper that’s a viral TikTok hit, since it cost $120, was available right away and, from the many posts I reviewed, looked like it would coordinate with my Coastal Scandifornia home style when the rest of my furniture arrived.

After I pulled the trigger on the Maxyoyo Sofa Bed, it occurred to me that it would be useful as a guest bed for kids’ sleepovers, a dorm room lounge chair and even a convertible mattress I could use in my home office for midday naps. (High hopes, but a tired working mom can dream.)

I delighted in seeing how small the box that the Amazon chair sleeper came in, only to freak out when I tried to pick it up. This B– was heavy, so I waddled it inside and cut it out of its cardboard Amazon and brand boxes. Shrink-wrapped into an 18-inch cube, I was really doubting this could inflate to a proper twin-sized mattress, much less fold into a C-shaped chair complete with a back cushion. I slit open the vacuum plastic, and while it was satisfying watching the mattress inflate, the shriveled widewale corduroy tufted mattress that resulted was…really ugly. The instructions said to leave the mattress to inflate for two days before using, which was a real buzzkill since I needed a mattress immediately, but I had little desire to get anywhere near this roadkill of an Amazon buy. Sigh. I dragged it to the sunroom to let it do its inflation thing. Happily, the mattress didn’t smell bad in the way vacuum-sealed items sometimes do.