I’ve been eyeing this one for my office for a few weeks since it seems to be the perfect fit. There was zero reviews and quite a few Reddit threads asking if anyone’s tried it but no one has. I took a chance and overall, I’m happy with it.

• Assembly was about 1.5 hours for someone who would call themselves an IKEA pro. About as hard as any other IKEA couch, but easier than the sectional sleepers. I’ve assembled maybe 30 different pieces and I’d say this was average. I assembled it by myself until the very end I needed help to just slot in the mattress part. It comes mostly assembled, you just need to assemble the wood frame (about 15 pieces).

• The wood cuts were not great, I had to bang some pieces in and they didn’t fit perfectly flush. It was worrisome at first but it worked out in the end.

• It’s all real pine wood. No veneer, no pressed wood. I think if you knew what you were doing you could stain this.

• Boxes were huge, very unwieldy to carry, but fit into my compact SUV. You’ll need 2 people to move the 2 boxes.

• It wasn’t on the showroom and it required special order, so I had to ask for it and wait like 20 min after checkout to pick it up.

• It’s very firm. I like that because it could break in better. As a sofa it’s pretty cozy. I wouldn’t make it my living room sofa (I love my KIVIK). I would say this would suck to sleep on. I’m planning on getting a mattress topper for the few times it’ll be used as a bed, but this is about 2” less wide and 1” less tall than a Full/Double bed. But I’m hoping it’ll work.

• The beige color is nicer in person, I think it helps my walls are painted.

Overall I’m satisfied with it. We’ll see long term how it holds up.

Happy to answer any other questions!

EDIT (2 month update): Was reminded of this thread and just want to update that after over 2 months I’m still satisfied! Still firm and still comfortable to sit or lay on, in my opinion. I haven’t used it in bed mode yet, but in couch mode I’ve napped on it a few times, curled up. The IKEA page now has like around 4.75 stars so it seems I’m not alone. Would recommend this to most people.

I need some advice: I want to get either of these. I absolutely loved how comfortable the Kivik sleeper chair was as a chair, however, folded out as a bed it looks way less comfortable than the Lycksele.

1. How comfortable is the Lycksele as a chair?

2. Which of these is the most comfortable as a bed?

It will be mostly used by my dad, 70 y/o (who wants comfort) and my brother (who doesn’t care) when either of them visits (they live 3 hours away – which is considered far away in my country), so about once a month/every other month. Considering this, I think the Lycksele looks a bit cheap and the Kivik was such a dream to sit on – so personally I’d use it more often, but I’m worried my dad might find it uncomfortable and it will be a bit of a pointless (and expensive) purchase since I wouldn’t need an extra chair otherwise.

I’m considering ditching the idea of getting a fold out bed all together and getting a good air mattress, but I’m not sure how happy that’ll make my dad if he has to sleep on it several nights in a row. I don’t have the storage space for a folded bed or spare mattress.