Best sleeper chairs for guest rooms and small apartments

Top pick: Cushie Sleeper Chair Bed — the one I'd put in a guest room. It's built as a sleeper first (deep seat, wide sofa footprint, folds flat into a proper bed), and it's the only pick here with a large, solid review base, so you're not gambling on an unknown.

Who the others suit:

• Latitude Run Convertible Chair — if the room is seen more than slept in: it looks like real furniture, not a folding gadget.
• CHITA 3-in-1 Sleeper Chair — the smallest footprint of the group; best for a studio where the chair is the sofa.
• Dinosisco 3-in-1 — a middle ground with plenty of owner reviews if you want a known quantity.
• Mr IRONSTONE — a true twin-size bed when opened, for guests staying several nights.
• Boneless folding chairs (Neche, BYBYME, ODELIO) — cheap crash pads for occasional one-nighters; fine for teens, thin for adults.

Whatever you choose, measure the opened bed length against the wall it unfolds toward — that's what catches people out in small apartments.