These are very comfortable and durable. Our son who is 2 1/2 years old and 35 lbs is able to climb them up and down them and sit in them. They do not wobble or rock when he uses them so they are very sturdy. We can raise them for him so he sits at our peninsula up close to minimize the spill damage. They are strong so they lift up my son (35 lbs) when he is sitting in them. I weigh almost 200lbs and I need to get off the chairs for them to raise up but that is standard.
The back rest is not too high but it is still fully functional as a support so I can lean back and feel support. I am 5 9 and the back rest hits me about half way up my back (from the seat to my neck).
The problems with them are: (1) The base of the stools collects our dogs hair and dust or they are just more visible on the stools because we got the black based stools. I am not deducting stars for that because it seems like more of a dog problem than the stool problem. Non the less I hate that of all our furniture these seem to show the most dog hair. Probably because the base is flat on the ground as opposed to legs.
Another problem was that one of our stools was missing all the bolts to attach the seat to the base. This was very frustrating and I would have had to return it and get a new one had I not had extra bolts that were the exact correct size. With four stools I distributed the OEM bolts throughout all stools so each stool has one bolt that is not original. No stars deducted for this because it is just missing parts and that is an expected issue for any manufacturer. Easy and strong.
Reliable Sturdy and they look nice
These are very comfortable and durable. Our son who is 2 1/2 years old and 35 lbs is able to climb them up and down them and sit in them. They do not wobble or rock when he uses them so they are very sturdy. We can raise them for him so he sits at our peninsula up close to minimize the spill damage. They are strong so they lift up my son (35 lbs) when he is sitting in them. I weigh almost 200lbs and I need to get off the chairs for them to raise up but that is standard. The back rest is not too high but it is still fully functional as a support so I can lean back and feel support. I am 5 9 and the back rest hits me about half way up my back (from the seat to my neck). The problems with them are: (1) The base of the stools collects our dogs hair and dust or they are just more visible on the stools because we got the black based stools. I am not deducting stars for that because it seems like more of a dog problem than the stool problem. Non the less I hate that of all our furniture these seem to show the most dog hair. Probably because the base is flat on the ground as opposed to legs. Another problem was that one of our stools was missing all the bolts to attach the seat to the base. This was very frustrating and I would have had to return it and get a new one had I not had extra bolts that were the exact correct size. With four stools I distributed the OEM bolts throughout all stools so each stool has one bolt that is not original. No stars deducted for this because it is just missing parts and that is an expected issue for any manufacturer. Easy and strong.