I was surprised that the chair did not have a way to lock in the bar to the base. It was a little scary to use it at first knowing this, but its been fine so far. The only part with screws is where you attach the chair onto the pole. It also takes a little more effort to raise the chair than Im used to.
Good looking chairs and comfortable enough, wish they were a little more sturdy. Need to keep an eye for the little kids as these chairs can easily fall with them twisting and turning.
Good buy if you dont have kids or elderly at home.
The bottom line is: backed chairs are impractical for bar height seating unless your bar has a foot rest for scooching.
Complaints:
1) The gas cylinders compress a full 2 inches when seated. so the actual maximum height is 2 less than advertised. (Im 63 185)
2) The seat back is mostly pointless. It slopes backward, so leaning against it with your feet tucked under makes you feel like you are striking a pose in an Olympic Freestyle competition. This is at bar height where your feet cannot touch the ground. In a lowered position, you can stretch your feet out on the ground and lean back (slouch) if you wish.
3) The seat back interferes with swiveling. In a normal dining room chair, you sit and then use your feet to scooch the chair closer to an eating position. With a bar height chair, scooching is impossible, so the idea is climb over the back like a traditional stool or swivel into place. However, when pushed close enough for eating, the seat back does not allow much swiveling. Basically, its very inconvenient to get in and out of these when they are close enough for eating.
4) The useless seat back interferes with pushing the stool completely under the bar. It is possible to lower the seat and then slide it under but not very convenient to be constantly adjusting the height.
5) Lateral play in the cylinder post, especially in the highest position, allows the seat to rock back and forth like a chair with one short leg.
For my needs, 3 stars is generous. These chairs look OK, are simple to assemble, are likely more comfortable for a smaller/shorter person, and are inexpensive. Unfortunately, inexpensive is still wasted money because I need to repurchase more practical traditional stools.
My 9 years old son assembled one chair without problem. Beautiful stylish chair. I bought two in the beginning. Loved them and ordered another two. Hope they last for long time!
Reviews
stylish and easy to assemble
Im impressed with quality of the chair. Easy to assemble with no outside tools required.
wonderful feeling on my bottom and back
OH MY GOODNESS like I totally love these swivel bar stools they are so comfortable on my bottom and back. Thank you once again and UPS ground
Looks good, does the job
I was surprised that the chair did not have a way to lock in the bar to the base. It was a little scary to use it at first knowing this, but its been fine so far. The only part with screws is where you attach the chair onto the pole. It also takes a little more effort to raise the chair than Im used to.
Comfortable and good looking but not sturdy
Good looking chairs and comfortable enough, wish they were a little more sturdy. Need to keep an eye for the little kids as these chairs can easily fall with them twisting and turning. Good buy if you dont have kids or elderly at home.
Classy
Great quality and very classy. I had them in my last house and ordered them when I moved because I love them so much.
More form than function
The bottom line is: backed chairs are impractical for bar height seating unless your bar has a foot rest for scooching. Complaints: 1) The gas cylinders compress a full 2 inches when seated. so the actual maximum height is 2 less than advertised. (Im 63 185) 2) The seat back is mostly pointless. It slopes backward, so leaning against it with your feet tucked under makes you feel like you are striking a pose in an Olympic Freestyle competition. This is at bar height where your feet cannot touch the ground. In a lowered position, you can stretch your feet out on the ground and lean back (slouch) if you wish. 3) The seat back interferes with swiveling. In a normal dining room chair, you sit and then use your feet to scooch the chair closer to an eating position. With a bar height chair, scooching is impossible, so the idea is climb over the back like a traditional stool or swivel into place. However, when pushed close enough for eating, the seat back does not allow much swiveling. Basically, its very inconvenient to get in and out of these when they are close enough for eating. 4) The useless seat back interferes with pushing the stool completely under the bar. It is possible to lower the seat and then slide it under but not very convenient to be constantly adjusting the height. 5) Lateral play in the cylinder post, especially in the highest position, allows the seat to rock back and forth like a chair with one short leg. For my needs, 3 stars is generous. These chairs look OK, are simple to assemble, are likely more comfortable for a smaller/shorter person, and are inexpensive. Unfortunately, inexpensive is still wasted money because I need to repurchase more practical traditional stools.
Worth the money
So far so good. No missing parts and assembly was easy. Sturdy and comfortable my boys sit in them multiple times a day
Love the chair!
Great chair to sit on with guests and families members to come over.
Beautiful chair easy to assemble
My 9 years old son assembled one chair without problem. Beautiful stylish chair. I bought two in the beginning. Loved them and ordered another two. Hope they last for long time!
Look nice but trim is cheap
top of chair (chrome trim) is chipping , it bumped into our counter top and a piece broke off.
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