Have not had the stools long enough to comment on durability. Am giving this his a low rating as the instructions received with the stools were for a different one. The parts and parts list therefore didn’t match. We had to look at all places where a screw would belong and figure out what length of screw would possibly work. We had a few left over and didn’t know if extras were sent on purpose or if we missed something. Good thing I like puzzles and have more of a mechanical mind. On one part we even had to take a mallet to as it appeared bent and couldn’t match up screw holes.