we in lower  loved the chair but it was broken 2 places there was no way  we could repack. breaks were clean so my husband super glued them and used strips of Flex Tape then tied each cane piece to the one on the one beside tto keep them straight left for 48 hours. so far so good. the packing of the chair was good but needs something between the bend in cane as it goes into seat is the weakest spot. we have renters coming in for 4 months.