I was looking for an aluminum set for awhile before buying this one.  It was bought on sale and got it for a good price.  The chairs swivel and don't need cushions.  The chairs seem a bit tall for me.  I manage to get up using the foot rail.  I' m only 5' 2" and my boyfriend thought they were quite tall as well.  The circumference of the table is small only 27 1/2 " and my last table was 30".  The set was packaged very well, nothing damaged and no missing parts.  My sister and I put this together in a couple hours.  The only problem we had was assembling the top of the chair into the bottom.  My boyfriend helped with that because the seat had a pipe that had to be forced down into the bottom.  That had to be engaged in order for the chairs to swivel.