We bought 10 of these chairs for the bar we built in our basement. We just put them together yesterday so we haven't had a chance to actually use them yet. They look awesome & appear very well made. We had no issues with damage. My hubby said that as long as you don't fully tighten everything until all boots are on, assembly wasn't that bad. Can't wait to have our family over too try them out Christmas night. We will definitely be ordering at least 5-6 more of these stools in the near future. I gave only 4 stars because we haven't actually used them yet.