Very disappointed....  I bought four stools, two of which have had welds FAIL with very, very little use in the 9 months I have had them. This isn't a wear and tear on upholstery issue, this is failed welds on the metal stands... I am a design engineer that deals with welding all the time and this failure is either down to poor design (ie welds too small on tube that's too thin walled) or bad workmanship!