I've had this since last summer and like it a lot.  I have had two issues, field mice (voles} were using it to nest.  They got in, believe it or not, through half/five-eighth passages under the back corner of the bench seat, I solved this by plugging the space with steel wool.  And, two of the foot pads pushed up into the legs, presumably from using the bench as... well... a bench.  I don't know what the weight limit is, but I'd like to.  I'm here today trying to find replacement parts for that problem.