These rocking chairs are ridiculously comfortable.  The rocking action is really smooth.  They are a bit high but I put my feet on the rocking part at the bottom and just rock away.  They are really deep, so you may want a pillow to put behind your back. However, I just scoot really far back and it works great.  I'm really glad I took a chance on these.  I hope that they hold up a really long time.  They did take a bit of time to put together, but nothing extreme.