This chair is fabulous. For the price, it's excellent quality: it isn't as small as I expected actually, and has a reassuring and pleasing solidity to it that speaks of higher price-points. Would absolutely buy another. Yes, I understand the criticisms of the hydraulic part and handle looking a bit out of place - they're valid, I wish these were much smaller and not made of black plastic - but this is a $140 chair, not a $400 chair, and if there's to be a compromise somewhere, that's one I don't mind making. The espresso finish is also beautiful, more so than I expected.