They look nice but feel cheap….the fake leather is great on the eyes but cheap to the feel. The polemain shaft of the stool is sturdy but the seating part feels flimsy. If I were to buy again, I’d buy a more expensive version where the leather seat feels greater aligned with the base. The metalchrome ring divider between the base and the shaft is plastic though it looks like metal. It’s there simply for the esthetics and nothing with the strength or security of the stool. I’m a bigger guy, 6’1” 225. I guess you get what you pay for which is product that looks nice but I can imagine them lasting more than 2 years for a guy my size.