I heard a lot of “motherf***er” or “uggggh” and some “grrrr” coming out of my husbands mouth as he was assembling these chairs. It probably took about 2 hours to assemble two of them. The first step of the instructions was to spray a sealant on them- since we weren’t expecting this to be required we just skipped it and put them together.

The chairs are made of “wood” but probably more like some kind of particle board. For our purposes this is fine since we are only using them for one year. But I doubt they will last much longer out in the elements (even with a sealant). Given that they aren’t solid pine like traditional Adirondack chairs they are much lighter and easier to move around. They are also slightly smaller than a real Adirondack chair.

If you are looking for something more substantial and that will have longevity- I’d probably not purchase this particular chair and opt for a real one from a local outdoor patio furniture shop.