It came down to these stools and another - these won out because of the comfort and the relative ease of assembly compared to the other and I need seating now. A bit bulkier than I wanted my look to be, but comfort won out. They are not as roomy in the seat as it would appear, so if you are anticipating seating larger people, I might go for a slightly wider seat back to seat base ratio. Also, I feel like the seatback is a bit more tilted backwards than I would like, but I’m falling on the side of mostly leaning towards the counter when using them. Packaging was great, too, although it would be nice to address the toolshardware packaging to be a bit more user friendly. Overall a nice look, color is true, and very sturdy.