The chairs are very solid and strong. Rated for 400 pounds and I have some husky relatives that will put them to the test. The reason for the 4 stars is two out of the four chairs were damaged in  transit. One I was able to fix myself. The other I had to order a new back as it was bent beyond use. Wayfair was excellent in helping we order the new chair back. Filled out the online reorder tab, took a picture of damaged part and new one is in the mail. Should have it in a couple of days. ( I hope) Chairs went together very easy. maybe 15 minutes each. There's not much you can do about how the chairs are shipped. They were well packaged but things will happen like they always do. The good news is it was not a big hassle to get the new parts. The only real problem is the wasted time in waiting. I can live with that.