I wanted durability and nice in one. I hit the mark on these. This was my first purchase from Wayfair & first ever online furniture purchase so I was worried I wouldn't like them. I love them. I have a 10 month old pup that tried eating my last (old) chairs and I wanted something he wouldnt chew up so I was looking for metal. I didn't want anything flimsy that would break. These remind me of the metal chairs at the resteraunt I worked at in high school. Very sturdy & held up to anything. My only complaint was the horrid shipping on these, which wasn't Wayfair's fault. Fedex home delivery had them a week before they delivered them