I love the shower seat! Very solid very well-made. There was one large nick about the depth of my small finger but I was able to sand it with my nail file so no big deal.   It was on the underside of the seat so not obvious. I like this so much I'm going to get another one for my other shower !    We are building a shower from scratch and were considering a ceramic tile bench. I did a lot of research to know that this would not be a comfortable seat where as you cannot go wrong with teak wood and it's curved so it won't be cold and uncomfortable.    I figure if they make boats out of this wood it should be OK in the shower !