These chairs are fantastic! They swivel and rock. They're heavy and durable. Being that they're on the heavier side, it's great that they swivel so you can easily turn to get out of the chair if it's up against a table. A huge downside though is how tough they are to put together. It took my handy husband literally 2 hours per chair :( Very difficult because of the tension and how you have to screw everything together at every side, thus 4 stars instead of 5.