I was pleasantly surprised to find out that they arrived partially assembled - the back and the seat are put together. When it said 'full assembly required' I was afraid they'd come in a million pieces! They are sturdy and the color is very nice. They look great around our fire pit. My only issue was that on each chair (we bought 6) there was one slat that is screwed into the seat (it's the first piece that you assemble), and the holes for the screws was not drilled deep enough. The plastic composite material that it's made of is super hard, and I broke a drill bit tying to make the holes deeper. So I ended up buying 12 screws that were about an eighth of an inch shorter than the ones that came with the chairs. But once I did that, all was fine. Looking forward to using them on chilly evenings social distancing with friends. :)