As the Brits would say, it's "fit for purpose." Not the best desk chair I've ever sat in, but not the worst either.  It's my every day office chair and the mesh back keeps my back from sweating too much which is nice.  A few things: 1) wish the bottom had a bit more cushioning. I spend all day in this chair and sometimes, I do have to get up to get the circulation going again.  2) Assembly was made a bit more difficult by the holes not always aligning with the steel parts.  My tip would be to assemble the chair in the order that the instructions recommend and to have all the screws for each step already loosely screwed  into place as everything sort of torques when the screws are tightened and so a previously aligned hole may suddenly no longer be.