The stools are nice and sturdy. Well worth the price. However, I am giving them 2 stars because of how they were packed. They stacked the bottom pieces on top of each other which were impossible to pry apart! I had to have my dad help me out and use a hammer to unwedge the two. It was beyond ridiculous. The box they came in was big enough to set them side by side. It was just really frustrating and poorly done.