these are very solid and seem heavy duty. There are some cosmetic errors, I ordered 3 and each had something wrong, one of them had 1 of 3 vertical stick on the back put on the wrong way so it is sticking out. then second one was a pain to put together due to misaligned hole, we ended up not connecting that screw so I am not going to use that stool frequently. They have a varnishing smell too that is still lingering and it's been over 2 weeks now. Overall they match rest of my furniture and exactly what I was looking for so I am happy.