Great chairs. Yes, construction is tedious - a lot of screws! But a lot of screws contribute to strength in the chair, so not a problem for me. My only issue is that the squirrels attacked all eight arms of my four chairs and chewed them up! So I am knocking off one star. Lucky for me, Lifetime Products does provide replacement parts. I need to figure out how to add some metal tape to the edges of the new arms to squirrel-proof them.