We purchased this set a year ago for our San Francisco Bay Area home, where patio furniture is out all year round. We've been very pleased.  The finish somehow doesn't attract the fine sap from our oak trees that had clung to our old furniture. We don't have to wash the table top before using it and so we use it more frequently. The chairs are comfortable as many reviewers said. We did get Sunbrella seat cushions from Costco but use them only half the time.  I appreciated all the reviews since no local stores had a "sample set" for us to check out.