We like the bar stools very much.  The one thing that would have helped would have been some usage instructions for the stools and maybe for the assembly.  There were pictures of what each step should be but we are not "handymen" people so we had some problems with it but we got it done but it took us a while.  The base that it sits on is bigger than we expected but it does seem steady so that is probably good.  We would have liked some help on how to raise and lower the seat.  We have it done but we are not sure if we are raising and lowering the seat in the best way.  If we had a user's manual, we would know how to do it.