I gave this 3 stars because I had ordered three of these chairs. The first one went together perfectly, no problems at all. The second one, however, had a split in one of the inserts for the chair rungs. (I did manage to use it though, and did assemble the chair; I think it will be sturdy enough to last.) And the third chair had this issue too, as well as hardware that didn't fit (screws too big, the wrench that was included was too big for the bolts), and the back leg split when I was trying to assemble it. Unfortunately I can't return it (threw out the box, and I don't have a car to take it to be shipped back), so I'll chalk this one up to a loss.

I've given the chairs 3 stars because of the problems with the third chair, which is unusable. However, if you're lucky enough to get a chair that has no quality control problems, once assembled they are very nice, and quite heavy and sturdy. For me, I won't be buying them again.