Really disappointed in this purchase.    I know some of the reviews mentioned how hard it was to close but I thought that was due to them being older or not as strong.  Well they were right.  I am a big guy and I have a really hard time closing this chair.   I actually had to got buy a different chair due to the difficulty.    If it was not so hard and expensive to ship back I would return this in a second.  I buy online alot and thus is by far my disappointing purchase ever.