It seems like a pretty solid chair but the assembly was extremely difficult due to an issue with the threads where the screws needed to be installed. If that hadnt been a problem the assembly would have taken only about 10-15 minutes, instead it took me almost 2 hours. I ended up taking the arms off twice because each time I thought that they werent on correctly since I was having such a problem getting the screws in. Its fully assembled now, functional and comfortable but some of the screws are still sticking out a bit and Im kind of afraid to use it.