I really like how the stools work.  My grandson loves to adjust it all the way up,  He is only six.  It is a little hard to adjust it back down to where I can sat on it.  The color matched well with my kitchen. The thing is I wasn't expecting a hard plastic seat.  This is my fault because I didn't read all of the information.  I looked at the product and loved the design.  The only problem is that I have to put my weight on it to get it to go down.