Stools arrived safe and sound due to excellent packing. It actually takes some time to unpack, but assembly was straight forward and easy. The stools themselves are very comfortable. One consideration is if you are larger in size they tend to be uncomfortable over a long period of time.  Also, if you have large feet, like I do (size 13) the rails where you rest your feet are narrow so you can't put both feet on them at the same time.