Seat is way more than 16.5" wide
I wanted to love this stool so much, very well made and beautiful.  As with any saddle stool it takes time to adjust to sitting correctly and getting your sitz bones use to it.  Only two issues the whole portion in the front is a bit large preventing me from getting close to my patient, it gets in the way. I am not afforded that much clearance space in my line of work.  It does force me to sit up straight when I sit in it properly though :) the other issue is the seat is way too wide for me.  The description said 16.5&#34; the seat width is actually close to 20&#34;wide!!!! I am 5'1&#34; and about 108lbs. I don't know if this is a manufacturing error or they are all this way.  That's the only reason I gave it a 3 star, it was very misleading in the description and now I have a stool I can't use and it's not worth me spending shipping charges to return it.....it's already been assembled.  I will now try to recoup a portion of my money and sell it on. Craigslist.  Not to be funny, but if you are a bigger person maybe the very wide seat will work great for you.  I wish I had known before I bought it that it was 20&#34; wide.  Otherwise it's great!
Rating: 3 stars