Flash Furniture Hercules Series Commercial Ladder Back Restaurant Chairs, Modern Lightweight Metal Dining Chairs with Padded Seats, Set of 2, Black

Very sturdy and nice looking. Gladly the seat was a satin black fabric and not shiny. They came fully assembled except the seat. Best to install the seat with chair laying on it's back. Good gliders. Easy to move chairs. The seats are comfortable.

These chairs are wonderful!! Commercial quality but residential esthetics. Perfect for home or industry. Strong and expected to last quite some time. Welds are complete and not halfway done with cheap materials! Well worth the investment if you have children!!

No pre drilled holes in the seats for easy assembly

These chairs are really perfect kitchen chairs. I’m certain they will never become wobbly due to welded steel construction. The seats don’t have holes pre drilled but that’s easily overcome. They are solid black and just as advertised. The cushion thickness is comfortable. The height is perfect to sit st my kitchen table. They’re are lightweight despite rugged construction. My only regret is not buying 4, deciding to wait another month to afford them because the price went up 30%.

All I wanted in a sturdy chair, perfect for my little set up! I used a drill to screw the seat to the base and it was fast and straight forward process..

Sturdy but seat and frame damaged in multiple areas

This is a nice sturdy chair but there were manufacturing flaws and shipping/packing issues. First, its a nice solid welded steel frame which should last a long time. The seat comes unattached and is plywood. My seat had started to delaminate at the front corner and I had to glue it back together. The seat also had a large crushed corner due to the total lack of any packaging on it. I touched it up but it is still visible. It also was a burgundy color, not the tan I ordered. The whole tning came in a box large enough for 4 chairs with only a token strip of bubble wrap to take up the large empty space. The Chinese dont care about quality control, it costs them less to just send you a new unit. Amazon also seems to have a Chinese approach to shipping. They only care about how fast, not how well. I do like the chair, however! Comfy and small which is perfect in our camper.

These chair replaced some Eames-style knock-off and Ikea wood chairs in our tiled dine-in kitchen which would frequently slide out from under our guests or were easily tipped over by my son. My main considerations were durability and a desire for heavier chairs. I was looking for hickory schoolhouse chairs, like I had previously seen at Pottery Barn or Lakeshore school supply; however, they were no longer available at the former and approximately $139 each at the latter.When I saw these for approximately $50/chair, I figured I could do much worse and was pleasantly surprised that the powder-coated steel frame is quite sturdy and they seem like they will last a long time, probably longer than the wooden ones I originally wanted. They are heavier but still easy to move around. Their center of gravity is lower than our Ikea chairs because of the steel frame. My wife thinks they look good.My chairs came with appropriate sized screws. The seat is not pre-drilled but I just measured the seat overlap at the front and sides (approximately 3 cm and 0.5 mm, respectively) and used an electric screwdriver drill to fasten them. The steel frame and welds are not perfectly uniform, so it is somewhat tricky. With reasonable care the seats attached just fine, I did 6 in about 2 hours. Even if you are a little bit off, I don't think anyone would notice that the seat is not perfectly centered.UPDATE 4/25/2017: after a few months the wood is still in good condition and wipes clean. The powder-coated metal has not scratched. In short, they are holding up well.UPDATE 5/2019: still going strong. My son spotted the same chairs in a local burger bar - if they can hold up in my house and a restaurant you know they are durable!