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(More customer reviews)Contrary to the product description, this stool is not heavy duty. The actual seat itself is built on very flimsy plywood, and any sort of bad posture or leaning forward will crack it and punch the metal supports through it. I weigh 170lbs and this product didn't go through unwarranted use and abuse. I sat down, heard the plywood snap, and then I had a waste disposal issue instead of a drum throne. Some metal reinforcement would have been nice, since as it turned out I paid money for a thin plank on some wobbly legs.
These legs are also hard to adjust to optimum length, as the retention screw doesn't hold anything in place for long. I used Loctite to compensate somewhat. I prefer not to have to crimp metal or do extra work on a chair that should be good out of the box; "Some assembly required" shouldn't mean "You will need to fix this shaky, rattling piece of work yourself and wait for the day it breaks on you" ... every time I sat down and the chair sank an inch or two on its own or felt like I was on a shaky teacup ride, was one more instance I should have bought something else.
If you can find something somewhere else, go for it. If you don't plan on using this every day, you could probably get away with it. Between 2006 when I wrote this review and whenever it is now, Universal Percussion may have made improvements to this product, which is laudable, but I won't know because I will never buy this thing again. To date, this is the ONLY chair that broke on me sitting down. I certainly hope this doesn't put you on the floor.
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