A paint o assemble but very comfortable.
930643
I purchased two of these. One a few weeks back for the office. That one was perfect. Easy to assemble and works fine. The second one was almost impossible to assemble with the two side bars shaped to NOT fit in the holes. While only off by a little bit, I was impossible to assemble the chair on my own. My husband had to help and we needed to bend the metal bars to make it fit. To fill the ball with air with the little hand pump provided would probably take forever and could be considered a serious workout ;-) Once the ball chair has been assembled it is very comfortable though!
894533
A little difficult to assemble, other than that it is perfect and comfortable. you will not regret it. i love it
776987
It arrived in a box that was in pretty bad shape, but the components seemed all right except for a few scratches on the plastic pieces.  The Assembly Instructions, if you can call them that, consisted of pictures.  It wasn't hard to figure out after a few minutes of studying them.  It's a one tool assembly and they provide the tool.  The only really hard part was getting the bolts on the upper part of the arms started.  They just wouldn't go in.  It took me about 5 to 10 minutes for each and multiple tries.  I wish they would have tapered the end so that they would start easier.  The chair itself is comfortable for the price.  The seat could use some more padding.  I am 6'2" and it sits a little low at its highest extension.  It's not an $1000 chair, but it will serve well as desk chair.
4787984
I'm surprised I like this chair so much considering the price, but it's actually quite comfortable and I think well worth the money. It's not the most comfortable computer chair you'll ever sit in, sure, but it's quite nice.

Also regarding the difficulty of assembly mentioned in some reviews - it's not *impossible* to put together, but I would say it's a bit difficult without an extra pair of hands to help you hold the pieces together. I feel like the screws maybe needed to be a bit longer to help keep things in place. It required fiddling (and not a small amount of cursing) to get the arms, back, and seat together.
4565163
It was much more comfortable than I imagined, functional and does not look too bad either. Assembly was not easy though, especially the corner unit. Because all the 45degree screws have no drill holes, and there was almost two dozen of those  on the corner unit. I positioned all the pieces and hand screwed all of them as careful as possible and still splitted the wood a bit in two places. It was almost like an ill-fitting puzzle, impossible to get it totally right, but I am satisfied with the end result.
2787005
not bad assembling the chair- very comfortable- I added cushions- I purchased 2 chairs for my deck- am very happy
4959694
Very comfortable. Fairly easy to put together.  A little unwieldy to handle all the parts, but I was able to do it on my own. Probably would've been easier with another person.
4484482
I like these chairs. They are comfortable to sit on and fit nicely underneath my medium-small sized table. The assembly will take a while.

Recommendations :

Stack the screws in the depicted order on the instructional sheet.

Screw each stack halfway in, one after the other, because youll need some wiggle room to align the chair holes with the legs.

Then tighten with Allan key.

Youll be done in 20-30 minutes
1916497
Weve had this furniture for several weeks. It was easy to assemble and its quite comfortable, especially considering the price range. The foot rests are not very padded, and they are a little short. So my feet stick off the end a bit. For the price and convenience you cannot beat this furniture set. It looks great and over all comfort level is great.
2717428
The instructions leave a little to be desired but it when together fine and looks good. The paint is easy to scratch off, so take your time, and either build this on cardboard or a rug.
4323571
Good color!  Had to assemble, but no problem.  Very easy assembly.
3714726
very comfortable and nice looking office chair.  the seat cushion is full and solid. my only criticism is in the assembly.  there are 3 sets of 4 screws, the arms to the chair back, the bottom plate to the post of the chair legs and the arms to the seat cushion.  in all 3 sets,  the 4th screw does not tighten all the way & in the seat cushion 4th screw i could not get the 4th screw in at all.  but since the cushion sits on top of the arms, i figured i don't need the 4th screw.

the machining of the screws to the threads could have been of better quality.  other than that, i like the chair.
1095728
It's a little roomy, but is very comfortable.
3102801
Easy to assemble (although we suggest a drill with a screw bit instead of a screwdriver).  Great big comfortable chair.  We get lots of compliments on the set.
4638819
There OK for the price It takes a little practice to try to maneuver. Otherwise, they are very comfortable.
4829123
The stools are very comfortable.  My husband assembled the stools but found that some of the screws were too short.
3548259
Chair is comfortable, good quality paint job, and the cedar smells wonderful. I gave this a 4 instead of a 5, because the directions were incomplete. My advice is to print a picture to help guide you since the drawings on the directions are small - e.g. 1) the directions don't tell you that the rocker piece goes inside the upright in the front, but outside the upright in the back; 2) (maybe I should have known this, but didn't) be sure the longer end of the rocker is in the back, otherwise the chair will tilt forward when no one is sitting in it; and 3) the crosspiece below the seat in the front is included in your package, but wasn't labelled in the directions or described. Also in both my boxes I was short 1 6 x 50 m/m screws and had an extra 6 x 70 m/m screw - made it work however.

Took me 1+ hours to put the first one together, 30 minutes for the second one. I am not stupid when putting things together, but it is not my strong suit, so someone more used to assembling items woiuld likely do this more quickly.