American Trails Extra-Wide Premium 24" Director's Chair Black Frame with Black Canvas, Counter Height

First let me say that I like this chair a lot, I've always been a fan of director's chairs and this one's pretty nice. It's not as nice as one I used to have where the back rest was larger and actually swiveled, but oh well, that was a long time ago. I plan on using this chair as an occasional chair only in my studio apartment, and for that purpose it will be ideal. It's substantial and heavier than I thought it would be. The color of the wood seems true to the product photo, but the red canvas seating and back are pretty bright! I still like it though...What I'd like to tell you though is my experience with it straight out of the box. It was easy to set up the seat and back pieces, but I couldn't get the braces to lock in flat. Not possessing great upper body strength, I tried different approaches without success. I ended up using my rubber coated hammer handle, standing and pushing down with my whole weight on the braces. I knicked my pinky the first time, and now I have a bruise, so be careful if you have to use this method.The frame had several little knicks and mysterious tiny holes here and there, so I used a furniture scratch repair marker to disguise those. The sliders on the feet weren't to my liking as well, so I unscrewed them and replaced them with cup sliders for carpet use.All in all this is a great chair, it just needed a tweaking...

I bought this for doing makeup in during the “Getting Ready” phase of my wedding day and it worked out perfectly. It’s very sturdy and I read a few reviews saying it’s hard to snap together but that wasn’t my experience at all. I put this together myself in about 20 minutes and most of that time was me just unwrapping the pieces. It’s not too heavy but also doesn’t feel tippy or cheaply made, it did the job and I couldn’t ask for better!

Bought this for my wife and it suits her fancy. The seat was extra taunt when first installed and wanted to prevent the legs from locking in place. About ten minutes of sitting on it and the fabric had stretched just enough that the legs locked fine. Now it works as expected and is surprisingly comfortable.

Well, if you’re LUCKY. Go for it.Otherwise, expect to receive chairs that have mismatched stain-colors and dings in the wood. You’ll need the right color furniture marker if you want to get rid of the wood dings. You might even receive a used chair – (with dirty and marred rubber feet) – like we did.For the mismatched stain colors – you can request a refund and be denied, or risk shipping it back at a cost about double the price of the chair!For us, we needed four – and we’re not lucky.We now have 3 dinged chairs we made good enough with a furniture marker and 1 with a side and arm that looks like it came from a different chair - and is probably a prior return.And we PAID for them!A picture is worth a thousand words – here are my pics.

It was hard clamping the gold bars down for the chair to stand. I used a hammer lol. It’s a super lightweight chair so I tell ppl to be careful when they step on the foot rest bc the chair comes off the ground when you try to sit. The food rest on instructions says it’s not meant to be stood on or used now I understand

The media could not be loaded. I’m in love with this chair! I was a bit skeptical when purchasing but by far it has exceeded my expectations.I did have trouble putting it together and the metal bars that hold the legs together was definitely hard to push down, but with the help of my brother, he managed to push it down by using his shoe to press down on the metal part that way he doesn’t hurt himself. But other than that I tested out the durability by sitting on it and it held me up very well. No wobbling or anything.I’m 5’3 and the chair is just slightly a few inches from shoulder height. There is A TON of seating room if you have wide hips like me!!😅 but all in all this was a great purchase, I can’t wait to record my podcast with this chair!

My wife is a public speaker and this chair is easy to get in and out of the car and is comfortable for her while she is giving her presentation. It stores easily when not in use.

So, I read the reviews. I was ready with a husband (and two supervisor cats) that could straighten out the hinges. Honestly, he looked at it for a couple seconds, said he doesn't need any tools for this. He flipped the chair on its back, put his legs/knees inside the frame to put some pressure on it (mainly to keep it in place), then pulled the hinges smoothly toward himself. My jaw dropped. The cats and I cheered. Anyways, it has non slip pads on the bottom of the legs and if you try to push straight down, it won't work.