This is actually an amazing set for the price. Looks great, assembly is relatively easy, wider chairs for those of us with hips, solid, comfortable, etc.
Let me start with assembly. I read a handful of reviews about it being difficult to assemble. This is the exact same as buying any other assemble-yourself furniture. If you have purchased and assembled Ikea furniture, you can do this. I put the whole thing together myself over the course of three evenings after work, couple of hours at a time. I put the sofa together first, then moved on to the rocker/swivel chairs. Wish I would've opened this one first since it included a mini-ratchet tool. SO freaking helpful and unexpected. Never received a tool like this in any other furniture I've ordered. It WAS annoying at times because the screw had to be at just the right angle while assembling. Doing it myself, I found myself doing weird things to use my feet, hands and whatever to hold the pieces at the right angle. But really it's to our benefit. Everything was correctly aligned once assembled. No adjustments needed and everything is level/solid the first time.
The cushions - I thought at this price that the cushions wouldn't be great. I am the type that wants/needs squishy/cozy. Had anticipating it not being up to my standards (I live in a cloud). But lo and behold it was!! I am actually very comfortable with these cushions and don't need any extra padding! Bottom cushions are a little rigid (but squishy) to hold up to constant sitting. Back cushions are super squishy and very comfortable to lean back against. And give it time if necessary. All of the furniture except for the 2 chairs - the bottom cushions were not vacuum packed. Was ready to go out of the bag. 2 seat cushions were vacuum packed and took overnight to get to its proper size. Very comfortable like the rest after waiting.
Another thing I would like to mention is to be patient with shipping. It all came pretty quickly, so that's not what I mean here. I ordered a larger set and didn't know how many boxes were coming my way. Came via FedEx for me. They dropped 2 boxes off on a Saturday and the tracking was updated to "delivered". On Sunday I started opening boxes and there was a lot of pieces missing. I contacted the seller with concern. Later on that night one more box showed up, then Monday the final box showed. Confused why it was labeled as "delivered" when not all of it was. But oh well, all worked out in the end.
I am so happy with this set. I am so glad I decided to go for it an buy this set. Would 100% recommend to anyone.
As a side note - I actually did contact the seller when I thought a lot of stuff was missing. Sunday night box showed up before they responded, so I wrote a note to say more had come (and apologized). Seller was SUPER nice in their response and said to please contact them if there were any issues. I really appreciated that.
Assembly takes from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours per chair. I bought 8 chairs & 4 side tables and assembled them over 4 days. Only one bolt in one chair didnt line up well.
My husband and I love our new deck set! It is comfortable and we find ourselves going out to the deck just to enjoy relaxing! I did change the pillows and bought 2 extra tables. But all in all it is a gorgeous set and it was easy to put together.
I like the chair and ordered this brand based on the cushion color. I was wanting the aqua cushions and got baby blue. I wish they would re-label cushion color. Chair is fairly firm, but comfortable.
We love how it swivels and feels comfortable to sit outside for long periods. It does squeak when we ‘rock’ the chair - will try WD40. The color is awesome and the little table is very sturdy - perfect for our coffee mugs, etc.
We have an existing set of wicker patio furniture with swivel rocker chairs and a sofa with green cushions that used to be on our deck. Now we have a sunroom and that furniture is moved there. We wanted more swivel rocker chairs. I ordered two sets and both arrived quickly. The boxes are quite heavy and large, but I'm tall with long arms and I was able to move them on my own.
I opened the first box and laid out the pieces. I assembled the table first to get a feel for the overall assembly. I was using my cordless impact driver with an extension and the correct hex bit. That is much easier than using the supplied hex key wrench. The key is to follow the instructions and not tighten the machine screws until everything has been screwed in. Then tighten everything. The assembly of the table was easy.
I built the two chairs together. Once you get the two side pieces attached to the back, it's easier if you have something to brace them against to keep them in place. Again, only put the screws in enough to hold, but don't tighten. The trickiest part is attaching the bottom cushion base, only because of the angle of the chairs as they are on their backs. But I was able to get it. Overall, I think it took me about an hour to assemble the chairs on the first set. The second set was quicker, because I knew what I was doing. It probably took around 45 min. I still assembled them together.
The second set was missing the legs to the table. All other pieces and hardware were there. I contacted the seller Meet Sunny and almost instantly got a call from them. I explained what was missing and they sent the legs by Fedex which arrived 2 days later.
Since then I ordered one more set for a small deck on the front of our house. I had the table and chairs built in less than one hour. The chairs are very comfortable and they look great. It's been cold and rainy so we haven't moved the new chairs to the deck yet. Attached is a photo of the chairs in a living area in our house. One set on the small front deck in front is covered by the included cover which is a nice bonus. The swivel on these chairs is a little tight. That's good for us as our other set of furniture has a very loose swivel and with your feet up, the wind would sometimes turn you. Overall, we are very pleased!
We have a nice patio set up and also a catio for all of our rescue cats that they can come in and out of the house into. These chair a great, pretty sturdy, 360 swivel, and rock. And the table is just perfect to put a cocktail on it. We love the swivel so we can spin around to watch the cats or turn the other way and talk if we have friends on the couch. The rocking is nice and not noisy. I was slowly rocking the other day with a nice breeze and the birds chirping and the next thing I knew was my husband coming outside asking me if I was OK. I don't know how long I slept, but I was super comfortable for sure.
Cushions are soft. Dry quickly after getting wet. The swivel on the chairs began rusting after one month. Also now very difficult to swivel. The arms are not the most ergonomic. They look good but the way your arm rests is not comfortable after sitting more than 20 minutes. Wouldn’t buy these again.