I was planning on purchasing the same looking stools (different brand) from an online home goods stood for double the price. I debated it because you do get what you pay for and usually higher price is higher quality. But the reviews were pretty identical for both brands and so I decided to buy these instead. The assembly really is easy and not nearly as hard as those reviews made me believe. Each stool took 15 minutes including the required disassembly as the first step. My biggest piece of advice and anyone who has put together furniture that comes in hundreds of pieces will tell you—do NOT tighten the screws all the way until the end. The instructions also voice this as well. Make sure you level and tighten the feet things at the end too. I can imagine that is why some people stayed the chairs were wobbly bc mine aren’t even a tiny bit wobbly. They are really cute and actually comfortable and sturdy feeling (and I’m no small human)