Flash Furniture Hercules Series High-Back Swivel LeatherSoft Office Chair, Ergonomic Executive Chair with Headrest and Adjustable Height, Brown

Great looking, very comfortable, well made and sturdy office chair! We love it! This chair was well-packaged and arrived via UPS one day earlier than was originally scheduled. All those "Best Seller" and $100 cheaper office chair versions simply fade in comparison, and we've tried a lot of them. Of course, this chair is still upholstered in bonded leather, which after a few years definitely will start to crack and peal off, but they all do. At least this chair was made with comfort and convenience in mind, heavy usage areas on handles and on the sides of the chair itself are upholstered in fabric, and more importantly - this Hercules Series 500 lb chair can easily hold my 6.2 ft and 200 lbs husband, while hydraulics on many other chairs fail on him after a while. I am sure that if this chair would be upholstered in real leather, then it would cost $800-$1,000, but $207.50 (interestingly, Amazon took from me $211.83, although I am a Prime Member) for upholstered in bonded leather and fabric - it is still a great deal!

Even though FedEx delivered the box looking as though it had been rolled down several flights of stairs, and kicked for good measure, the chair was in perfect condition. It was understandable why after I began assembling the chair. The thing is built like a tank plain and simple. (Almost busted a gut getting it up the stairs) Now that I have the chair together, I have to say this is quite possibly the best built chair I have ever owned. I'm a big guy and I usually feel nervous leaning back in other chairs, but when I saw how thick the metal is throughout the chair, and how heavy the sucker is, I leaned back and felt zero give anywhere.The arms are thick metal with real chrome, and the base and back are attached with a wide extremely thick plate of metal which attach to those metal arms on the base and back. You are essentially sitting within a basket of metal covered in soft material. The padding is soft and better than my last chair, though it is covered in that cheap leather stuff like all modern chairs. we all know that stuff eventually freys in time, but I think if this frame lasts as long as I expect, I might pay money to just get it reupholstered instead of buying a new chair. (Of course I think this is a long time in the future.)I purchased the roller blade casters with the chair, which does make it sit a bit taller, (even with it all the way down.) Still I think the better casters were worth the thirty something bucks, since the chair comes with the standard plastic ones.Rollerblade Caster Wheels (Steel) - Smooth Gliding on All Floors - Ultra Duty Universal Fit

I previously bought a big and tall gaming chair off Amazon. It was nice and lasted me about 2.5 years of work from home/gaming/studying, so I can't complain too much. When looking for a new chair, I wanted one that I was hoping would last longer. I read some great reviews on this chair and decided to give it a try.I'm 5'11" and 350, so I went with the 500lb big and tall chair hoping it would last longer and be more comfortable for me.Pros:+ Assembly for me was pretty easy. I understand some people have had problems, but I was able to assemble it with no issues+ Owning the chair at first, it was extremely comfortable. I could lean back and sleep in this chair if I needed to.+ Delivery was speedy. The product was back ordered when I originally ordered but I was kept up to date on the status+ The wheels and base are extremely sturdy. I know a few people complained about hitting their feet on the metal base, but this was never an issue for me.+ The leather has been very good quality for me. It's showing some wear on the backing but this is from my cat scratching it, certainly not the manufacturer's faultCons:- This was a big one for me....I just hit 11 months on this chair and the seat cushion has worn out. I am sitting on the frame and with a bad back it's really been messing with me. I'm disappointed this has happened less than a year after spending almost twice what I spent on my gaming chair, I feel for the price it should have lasted longer.- The Arm rests dig into my side of my thigh. I feel like this shouldn't happen for a big and tall gaming chair. I've lived with it, but I've thought multiple times about removing one of the arm rests just so I wouldn't have this issue.- Some people have said the piston loses pressure and they can't get the chair to go up. I've actually had the opposite problem. The chair, even when I try to sit in it at a lower position, constantly raises itself up and pushes into my desk, which is causing wear on my desk and I may need to replace that soon as well.Overall, I did like the chair, but between the pressure issues in the cylinder and the cushion losing its function, I'm going to look for another chair. It's very frustrating this one didn't last a year. I wanted it to work, it just didn't.I may go back to the same type of chair I bought before as I had decent luck with that. I'd spend the money on a Herman Miller chair, but my lottery ticket I haven't bought yet hasn't turned up a winner, so there's that ;-)