It's true this, to me was a bear to assemble. However, I have frontal lobe damage and that makes things like this more difficult. I assembled this in about four and a a half hour, "by my self ", spread out in two days. This is very sturdy very good material, the hardwood is excellent and I believe this will last me a lifetime (care and maintenance of course). The only thing I can actually see going out is the gliders "bearings" but care and occasional oiling will help this
I have this chair on a screened in back porch with its humid here in Florida but it will not be subjected to rain just perhaps moisture from humidity. It is very comfortable. I have 4 other chairs on the back porch including 2 zero gravity chairs and one swivel leather office chair and a vintage rocker. Most of my time (if not all) on the porch will be spent on this Jack Post Glider. Very Happy with this purchase.
For the price I paid; $68.00 including shipping, there is NO WAY you are going to get this good a quality chair anywhere for this price. I would have to be shown in order to believe that!

I ordered this chair with the free Super Saver Shipping option, but it still made it in only 3 days from Indiana to Texas. It took about an hour to assemble. Like many products, the instructions made a few assumptions to keep the assembly manual to a reasonable size, but it was pretty easy to figure out based on the illustrations and picture on the box. The only tools I used were a hammer, 7/16" socket wrench, and flat blade screwdriver. A power driver would save several minutes of assembly time since there are dozens and dozens of nuts and bolts. The only "problem" I had, per se, was one of the holes in the square tubing frame behind the third wood slat down from the top was punched/drilled at an angle. I just took a screwdriver, inserted it through the hole, and slightly elongated it so the bolt would go through. Everything else lined up perfectly. I'm very picky and hard to please, but if this chair holds up for at least a few years, then I'll be extremely pleased. I've been looking for a single outdoor glider/rocker for years, but there aren't many on the market. I bought 8 folding rockers from a motor home supply place several years ago. They were made of metal, plastic, and fabric. ALL 8 of them failed in exactly the same way - the backs came un-rivited from the arms and the chair would collapse into a piece of garbage. This glider, however, initially appears to be well-designed.

Update: Just received my second one on 5/2/11 after being so satisfied with the first one. It appears to be well-designed and is holding up well. It took exactly one hour and fifteen minutes from unboxing to complete assembly - a little longer than the first one because I followed the instructions more carefully this time rather than assembling it "my own way". BE CAREFUL not to overtighten the bolts that secure the boards - particularly the boards that are attached to curved areas of the frame as they will split if over-tightened!

Update January 1, 2016: It's been over five years since I purchased the first chair. I now own six of these! I keep all six outdoors under patios. They've held up wonderfully. There is no rust and the wood is holding up well. I've had to replace a few nuts that got loose and fell off and every now and then the glider bearings will squeak a bit and need lubricating, but that's all. I'm still extremely pleased with these chairs.

We love our Jack Post Garden Gliders, which live under our front covered porch. Assembly is much easier with two people, and you can place the tray on either side of the chair. Approximately 3 months after receiving and enjoying our chairs, a single stave of wood broke underneath me in the chair piece, likely due to a small knot in the wood (I am a small woman, only 130 lbs). I googled Jack Post and reached out to them via email. Within a week, they replied and had sent two replacement staves. We look forward to enjoying these years to come, and appreciate Jack Post's customer service response.

This is a super comfortable seat....The glider works smoothly. We love it. It is a bit of a challenge to put together only because there are many pieces...so, it takes time. Other than that, we look forward to enjoying it for years to come. We live in a very dry climate, and it is in a shady area...I expect to oil it about twice a year.

I ordered two of the gliders for my front porch. I was a bit concerned about the assembly given a few of the reviews I had read but it proved not to be a problem. I first used teak oil to give the wood a little more depth of color and protection for aging. I gave the wood a day to dry thoroughly. My son helped me with the assembly. Putting the various types of screws in different cups made accessing the correct length much easier. The first chair took almost an hour and half and we followed the directions precisely. For the second chair I assembled the top chair portion while my son put the bottom frame together. This proved to be much easier and faster than trying to place the wooden slats onto the frame that was attached to the bottom. The chairs are very comfortable and fit nicely on the porch. I did buy 3-inch thick cushions to add color but they're really too thick...and they are really necessary. The chairs are comfortable enough without a cushion.