Early enough to assemble. Took about 15 minutes, a drill will make the bolts a little quicker.

Chair has great adjustability, you can almost lie out like you're in a dentist chair.

The only criticism I have is that it could be a little softer, the padding is quite firm. But I suppose this is personal tastes.

I've had the chair for about a week now, and overall I'm enjoying it quite a bit.

The assembly involves quite a few M8 bolts that you must tighten with an allen wrench (either the included one, or an M8 sized wrench you provide). I wanted to use an M8 socket on a ratchet handle to make sure all the bolts were well tightened but the bolts have a round head instead of a square or octagonal one that a socket could grab onto, and it's a real pain to try to thoroughly and evenly tighten all those bolts with just a little wrench. The allen wrench is included, tough, and it has the correct size of Phillips head screwdriver for the shorter bolts on the other end, so that's nice. A pair of white cloth gloves is included too.

Once assembled, the chair is very comfortable. I work from home several days a week and on those days I can spend 14 hours or more in my office chair. This one makes that a really comfortable experience. The seat pan is nice and deep which offers good thigh support. It's also pretty wide so I have plenty of room for my hips and thighs. In addition, the race style side bolsters drop away toward the back of the seat pan so there's nothing that constricts my hips. The back bolstering is narrower so I can see how bigger folks might find it a bit tight as some other reviews have mentioned, but there's plenty of room for me (I'm 6'0" and 250 lbs.) The recline function is very nice as well, lying almost completely flat in its farthest back position. Combined with the footrest, quick naps while on boring conference calls are a breeze. :)

It should be noted though that the recline is not continuously adjustable; rather, the back can be adjusted to one of nine different angles between nearly bolt upright and nearly flat. To me, this is no big deal, it was easy to find a comfortable angle (I like the third notch). I also really like the rocker function that, when unlocked, allows the chair to rock back 20 degrees without changing the seatback angle. Worth noting here is that the seat bottom rocks along with the back in this mode. As I noted above, the seat is quite deep, so I was a bit surprised the first time I rocked back and my feet left the floor. Again, no big deal.

The foot rest is a great feature, it just pulls out from under the chair and flips into position when you're ready to use it. I do wish it had a more convenient way to grab it than having to work your fingers into the narrow space between the seat cushion and the stowed foot rest. It would also be nice if the foot rest extended a bit more for those with long legs. My inseam is only 32" and with my rear all the way back in the seat, it's more of a calf rest stopping just above my ankles. If you have longer legs you might not find this very comfortable.

Now for the things I don't like:

The "leather" (I don't think it's real--which is fine for the $149 price I paid) doesn't fit the cushions well in a few places. Most noticeably, it's quite loose along the front edge of the seat cushion and just looks sloppy. On some of the other cushions like the backrest and footrest, the covering is a bit too small making the zippers not close all the way, and there is some stitching on the seat cushion that has unravelled leaving some loose threads hanging there (but hey, zippers! If you ever need to recover the chair, you can!)

The arms don't adjust forward and backward, nor do they pivot in or out--height is the only thing you can change. For me, the arms are too far forward to use comfortably even with the chair back in its fully upright position. Laid back to the third notch where I have it set, only my hands are on the arm rests as they do not move back when you recline.

Although all the load bearing parts are steel, the side covers that conceal the recliner mechanism (a rather wicked looking metal coil spring that actually looks like it could cause some pretty serious injuries if it were to fail) are cheap, ill-fitting plastic. Again, for $149, I don't care that much, but your mileage may vary.

But now the biggest issue and the reason this chair isn't getting five stars: Everything squeaks. Freaking. Everything. I can't shift my weight in the seat without a creak, or rock without the left hinge squeaking or really move at all without it sounding like a sailboat on the waves. if I had known this would be an issue, I might have tried applying some blue Loctite to the bolt threads and a graphite based grease to all the metal-on-metal moving parts.

In summary, overall this chair is good for the price, and I really like it...I'd like it more if weren't so damned noisy and if a few details were done just a bit better.

Great chair!! And pretty easy to put together.. I'm thinking of getting my son one!!! Thank
You!!

285lbs here. Sit on my butt all day in this. Holds up. Sturdy. Little hard, where the metal is, on thighs. Footrest is gimicky. 8/10. Worth the buy.

I can't believe anyone said this was easy to assemble, it was the most picky, PITA thing to put together i've done in a long time. Parts that were uneven / had to be bent a bit to fit, screw holes smaller than the screws, stupid plastic farings that had to go on.

once its together its great, but you even had my wife cussing while helping me put things together.