The chair overall isnt bad in terms of comfort or mobility, however, something became readily apparent the moment I took it out of the box. The star base where the wheels go into had a lot of spot welding around the wheel holes. I assumed to try and strengthen them but I was worried that those spots would actually be a point of weakness (since the metal had been compromised by welding it might have the opposite of the intended effect, as opposed to just a solid metal piece). Well one of them looked a little off center but I figured it was fine since it sat up right and was fine, but the moment I sat down in it that one wheel did indeed bend inwards.
Im a big guy, but Im not over the weight limit on this. Looking at the wheel where it bent inwards, sure enough the spot where it was welded broke away from the main base and bent inwards further. I debated returning this for either a replacement or refund, but not only is this a large chair that would be a pain to send back, I was afraid a replacement would only have the same welding points/weak links. So instead Ive opted to just buy a new, sturdier base that is solid metal rather than spot welded and painted over. We will see if that helps as I suspect it will, but I also bought a polycarbonate mat to place on my carpet just in case in order to reduce drag/friction (though the caster wheels I bought to replace these stock ones had no issues with the carpet).
Great chair, poor welding of the wheel base
The chair overall isnt bad in terms of comfort or mobility, however, something became readily apparent the moment I took it out of the box. The star base where the wheels go into had a lot of spot welding around the wheel holes. I assumed to try and strengthen them but I was worried that those spots would actually be a point of weakness (since the metal had been compromised by welding it might have the opposite of the intended effect, as opposed to just a solid metal piece). Well one of them looked a little off center but I figured it was fine since it sat up right and was fine, but the moment I sat down in it that one wheel did indeed bend inwards. Im a big guy, but Im not over the weight limit on this. Looking at the wheel where it bent inwards, sure enough the spot where it was welded broke away from the main base and bent inwards further. I debated returning this for either a replacement or refund, but not only is this a large chair that would be a pain to send back, I was afraid a replacement would only have the same welding points/weak links. So instead Ive opted to just buy a new, sturdier base that is solid metal rather than spot welded and painted over. We will see if that helps as I suspect it will, but I also bought a polycarbonate mat to place on my carpet just in case in order to reduce drag/friction (though the caster wheels I bought to replace these stock ones had no issues with the carpet).