You get what you pay for. Still a tad bit on the expensive side for an executive chair that's not authentic leather. The seat back is fairly comfortable, but the seat cushon isn't too comfortable. The cushon isn't packed enough, so when you sit for more than an hour, you start to feel it hardening up because you're actually sitting on whatever it is that's hard inside. I think the cushon and the back is made with the yellow spongy stuff, so it's not too comfortable. You could always unzip them and stuff some cotton or whatever you want for more added comfort. It only took maybe 20 minutes to asemble it by myself. The air piston for adjusting height works fine, you just have to push the lever a little harder than other chairs. But my final thought would be, if you're going to pay $100+ bucks for a chair, you might as well make sure it's comfortable, even if it costs a little extra. The chair also squeaks a little whenever you move around in it, and I believe the hard plastic the feet the chair is made of is supposed to be shaved of sharp edges, but whoever was shaving my chair left a few sharp edges still on, so I cut my feet a couple times when using the chair barefoot. But I just took some sissors and shaved them smooth. The chair doesn't really recline, maybe only an inch at most. The armrests are hard plastic, and not long nor high enough for my liking.