Boss Hardwood Bankers Office Chair

This is the worst purchase I ever made. When assembling the arms and attaching them to the chair the holes did not allign and I had to force them to fit. After several weeks of use, the arms broke apart at the curve and could not be fixed. I removed the arms thinking I could get along without them. However the back of the chair broke off after I leaned back on it. If I had the reciept, I would mail it back to Overstock for a refund. DO NOT BUY THIS CHAIR.

I ordered this chair in black back in July to replace another banker's chair that had prematurely bit the dust. But I intentionally waited to review it because after reading quite a few mixed opinions on how well the chair holds up to daily wear and tear--especially after seeing how my previous chair did actually fit the description of some reviewer's complaints, I was cautious not to rave too soon. However, after hours of daily use for 4 months I have nothing to offer but a good report. The chair looks expensive and having spied models of similar quality at a local high-end furniture store--ones priced MUCH higher--and then alternately finding far shoddier versions of it at discount office supply places, I feel even better about my purchase. I like a chair that sits straight up and this one offers a rigid back. If you like to lean back or dislike sitting quite upright, this is not the chair for you. But if you're accustomed to banker chairs that don't have a million up/down and back/forth adjustment options, want a quality-looking piece that was easy to assemble and was not missing any parts (says the hubby), a breeze to clean, holds my not so petite frame with ease, and has held up quite beautifully, I'd buy with confidence. The two main pluses for me: the lack of flimsy plastic at the base of the chair--the piece that connects the legs to the cylinder support (my old banker's chair looked SO cheap just because of that darn piece of plastic)-- and the quality of the casters. This baby can roll as smoothly and effortlessly as any chair I've ever owned. I have no reservations that this chair will serve me well for years to come.

This is a beautiful chair. Unfortunately, we have used it less than one day and the elbow joint on each of the arms is already splitting apart. We are not overweight by any means but I don't think the arm design is strong enough for leaning back in the chair. The arms were the hardest thing to assemble to the body of the chair as the holes were a littlle off - we suspected there would be some tension in this joint as we noticed, once assembled and the screws tighthened, the cut where the arms meet the seat are not flush. There is quite a gap and now we wonder if we should shim it with a piece of wood. We have adjusted the tension so if you are sitting and need to lean back a bit to ease stress on your lower back, you are able to. My husband is going to put some sort of support bracket under each elbow so you can't see it, but the joints are definitely pulling apart. It's a good looking piece and I'll be very disappointed if it doesn't work for us. I hope he can fix it.

This chair was a great find and exactly what I had been looking for! It was easy to assemble without too many tiny pieces. Easy height adjustment and reclining while having a sturdy feel and look.