Love the design with space for drinks and snacks, great improvement over a basic pier bench with small cup holders. Shipped well, no major breaks; bolts were loose everywhere, but all parts there. The gray definitely has the distressed-worn look, but little protective finish. To protect it for longer use near water, I coated the pieces with marine varnish before assembly. Assembly was not bad for one person, except I had to drill out a couple countersink holes deeper to make the shorter bolts reach their nuts. I added rubber feet to protect the legs and prevent sliding. A couple cushions later, we are ready for a longer summer!

Most uncomfortable seating ever. Note the almost STRAIGHT vertical seat-back. Fail. It’s like if you took your car seat and moved the back all the way leaning forward. You’re right, No one does that.

Has held up well in the weather

Arrived and looked like it was a return (hardware opened and strewn inside box, which I started putting back in package no big deal.. parts were covered sand and had weird odor, and then got to last piece the back, and the wood was rotten)… now what?

Every piece of this unit came cracked and broken. It was obvious it was broken when packaged because it was secure and packaged well surrounded by styrofoam. I’m hoping the second unit I ordered comes completely undamaged otherwise I’m never ordering again because it’s too much trouble trying to get a broken unit back in the box then carry the heavy thing to FedEx to be shipped back. The more u move this unit the more it cracks and breaks.