Model 201 -- Discontinued Bowen leather chair

Comment: Wish I'd read that first review before purchasing (don't know how I missed it), because I'd had this chair for perhaps a month when one of the five arms of the "star" cracked. For that matter, I'd had it a day when one of the arms cracked slightly, but that didn't worry me too much; looking back, I see that it should have! I thought maybe I'd just treated the poor thing too roughly, but really you shouldn't have to worry about that. Furniture that is meant to be weight-bearing and not just for show should really either be built pretty darned sturdily or come with a prominent weight-limit warning. Yeah, I'm heavy, but for heaven's sake I've never broken a chair before!

In all honesty, if you're a lightweight, this might be a perfectly fine chair for you (hence my scrupulously fair two stars instead of one). It's easy to put together and fairly comfortable, it does look nice, and it moves all right - not the smoothest motion I've experienced in an office chair, but okay. But the molded-plastic-type material used to make the five-"armed" base - which bears the weight of the seat and the sitter both - has its limits, so... beware!

Comment: Super Fast Shipping, Chair Exactly as Described, Fantastic Deal, Thank You

Comment: I am a college student and I purchased this chair because it was cheap and look comfortable. Well for $40 bucks I can not complain. It is sturdy and holds up nice. Very easy to assemble and looks all right. The one downside I found is that the seat is flat. So if you are going to be setting in it all day you might want to spend a little more money for a more comfortable chair. This chair fits my needs just fine. I would recommend it to someone that uses the computer for only a few hours a day.

Comment: I am 100% happy with the office chairs I purchase, they arrived early and in great shape.

Comment: The chair isn't bad to sit in. Fairly comfortable but is is leather so cold in low temps and sticky in hot temps.

The construction of the product is pretty cheap. I've had to tighten screws a couple times. I've had the chair 3 months now and one of the wheel holders (in the star base) has split, so the wheel is loose and if you lean back with that wheel behind you, you'll fall over.

There seems to be a weight distribution engineering problem to make a single holder crack. If weight were evenly distributed over the base (properly centered on the lift) this would not have happened.

The mechanics work okay. It has a lock (to keep you from leaning back just push the handle in) and the lift functions (though I don't really use it, kind of set it and forget it).

I'd recommend paying a little more and getting a product of higher quality. Otherwise, you may have to take the wheels off once it breaks to keep it stable.