Safco Big and Tall Stool, Heavy Duty Black Vinyl Seat Mesh Back Rated to 400 lbs.

This chair receives five stars for feeling like it lives up to the "heavy duty" description (solid and heavy chair). Unfortunately, I had to return it because it gets only one star for comfort. The chair is designed for someone who is tall (not average height). The seat is rather hard and it's not possible to make contact with the backrest if you're on the shorter side due to the depth of the seat. While someone who is at least 6' tall would probably disagree, what will make it uncomfortable to many users is the undersized foot rest. The foot-rest ring requires a sharp knee bend for the back of one's heel to make contact. The foot rest should have been about 3 inches bigger to allow it to match the overall scale of the chair and to more effectively serve the purpose without such a sharp bend at the knee. This chair was a great disappointment given that there are so few drafting chairs that are built as solidly as this one to choose from among (and fewer still that are commercial rated). Thankfully Walmart made it easy to return.