We bought two of these in gray to replace two almost identical ten-plus year old chairs (also bought from Staples and also made in Canada) for kitchen use. They are easy-clean, good floor-skids (improved over the old ones), and comfortable seats and back (thicker than the old ones). In short, the two things we didn't like about the old chairs (which were puny enough that we bought almost identical replacements made by the same company and sold by the same retailer) appear to have been fixed.