VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs

Is the VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs worth buying?

VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs are worth buying for anyone who wants four upholstered seats in slate grey for £91.99, which is £23.00 a chair, with a two-year manufacturer warranty behind them. Each chair holds 120 kg, takes about five minutes to put together, and 340 owners rate the set 4.6.

Look elsewhere if your heaviest sitter goes past 120 kg, if you want arms to rest on after dinner, or if the chairs will be wiped down after every meal. Short pile plush feels warm and looks more expensive than the price suggests, but it collects crumbs and needs a brush rather than a damp cloth.

What does the 120 kg weight limit actually mean?

The number that decides this set is 120 kg per chair against a chair weight of 4.5 kg, so each one carries 26.7 times its own weight. That comes from the steel frame rather than the padding: four straight steel legs with sealed joints, plus adjustable feet that take up the slack on a slightly uneven floor.

Divide the price and you pay £23.00 a chair, which is £5.50 a chair more than the mcc direct White Dining Chairs at £17.50 and £8.67 a chair less than the Amazon Basics Metal Dining Chairs at £31.67. The whole set costs £34.70 less than Amazon Basics and £22.00 more than mcc direct.

What comes in the VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs box?

Four chairs arrive flat packed, with the steel legs separate from the seat and the padded shell. Assembly is required and runs at about five minutes a chair, and the sealed frame joints mean your hands are not scraping along sharp metal while you work.

Built, each chair stands 83 cm tall on a 54 x 44 cm footprint, with 38 cm of back above the seat and no armrests. The adjustable feet level it on a slightly uneven floor and protect hard surfaces from scratches, and the plush covers the seat and the continuous back in solid slate grey.

Where do the VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs fall short?

The 120 kg limit is the lowest of the four-seat sets here, shared with the mcc direct and Klihome ranges, so a heavy sitter has no headroom. The chair is also armless with a low back at 83 cm, which is fine at a kitchen table and less comfortable if you like to lean back and stay a while.

Plush is the second trade. It marks faster than PU or faux leather and it wants a vacuum brush rather than a wet cloth, which is a poor fit for a table used by young children. Nothing here reclines, swivels or changes height, so the chair you assemble is the chair you keep.

How do the VASAGLE Velvet Dining Chairs compare with the alternatives?

Against the mcc direct White Dining Chairs, this set costs £22.00 more for the same four places, or £5.50 a chair, and both stop at 120 kg. You are paying the difference for velvet over a faux leather pad on wooden legs, so the mcc direct pair wins if the chairs get wiped down daily.

Against the Amazon Basics Metal Dining Chairs, the VASAGLE set is £34.70 cheaper for four and £8.67 less a chair, but the metal set takes 149.6 kg each, stacks and shrugs off rain. Choose the VASAGLE four for the look and the warranty, and the Amazon Basics for a table that has to survive anything.