BrackenStyle Darwin Garden Bench - 150cm 3 Seat Wooden Park Seat - Durable Thick Timbers 3 Person (Dark Grey) - FSC®The Forest Stewardship Council

Easy to assemble. Comfortable, sturdy bench once built. Nice slate grey colour.Seems to be good value for money for quality.

It’s very comfortable and a very nice colour, dark grey.. A local handyman put it together for me.

Good quality

A hefty box is the first you’ll see of this bench. A good start if you’re hoping for a quality item.Once unboxed it’s two sides with legs, a back, the seat and a support rail.There are six long bolts with locking cylinders + 4 screws & an Allen key.The instructions are good enough and it’s easy to work out what needs to be done.A star has been lost due to the very frustrating bolt & cylinder setup. The holes drilled for the cylinders are of differing depths so that knowing how far in to push them is difficult.We found a little blue tack in the hole 1st stopped the cylinders whizzing by the bolt hole & needing to tip everything to get it back out. The simple measure of a depth stop on the pre-drilling process would have prevented faffing about.The second reason is that the instructions warn that as wood is natural you will get knots etc but the support bar for the front of the seat also has the first part of the seat attached. This was cracked & rough due to a pretty large knot. It really shouldn’t have gotten past quality control.Wood glue is a good idea for the large dowels used.Once built the seat is very nice. The arms & legs are nicely sturdy & nothing like some of the thin items you can buy.The seat curves nicely & is comfortable but it is a hard surface so you might want to cost in the price of a cushion with your purchase.Everything is straight & solid, you get the feeling that if you look after this, a good few years will see it still going strong.The width is good for 3 people or two puds like me sitting comfortably.The timber is all dipped to help preserve it but a varnish or even better a stain will add years to the seat.I’ve used an anthracite grey by Remmers. Stain allows you to see the grain & doesn’t need stripping, just add a coat every 2 or 3 years.There are better quality benches but you can expect to nearly double the cost of this one.This may have had a couple of niggles but it is an attractive & sturdy addition to the garden.The vfm of this item is very high & I am happy to say it is easy to recommend it.

This is an excellent product and value for money. Much chunkier than a lot of other benches I have viewed. It didn’t say in the add, don’t think, but it does need assembling. Which I fully expected, but it was literally six bolts, and very simple. Took 15 minutes.

I looked at many options for a 2 seater bench. Some looked surprisingly flimsy but this one is the tops for me. Well made and easy to assemble. A grown up bench. Highly recommended.

We have a wild patch at the end of our garden which has been crying out for a bench especially in the sunny months as it's beautiful and shady. This bench is perfect, it's very strong and sturdy and a fraction of the cost of some others available online. As you can see our cat has adopted the bench for himself.

Sturdy and easy to put together. It’s a bit ‘raw’ atm but a quick coat of linseed oil will make it perfect