Bar & counter stools
A stool lives a harder life than a chair: people climb on and off it, hook their feet on it, and lean it back. So the parts buyers cannot see — the footrest weld, the base weight, the gas lift — are the ones we spend money on.
Two builds cover most orders. A fixed-height stool on a four-leg or sled frame is the simplest and the most stable — we run a welded steel footrest ring rather than a screwed-on one, because the footrest is the first thing that loosens on a cheap stool. The other build is a gas-lift swivel on a weighted disc base; here the base weight is what stops the stool tipping, so we don't skimp on it to shave a kilo off the freight.
On height: counter stools sit around 65 cm seat height, bar stools around 75 cm, and getting this wrong is the single most common return reason in this category. Send us your counter or bar height and we'll confirm the seat height before tooling — it is a five-minute check that saves a container of wrong-height stools.
Typical specification
| Heights | Counter ~65 cm and bar ~75 cm seat height (confirmed to your counter) |
|---|---|
| Build | Fixed-height (4-leg / sled) or gas-lift swivel on weighted base |
| Footrest | Welded steel footrest ring or bar — not screw-on |
| Upholstery | Velvet, fabric, PU or wood seat; backed or backless |
| Frame | Steel tube, powder-coat / chrome / electroplate |
| Gas lift | SGS-pattern lift on swivel models; tested cycle count on request |
| Testing | Built and tested to BIFMA / EN stool patterns — reports per order |
Specs above are typical build options, not a fixed datasheet — tell us your market and target price and we'll confirm what we'd actually quote, including the choices we'd talk you out of.
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