Nobody sits down on a bar stool gently. People climb them, pivot on the footrest, lean back on two legs, and drop onto them at closing time. That's why commercial stools are a different product from the lookalikes: heavier gauge frames, welded footrests or replaceable footrest wraps, and real weight ratings — 300 pounds and up, tested, not implied.
The other half of stool buying is height math. Bar height and counter height aren't interchangeable, and an inch of mismatch reads as uncomfortable even when nobody can name why. Give us your counter heights and your linear footage, and we'll come back with the right heights, the right count, and a landed price.