So the red in it is not "rich burgandy", but rust?
797182
I love mine BTW. As for the sturdiness...it handles my 285lbs just fine while I am sitting on it while putting on or taking off my shoes. It depends on what kind of lighting it is in, of course. I have LED bulbs mixed with natural light in my foyer where this is located. To me, it appears there are two shades of burgundy in the pattern. A majority is a darker burgundy, lacking a purply tone and probably best described as rust tone burgundy, but still "rich" and the other is closer to red but still burgundy. So, in summary, the burgandy is a rich rust burgundy as opposed to the ones that have more of a purple tone.
1005470
I've had it on for about 4 months now and it's definitely not as shiny as it was but it hasn't rusted yet. We will see what the winter salt does to it.
15530
No my didn't have any rust. I would return it if I were you. There should NOT be any rust in or on it at all! Good luck.
2035646
It is actually more of a matte white powder coat finish. I have had mine for about 6 months and so far no rust. It still looks great.
1559141
Yes, it is. I've had it for about 6 months now and no rusting. So far so good.
844329
It's not high polish, looks more like the brad blasted that gerber use for a while. It does rust if I don't treat it. Inactually started using turtle wax on it after cleaning and that keeps it blemish free.
2257063
It is not red, it is stainless steel, not sure why they do not fix the description
72763
I live in indy and I've had it for 3 month or so. o have seen any rust yet. And its rained a lot so I would say no. plus I've got a friend who's got the same one and he's had it 2 years. his also has no rust.
1995444
I believe it is. Mine has been out since the fall and I don't see any signs of rust yet.
1042176
I have had mind for three years and it is rusting. I don't think this is acceptable. I am looking for a new one with a different finish.
659964
It's just a guess.....we bought the gray model, never used it and found storing it in the garage to be a burden. Sold it to a co-worker and found that the finish on the gray looked splotchy, as if it had a chemical substance spilled on it. My guess is that it was a natural phenomena and a black version would not show that. It wasn't rust; more like oxidation?
1158232
As near as I can tell, it's made of steel, but not stainless, since there are a few small rust spots in the inside corners.
1617385
It is more of a rust color with a few brown spots. Had to spray paint mine. But I them.
1099370
No it isn't, they only stuck stickers on it... also, it developed rust after the first couple of rainy days and stained my paint... Don't buy it.
1406603
No it's light brown with almost a gold tint. It looks red in pictures though.
1461710
To me it is more of gold rusty brown. It went great with bricks on our garage.
1135509
As the picture shows, kind of red, rusty and aged looking. I was worried about the splash of yellow but my stool doesn't really have any yellow, looks antique and very nice, I really like mine.