Great chair, love it. Someone wrote that you feel the bolts after a long use, then you just need to tighten them with washers in the kit and nothing will stick out. I don't know about the creak yet, it all depends on how you tighten the bolts. But for such a sum, it seems to be normal. In general, buying this type of chair will give you a lot of positive emotions if you sit at your workplace for more than 8 hours.