The installation was not easy for me. I thought I would be fine as I am strong enough. I didn't realize how much tension those bungee straps needed to hold my butt up! The first bungee was the hardest. I stopped to look at the cost of buying a new chair. My fingers burned from the bungee burn as they slipped from my hands. Lesson learned. For the rest of the bungee I used pliers to tighten the tension to stretch the bungee through all the sockets. I'm very happy with my chair again!