When you are looking to buy a good quality garden bench you should always look for dowel construction, the bench shown in the photo is constructed with metal bolts. Garden benches constructed with metal bolts are prone to wobble and eventually break. The reason why they normally break is the bolts holding the joints together rust and eventually corrode to the point where they are very weak and as soon as someone either sits or puts pressure on the joint the bolt snaps. Unfortunately when the joint breaks the bolt is left inside the wood and is impossible to remove normally making the bench irreparable.

Teak4less never sell benches with bolted joints we will only ever sell teak garden benches made with traditional dowelled mortise and tenon joints.