Our lifetime warranty is ABSOLUTE. If the product arrives and is defective or if you just don't like it we will refund your purchase with no questions asked. The warranty is also transferable so if you purchase a Redline Engineering stand second hand and it suffers a structural failure you can still return it for a free replacement regardless of the stand's age. With some 3800 stands sold and less than 10 stands returned (for non structural failure reasons) we are confident that our warranty is simple piece of mind.