These are beautiful-- bright and sparkly... as beautiful coming out of the carefully packed box as they are in the photos.  When they arrived, we put 2 together and plugged in all three. Assembly required a little intuition and a little patience- and everything fit and everything lit up. They are pretty lightweight but Im hopeful with the provided stakes, they will survive our Chicago winter. The Gold mesh covering is beautiful but it's seems thin-- again-- hopeful they will weather well and look good for many more years. I appreciated the safety feature on the power connectors- a twist on 'cap' over the connections to keep the contacts dry.