Easy to put together, looks like in the pictures, DOES NOT COME WITH WEIGHTED BASE. You can spend money on a weighted base, or do what I did , which was since the base of the umbrella was going to be covered by an out door patio love seat, I filled an old black duffel bag with old bricks ( 50 lbs or so) and used that . Works just fine. Lights work and folds up pretty much out of the way when not in use . Quality seems pretty good so far. Only time will tell