Overall for the price these are decent. The base is a very light weight metal, but looks pretty good. The threads where you screw the shade and bulb assembly to the base are sub par at best. I went to sinch the components together and the threads didn't strip, but there is enough flex that they jumped up a few threads and it was loose again. After I found the sweet spot it's fine, and doesnt come loose, but I'm disappointed in the oversight on the manufacturers part. Also buy some felt pads for the bottom of this, the placement of the ones on their suck to say the least... this is a pretty tall lamp and they only put three pads on the bottom of these, and they are placed in way that makes it a little too easy to tip the lamp over.