This is a good value product. Its all plastic which I assume will stand it in good stead for the English summer ahead, i.e, Rain. It is easy to assemble with a snap-together approach. One word of warning, this lamp post does NOT come with the electrical cable that connects the lamps to your power supply. I think the rationale being the manufacture would have no idea how far or near you will be to the power supply once installed in the garden. I hand a couple of metre's of cable spare so was able to wire the lamps up and drop the cable though the centre. In the future I will be wiring in an inline connector that will handily be hidden in the base. (only 4 stars given It would not have killed the suppliers to drop in a 2 Metre length of cable)