Poles are thin and weak, the joints where you screw into each of the poles are very short and will bend and break easily. One bent on us when trying to install and had to throw it away and use the 2 shorter poles to get the length we want. The base you screw into the ceiling is horrible, my husband had to rig the holder to make it work.  I like the look of this but i know as soon as someone knocks into this accidently - it is coming down.  I would not recommend this product.