The stand is quite solid but the bulb holders inside are very flimsy plastic. Its fine to have plastic shades in this case but the bulb sets into a plastic housing that is sensitive to tightening at all.

My only other concern is that I bought 40 Watt Dimmable bulbs and the lamps do not perform as a dimmable light in either socket. It seems to have the right control that clicks multiple times however I ordered two of these and neither do the dimmable function.