It works. The down side of this item is filling it with the sand. We could not find sand in our area that was not wet and clumping (2 different stores) so we had to spread out the sand on a table, dry it and they funnel it into the stand. A rather cumbersome process. Fortunately other reviewers advise about not putting the plug in until done so we took heed of that. It is functioning fine and to our expectations.