Took a chance and very pleased. Read through some of the other reviews with pictures about the finish and the denting and gapping, had no problems with either. Metal is more of a “galvanized” look so with both light and dark￼, see pics. It actually looks very nice in person. However it is not a smooth all over silver if that is what you are after, it is a textured looking metal. For me, that worked because my railings are that type of metal so aesthetically I had no problems. As for the denting, I had absolutely none and I looked it over very close. The gapping at the corners where the metal meets is very very minimal, see pics, but as to be expected with any metal work. My hubby works with metal and he said for that type of corner weld that is about as perfect as you are gonna get. Ours didn’t have the flaws- So we are totally happy!