What a great lamp. It provides the perfect indirect light in my family room. You can select the brightness and the color of the light and it remembers your settings, even if it is unplugged. It will work on a switched outlet but there's a noticeable 2-second delay after you flip the wall switch until the light actually comes on. Unfortunately, that's a common downside to LED lights. The remote didn't work at first but the instructions give directions on how to pair the remote to the lamp and that worked very well.