The foamlike blocks in which the lamp was packed kept shredding into lighter-than-air, tiny balls of plastic that clung to everything they touched. I was fearful of inhaling even smaller pieces. I'm still finding them throughout the room in which I opened the box and assembled the lamp. I was a one-person assembler; that process took about an hour after finally applying a little WD-40 oil to the threads of the pole sections. 

Pros: Decent value
Cons: packaging