Wow, this remote control is not just on-off, it dims and will change the bulb from warm light to bright light for reading! Very nice I was surprised at that.  This lamp is a totally screw it together piece. The only “worst” part is the lampshade is not great, you click it together on to two metal hoops and then Velcro the edges together…. It just makes the lamp look cheap.  For the college student it’s just fine.