I like the function that you can move the arm of the lamp in any direction. I also like the design, I had two people make an attempt to attach the pole to the base but they could never get them perpendicular, so it was leaning. The third person decided that since no one was going to see the base we should make up for the leaning we should place folded tissue under the side until it was level. Looking at the lamp now, it's still leaning.