I absolutely love these lamps (I bought two)!! They are very stylish  gives off great lighting!! I love the different shades  different levels of brightness you can choose from. The timer is a great feature as well (it’s a one hour timer you can set for the light to turn off). I think the magnetic remote is a great idea to keep up with the remote for each lamp or just keeping up with it period. Sticks right on the lamp post. It was super easy to assemble  the actual lamp itself does have the controls on it as well.