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Despite cautionary warning about delivery promptness, this item arrived immediately and was packaged compactly. As it is nine pieces, it has to be assembled. Although a largely intuitive process, better directions should have been provided. Assembly of all pieces took 12 minutes and resulted in a sturdy 6' stylish floor lamp. This lamp model had silver finish [one of three finishes offered] that mimics brushed metal. The two screw-in light shades have an appearance of frosted glass [but are made of moderately thick plastic]. Although the lamp instructions suggest the use of incandescent bulbs: a 3-way 50-100-150 watt bulb [in the top globe] and a 60-watt bulb in the flexible side reading lamp, the manufacturer also endorsed the use of CFL bulbs that give the same light output [at far reduced wattage]. With superb results, I used a 13-watt CFL bulb in the adjustable reading lamp and the newest 3-way CFL bulb in the torchiere (top) globe socket.

Overall, this floor lamp was not bad expenditure, looking far more expensive than its modest cost. The weakest feature of this lamp are the two frosted plastic globes, which likely will be the first components to show wear, stress, or breakage. Indeed, the top globe [about 10.5" diameter], although packed seemingly secure in its box, arrived with a 2.5" crack/split near its lip edge (we merely have turned this slightly damaged section of the frosted globe to the wall); had it been easy to dissemble and return the lamp after assembly, that may have been done. As it was, Amazon granted a partial credit on the low-cost purchase price. Once again, it paid to shop Amazon!

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For the price, this is an " ok " light, it throws a good amount of light due to the white plastic shades and will light up a

small to medium room very nicely. My problem with this light is the base is so cheaply made the whole light leans towards

the side which has the reading light. I have tightened the bottom nut that holds the light pole to the base but it is so

cheaply made that the tightening did not help at all....It still leans...The base is made of a plastic round mold with a very thin piece

of medal on top that the pole goes through.... I am most certainly not a perfectionist but it bugs me to no

end when I walk into my living room and see this light leaning to one side....Buy something a little better made than this thing.

Wish I would have !

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first off-the shipping. i received an email stating that this item would be shipped much sooner than advertised-about a week. even using our usps during the christmas season, it still came earlier than even promised! nice surprise. now about this big little floor lamp...another surprise. i assembled this in about 10 minutes without reading the instructions so i know you can too. i like the smaller circumference of this lamp. my old one had that "chunky" look. i noticed in a few other reviews there were complaints concerning the plastic globes. actually this is a plus. another negative about my old floor lamp was the metal globes quickly became extremely hot using the advised wattage bulbs. when using the reading lamp over your shoulder this becomes a problem for obvious reasons. using the same advised wattage bulbs with this lamp i found i can easily touch the lamp globes without burning myself. that's a comfort as i wouldn't dare do this with my other 2 floor lamps (1 with a glass globe). also keep in mind that with a clear instead of a metal globe, you'll get more room light. the metal globe on the floor lamp will only reflect light off of the ceiling, while these globes light the entire room so much better. both on-off switches work reasonably well and are easy on the fingers. along with a very reasonable price this is a great all-around lamp at a bargain price.

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This is great lamp for an economical price. I gave it 4 stars because the quality is not up to 5 stars. It works well, but the construction shows signs of being just adequate rather than being built sturdy and built to last.

I would purchase it again...in fact, I purchased 3 of these to light my living room. They look good and work well.

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Good product. No complaints at all. But here's a tip: read the instructions about which pieces to put together first. I didn't, and had to undo it and start all over.