If this had a sound to light feature I would rate it higher. But for what the light does its good. The build quality is a little flimsy, I wouldn't like to drop it, and the feet don't give much stability. Better to have it fixed to a wall. I found that by putting it behind a white mesh it diffused the changing lights and spread the light in a very cool way. The remote is good, although you have to point it quite precisely otherwise you can't tell whether it's working if you're changing the speed slowly for example. So during a sensory show like I use it for, I found it better just to leave it slowly changing rather than to risk not being able to switch colours at the right moment.