Might have been ok if the bottom of the lamp was inside the box. The bottom of the lamp holds the batteries in. Hmmm? Someone must have been having a bad day in the shipping dept. Oh, the other one having the bottom does work... the light is a low beam. Sure it lights up the area, but please do not expect to read directions without a magnifier if your lights go out while using this lamp. It is designed only to give you what a night light puts out.