First of all, I have no idea how they can get away with charging $230...I bought this same model at Bed Bath & Beyond for $50, and I ended up returning it. I loved the concept of a remote control lamp with a dimmer, and preferred incandescent to halogen for safety reasons, but this thing just didn't cut it. For starters, it wouldn't work with the outlet that's operated by a wall switch - I could turn it off with the switch but not on...I have no idea why since my other lamp works just fine with it. Next, my biggest criticism: when you dim the light the lamp produces a very annoying high-pitched buzz, kind of like what you'd get with an old computer hard drive...unbelievably irritating. And finally, the quality of light from two 150W incandescent bulbs is still far inferior to a 300W halogen. I never even got around to trying the remote control, since there's no way the benefit it adds could make up for these shortcomings. Don't waste your time.