I bought the lamp for 27 EUR on Amazon. For the price it's ok. After 3 days, although the halogen rod was broken, the traders, however, was very accommodating and has sent replacement. We have the lamp mounted in the stairwell and there makes a beautiful light. Only after a few minutes of operation, it smells slightly burnt. Could be that the aluminum strap is very hot. So when unattended continuous operation of the lamp I had not such a good feeling. Perhaps there the odor with time but still ...