I bought this as a gift for my wife. She really likes it. It looks good, and seems, on the whole, to be pretty good quality. Right after I gave it to her, one of the rings that holds it together slipped from on of the others, but I have some really small pliers and was able to pinch it back together, and it has held since, so it doesn't seem like it's a problem with it being too soft where you consistently have to worry about it falling apart easily, maybe just an oversight in the assembly of this one.