The base seems to be of really good quality, very solid. The rest are plastic parts, alligator clips and a USB flashlight with a magnifying glass. Previous experience with flexible steel goosenecks has shown that they want to return to a straighter position while the plastic stays where I put them. Plus when soldering together a pair of 22 AWG conductors. This is better than my previous pair of pop up alligator clips with magnifying glass.