It's not the sturdiest shelf, certainly: the vertical supports are hollow plastic rods

Legs are hard plastic tubing and screw together

The tubes are cheap plastic, but sturdy enough as long as you don't try to overload the whole thing

I was surprised that the poles were made of hard plastic, but after assembling everything (which was very easy), the table is very sturdy and looks pretty good.

Not as cheap and flimsy as I