Better than I expected.MUCH better! It is plastic, but not the flimsy type. Feels more like metal. Very lightweight too in my opinion. And looks good. However, don't expect 8 bar to be easy. In fact, i pumped my Durano Plus 23 mm to the point where I thought "this is becoming hard" , and that was something like 6 bar. I don't need more, and in an emergency situation you can surely pump some more I guess. But for this price... One annoying thing : when you put the pump on the valve of an inflated tube, you need to be quick to flip the handle, otherwise you loose a lot of air. But that's what floor pumps at home are for.