This is not bright and shiny, it's not gold, but it works and that's what I needed. It is molded as a piece. The exterior seems to be hard plastic, no looseness, tight fit. I don't normally write reviews but I bought two gold (looking) adapters that just fell apart. The insides looked like they were put together by a not-so-bright do it yourselfer. I guess I shouldn't name names, but be warned of a manufacturers whose name starts with M. The GLS adapters look like they would last a lifetime.