This is a beautiful pendant light - both with the lights turned off and on. The light is in the room is bright and uniform with a gentle shade pattern from the diffraction in the glass crystals. When it's tuned off and direct sun light hits it, you get some light rainbow diffractions at the wall and downward. It looks modern and still creates a warm effect in the room.The installation was a bit more difficult than I expected. The cables of the pendants are very long. They can be easily retracted into the ceiling base. There is a plastic screw that requires a tiny screw driver that holds the cable in its position. When you unscrew it, you can retract the cable into the base and coil it up in there. I shorted the cables down to about 30inches which created a lot of spare cable in the base. It didn't all fit in, so I decided to flip the mount of the base the other way round to create more space and it worked easily without being visible from the outside (this makes more sense when you see the whole thing). The edge of the base is razor sharp and I cut myself several times. You need to pay attention when you handle the base.The base, the domes of the pendants and the pendants themselves can smudge easily and I expect it won't be easy to clean them. I wore latex gloves when I took the protection off the parts, so that they stay clean.Once it's all installed, it looks fantastic, and it's all well worth it.this is bling a licious! We installed this in our master bathroom over our tub. When the light comes through the window in the morning it throws off all sorts of sparkly. I LOVE THIS LIGHTI took off one star because the piece in the bottom that you open to install the bulbs was/is bent. It isn't quite flush and I had to modify a bit to get it to close. Had this been straight it would have been 10 stars!also, this sucker is HEAVY, it took a little while to install because of the weight.Overall, great purchase. I just wish, at this price point, it had been perfect.love it!!! ordered 2 and installed yesterday. now that it's up, i never want to take it down. it looks great!!i didn't personally install it but the person that did had issues (the top can be installed flush to the ceiling, except we didnt want to make the hole in our ceiling larger than necessary. instead we had to go to home depot to purchase thicker washers so the base would sit flush. also, the coating for the wire made it difficult to shorten - took a couple tries). this didnt take us 25 min to install two like other reviewers; it probably took us (non-certified non-electricians) a little over an hour and a half.overall, minus one star for the minor issues we had w/ installation. this is not a standard plug and switch on lamp, but all good things take time and effort, yes?The light is very pretty and looks great in my small kitchen. Very elegant.This is a great mini pendant for over the sink. Very glam and puts out a beautiful rainbow of colors when the sunlight hits it over the sink. Also, nice to leave on when kitchen work is done but still want a little bit of light. Great buy and very happy with it.Absolutely love these pendants. We installed three over our kitchen peninsula. They produce beautiful light and I especially love when the sunlight coming through the kitchen window catches the crystals and sparkling rainbows of color are cast on the walls and ceiling. The pendants add the perfect amount of bling and we receive many compliments on them. Just a little cleaning tip, I unscrew my crystal globes from the base and place them in my dishwasher on the top rack, use gentle cycle only, they come out dazzling. I have done this numerous times since installing them a year ago. They have never tarnished or lost their polished chrome lustre and the glass crystals always come out sparkling!!!I have had two of these pendant lights up for a couple years now and they are still going strong! We constantly receive compliments regarding them. They shine a pretty shimmer of lighting on the ceiling and make the room look very elegant. I would recommend.don't let the tiny bulb fool you, the light is quite bright. These look beautiful with dimmers, creates candle like lighting, very romantic. Also, something I didn't know, and the electrician who installed these lights told me that you should not touch those hylogen bulbs with bare hands, that leaves oily residue, and the bulbs can explode. Each light comes with gloves.