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Review on Saint Mossi Modern K9 Crystal Raindrop Chandelier Lighting Flush Mount LED Ceiling Light Fixture Pendant Lamp For Dining Room Bathroom Bedroom Livingroom 9 E12 LED Bulbs Required Height 11 X Width 20 by Hector Szymczak

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Amazingly Beautiful!

I love this light with the right LED's that are compatible with my dimmer. I like that it only hangs down 15 inches from the ceiling so it works well in an open room with only an 8 foot ceiling. I used nine 4-watt, 3000 color LED's, a color that matches halogen bulbs and it is plenty bright and at the same time allowed dimming to night level brightness. It is spectacular to look at and I love just looking at it. Now the negatives. Took lots of time to install. If you have drywall ceiling, you will have to drill 4 holes and mount it with drywall anchors. But no easy way to put the wiring into the J-box because the plate covers the J-box, so the wires had to be below the J-box inside of the chrome ceiling piece. Each step of the way requires you to get it perfect the first time as once it is installed, it will be very impractical to go back. I soldered the wires before putting on the wire nuts and then taped the wire nuts so no way they could ever come apart on their own. I used temporary wire hangers I made to hold the fixture below while I did the wiring, then removed the temporary hangers and mounted the fixture with the supplied hand installed nuts. Next it took some hours to hang all of the crystals as I had to go up and down the ladder one by one to hang each one and there is more than a hundred to hang. Having a second person to help would have been a big asset. The directions are very lacking in detail and it took days of looking at them to get oriented before I had it all figured out and attempted to install this. So much work that I would never want to consider removing this someday when I move away and I would never want to remove this to paint the ceiling. The end result is definitely a 5-star and really great value. I hope I never have to clean it. Don't put in a kitchen where frying food emits greasy particles into the air that could collect on things like crystals. I am hoping for most cleaning, about once per year, I plan to use a blower from the vac from a distance to blow off minor dust that might accumulate. Also hoping dust does not much accumulate on things close to the ceiling like ceiling fans and such. After I installed the light fixture and before I installed the crystals, I spent an hour with clean microfiber clothes removing all traces of finger prints. I used the included clean cotton gloves to install the crystals to keep finger prints off them as well. Finger printed crystals would attract dust more than clean crystals would. So try to not handle the crystals with bare hands. Most of the weight of this comes from all of the crystals, it weighs around 20 to 22 pounds including crystals. I was able to replace one of the 4 drywall screws with a long strong sheet metal screw that anchored the bracket directly into the roof rafter, so this will never come loose on its own. This is by far the fanciest decoration light in my house and really upgrades my dining room. The main issue with this is trying to figure out how to do it. Once you figure that out, it is rather easy and very satisfying to look at as you add more bulbs and crystals and stand back and look at the progress and watching it progress like doing a painting. A needle nose pliers helps at lot in attaching the buckles on the crystals to the fixture as gloved fingers makes it difficult to manage the tiny buckles.

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Pros
  • Blends seamlessly with any décor
Cons
  • Not dimmable