When installed properly and being
When installed properly and being used, this is a fantastic light. I highly recommend it. Getting to the "installed properly" stage is arduous though.
I am a decent handyman. For this light, I needed to call my neighbor over to assist. My wife's assistance couldn't cut it. He brought his son. Three of us working for two hours got this installed.
Here are some of the hold-ups we experienced: 1) We ended up deciding to install a new outlet on the ceiling; 2) Getting the 8 lines to the same height was difficult; 3) Lifting it as a piece is difficult; 4) Behind the light's opaque plastic is quite a bit of wiring. Hiding this so the light has consistency ended up being impossible. We did a decent job - but getting the entire light to not show shadows ended up being impossible no matter what potential solutions we thought up.
I do recommend the light. It works perfectly! It looks good. But, it could look a little better and it was more difficult to install than it should have been.