Artcraft Lighting AC1490 Orlando Semi-Flush Mount Light, Oil-Rubbed Reviews

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A very nice product. They (I bought two of them) look great and were packaged well (even though the boxes were very beat up, the glass dome was intact inside its styrofoam packaging.

The product is very solid and built well. The threaded bolts holding the dome assembling did not "quite" match, but with a bit of wiggling I convinced the pieces that they belonged together.

With CFL bulbs (I'm experimenting with both the 60W and 100W equivalents) the fixtures are quite cool (I'm not a big fan of enclosed fixtures as the heat consumes bulbs too quickly). The fixture is designed to throw a lot of light: diffused light through the globe as well as indirect light onto the ceiling. The globe color is a light bronze. It is nice, but I think I would have preferred white.

I put these up by myself, and that was the only challenging part. I had to make a rig out of carabiners and bungy cords to hold it while I completed the wiring. It took me about 90 minutes to unpackage and put two of them up.

One reviewer complained that the bulbs are hard to change, but I did not find this to be the case; just get a ladder and reach over the top. Quite easy.

All in all, a good buy.

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This is basically a quality item, strong, easy to assemble, and it comes well packed. I have only one negative critique (which may be a postive for some) and that is that the globe should be white, not brownish cream.

I have this fixture in a hall at the top of a staircase and the globe casts a very warm brownish glow. In my case I would have preferred a warm white which is the color I selected for my bulbs. The globe diminishes the downward lighting with the afore mentioned brownish glow. Now some may like this as it is pleasant, however, I would have preferred more "clean" light. The saving grace is that as this is a semi-flush mount the bulbs do reflect off the (white) ceiling.

The design is quite stylish, and I am satisfied in every respect other than the issue of the globe color. I purchased two 23 watt CFL bulbs which cost me $3.00 each and as the fixture is not covered they should remain cool and have a long life span. They give the same light as standard 100 watt bulbs, but use 77% less electricity and should last for many years.

Here is an update, I found another glass shade in creme white that fits this unit, now it is absolutely perfect. I am amazed by the positive comments I am getting on a light fixture. It is one of those unique things that seems to combine a traditional color (oil bronze) that is very popular today with a modern look.

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This fixture was fairly easy to install. It looks great installed and is capable of fitting 100w comparable CFL bulbs. The reason I am marking it down a star is because it is impossible to change the bulbs in this fixture by yourself. If you live alone, this is NOT the fixture for you.

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I have recently realized that I can change a light fixture myself, and have started converting fixtures in my home to things I like better than the plain fixtures that were here when I bought the house. This is my second time choosing a fixture; the first was a Murray Feiss. I find the quality of this one low in comparison... though of course part of the reason I picked this one instead was that it was less expensive. Lesson learned.

This light has both manufacturing and design flaws, to my mind. I will start with the cons in this case.

Cons:

1. (defect) The glass shade had a pinhole glazing error. (I noticed this when I unpacked it from the box, but don't much notice it installed. The fact is that a light like this quickly collects little bugs on the glass anyway, so it's seldom going to be pristine.)

2. (defect) The bottom ring is constructed as two concentric circles. I didn't notice this till I had installed the light, but the two circles don't fully meet on mine, so there is a sliver of white light that shines through.

3. (defect) The coating on the metal parts is inconsistent, leaving some spots (e.g. the tips of some of the vertical pieces) a coppery color, as opposed to the dark bronze color. Some of this is perhaps intentional; if the metal were well constructed, it would be highlighting the edges. However, there are small globs of metal in some places and these just get highlighted.

4. (design flaw) The metal parts of the light have a smooth surface. As a result, the upper ring reflects a shiny white light from the light bulbs beneath it, compromising the aesthetics of the fixture. (You can see just a hint of this in the Amazon picture, where there's a white line.) This is more of an issue in my home than it might be in yours; my ceilings are relatively low. If your ceilings are higher, you'll experience a different angle to the fixture.

5. Instructions were poor. There was one sheet explaining in pictures how the pieces of the lamp (glass & metal) go together, and another that was generic for the installation on the ceiling (not explaining the specific parts you have, but how to install an Artcraft light in general.)

6. I can find nowhere on the box or in the printed materials that accompanied the light any statements about the rating of the light (the bulb wattage) nor anything about a warranty, contact information for the manufacturer, etc.

Pros:

1. Contrary to what another reviewer said, I am quite pleased with the light this throws off. I have two 75-watt bulbs in there, and find it pleasantly bright. (I have a dimmer switch on that fixture as well, and especially since this is in my living room, it will often be dimmed, actually.) The fixture itself says it can take up to 100W bulbs.

2. I am glad to know from other reviewers that CFLs will work as well, and plan to use those in the future.

3. It's still an attractive fixture, even though it is flawed. Including that the scale seems right to me, for my small home.

I would not buy this again, and do not recommend it to you. But it's okay. (I know I could send it back to Amazon, but I find that a pain for larger things, and it didn't cross the threshold. I don't really notice it with the light installed.)

I will probably try sandpaper or something to address the glare issue that bugs me, and some sort of filler for the sliver of light that cuts through the bottom. It's all okay. Just okay.

As points of comparison, the previous fixture I got was this:

Murray Feiss SF217GBZ Fusion Collection 3-Light Semi-Flush, Grecian Bronze Finish with Amber Ribbed Glass Shade

And the one I was considering as an alternative to this Artcraft light is this:

Murray Feiss SF283 Contemporary / Modern Two Light Down Lighting Semi-Flush Mount Ceiling Fixture w, Heritage Bronze

(I do wish I'd gotten the Murray Feiss, but the attraction of two-day Prime shipping got the better of me. And it's true that I had the light installed two days after ordering it, so there's that.)

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I was shocked once this unit went up. Against a clear white ceiling in a small bedroom with only an 8' ceiling, the 120 watts (2 bulbs recommended @60W), the amount of light generated is like a movie theater as the lights are going down. I had a dimmer installed with this light which turned out to be a joke. At full voltage it seems as if the dimmer is on maximum.\

Very, very disappointed but it's too late now.

DON'T BUY.