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I installed the Philips Ledino Pendant today over a kitchen table, adding to a collection of Ledino fixtures throughout my house. I've been very pleased with the Ledino line. This pendant was fairly easy to install, and isn't as heavy as some other Ledino fixtures that incorporate glass and solid aluminum. The fixture itself is very thin (but has a pretty large diameter); the thinness makes it almost disappear when looking at it from the side. The light is focused, crisp, and a nice color temperature. It's modern and good looking, and largely disappears into the environment -it has a small visual footprint and the lights don't produce any glare from the sides.
There are a few things you should be aware of if you're considering this fixture.
The photo Amazon has is quite simply wrong. It shows the three support cables holding the fixture from the ceiling mount, but it doesn't show the power cable. A power cable -significantly larger and more noticeable than the steel support cables -wraps its way around the three cables. There is a hole in the center of the ceiling plate where the power cable comes through, and Amazon's photo doesn't even show that hole. Maybe there's a version somewhere that sends power through insulated support cables, but that's not the one Amazon is selling. I don't mind the power cable (the pendant would be far less effective as a light without power, after all), but know that the look will be a bit different than what Amazon is showing.
Also note that the Ledino fixtures are very finicky with dimmers. You need to have a dimmer that is rated for LED lamps, otherwise you'll get loud buzzing and flickering. I had three Philips LED lights bulbs (60-watt replacements) installed in the previous fixture above my kitchen table, connected to a traditional wall dimmer switch. Those Philips light bulbs worked OK with the dimmer, but the Ledino didn't. So if you have an older dimmer, you may need to upgrade it when you install this (or any Ledino) fixture.
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