I'm very happy with these pendant lights. I have a very big kitchen island (about 12 ft long and 4 ft wide) and have 3 of these pendants hanging over the island. The stainless steel finish looks great with my stainless steel appliances. They give off lots of light - I've only got 60 watt bulbs in them and they are still bright - I can't imagine how bright it would be with 150 watt! They are painted white on the interior, but that isn't noticeable, and probably helps with the brightness. The bulb does show a little bit under the shade, which I thought would bother me, but after a week, I don't notice it at all. As other reviews have mentioned, they are surprisingly thin metal, but once they are hanging, you can't tell. One of the pendants came with the metal bracket at the top of the shade bent - we bent it back into shape, but it took some time to get it to attach to the rest of the fixture correctly and to get it to hang straight. I installed these myself - they aren't that hard to do - just like most light fixtures, they have their own quirks, but I found the install to be about average, though the directions were TERRIBLE. I like the way these new lights look, and my husband loves how bright they are, so 5 stars for us!