Regarding shipping, both boxes arrived shipped in their retail packaging, and had been opened by Customs for inspection. One box was missing its bag of J-Box screws and wire nuts. Both boxes were fairly beat up, but the padding and protection inside is substantial, and absolutely no damage to the pendants occurred. This is par for the course for international shipping, and Artika has done a wonerful job in securing the pendants to withstand the inevitable abuse!
It took about two minutes to swap each of these in to where my previous pendants were located. They're very simple, sleek and elegant, adding some visual weight to the space without being overwhelming.
These are replacing two Artika Essence pendants; one in the hallway and one in the master bathroom. This pendant provides more horizontal light than the Essence, while providing less downward light than the Essence. Not ideal for the two locations I currently have them in, but I plan on using them as accent lights in the kitchen once renovations are complete.
The selectable color temperatures match very well with the other custom lighting I have in visual range of each light. The 4k matches well to the 4k cove lighting in the living room, and the 2.7k matches well to the 3k uplight in the master bathroom. They're not spot-on, but very close, which is exceptional when mixing manufacturers.
If you're looking at the photos and trying to decide if these are for you, keep in mind:
- The light at the bottom is NOT a spot light, it is just a frosted lens that passes some light through from the top.
- Yes, they are probably bigger than you think they are.
- If you have 8' ceilings, these can be shortened enough for a 6' tall person wearing a hat to comfortably pass underneath, with about 4" of wire visible between the mounting plate and the pendant. You will be in for a fight stuffing the last 1' of wire into the mounting plate, though.
All in all, I'm very pleased with this light!
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