Yosemite Home DecorJK101-11SN 2-Light Flush Mount with Marble Glass Shade, Satin Nickel, 11-Inch

I'm very mechanical minded but I had one heck of a frustrating time installing this light. If you don't read the rest of this review, then read this... If you are not good at figuring out mechanical things, or how things go together, then pass on this. Just trying to save some of you some serious aggravation.To it's credit, it's a nice looking ceiling light. We purchased this light to complement other fixtures in our MCM home. The styling is spot on for our era of ceiling fixtures.Now to the not so good. Much has already been written on the bad instructions (pictures of a six different lights and then you have to decide which light is represented by the photos). Problem is, none of the photos match this dual socket light.Anyone who's installed light fixtures knows that space is tight in the average electrical box. So why such a primitive design with two sets of wires for each socket. Why not one set of wires that feeds the dual sockets?The thick fiberglass insulation is another huge issue. Imagine blindly trying to find a small bolt head in a thick slab of fiberglass insulation. That's what you will be working with to install this fixture. The mounting bolts come already installed on the crossbar. After attaching the crossbar to the electrical box, one has to get those mounting bolts through the thick insulation, which is attached to the back side of the light fixture (called "ceiling pan") in the instructions. Now here's the tricky and dangerous part; The light fixture/ceiling pan has two slots, one for each mounting bolts--larger on the ends so the mounting bolt heads can slide in. These slots are located on either side of the center stem base. To lock the fixture into place, you have to turn the entire fixture which moves the slots from the larger opening for the bolt heads to the narrower portion of the slots (hopefully that all makes sense). Now keep in mind you have wires (two sets--for each socket in the electrical box that could potentially get twisted, disconnected, crossed etc during this turning maneuver). In the interest of safety, once I make an electrical connection, I would feel a lot better/safer NOT twisting my meticulous placed connections into who knows what position. I don't care for this type of installation process in anything having to do with live electrical wires.And getting back to those slots, while tightening the mounting bolts, to secure the fixture to the ceiling, the thin metal gave way and the bolt heads went behind the fixture/ceiling pan and into that thick fiberglass. I had to use two fender washers above the slots so there was tension to hold the fixture in place. In order to get the washers on the bolt heads, I had to twist off the fixture and start the installation process all over again.And back to the build quality, the thin metal makes it feel cheaply made. Coupled with the dual sets of wires, the potential to come in contact with, or become disconnected due to the location of the mounting bolts, twisting action to install the fixture on the ceiling, this will be coming down in short order.I'll be on the hunt for another ceiling fixture with a safer and better mounting system.

The light was packaged well and arrived quickly. The instructions are not good. They only show a diagram of the light. The wires for both lights should be combined into 1 set of 2 wires instead of 2 sets of 2 wires. I did my best to combine the 2 white and 2 black wires to install the light. The install is made more difficult by the large piece of abrasive insulation that is very irritating to your skin. It is very hard to line up the light through the insulation. Once the light was installed I thought the journey was over… I used 2 LED bulbs. The light was nice and bright. I thought everything was good until the light started to flicker after about 2-3 minutes of being turned on. I will switch back to incandescent bulbs and see if it still happens before returning the light. Not too happy about that.

***Updated review @ the bottom***I have yet to install this fixture (& I know it could potentially pose some issues & take a bit of time according to many other reviews). But for now, I rate this as a 3 out of 5 stars because the color of the fixture is NOWHERE near the example online or remotely close to a dark brown (picture to follow). I think I will just paint it dark brown with a spray paint I have kicking around, though it's something I should not have to do, it should have been the right color to begin with. Anyway, I will see how the installation goes & take a picture or 2 when I finally have the time. I did order 2 of the satin nickel ones; maybe those will come in right?********Update: So the brown color seemed disappointing at first, but once it was installed it actually looked darker. I also installed 2 satin nickel ones in my hall & they look great. The first light was a challenge but after it was figured out the other 2 went much faster. I did just purchase 2 more of these for the last rooms that need replacing. For the price, you can't beat it.

Looks good but the the hardware included is not enough to install it for most cases. They want you to attach two screws to the bracket and put them through the holes on the base and tighten them up. The problem is, it's very hard to put them through because of the 1" thick insulation. I managed that but then I couldn't tighten the screws because the metal box had lips around screw holes so it prevented long screws to go any further so the base stayed a half inch away from the ceilibg. Then i decided not to use the screws but reverse the nipple rod. Ofcourse the rod wasn't long enough to hold the glass. I had to spend $4 more to get 6" nipple to install it. If they skipped the screws and supplied a long rod, it would've been a 5 min installation.I do not recommend this.

MASS SAVE, a state agency which help reduce our electrical costs, gave me a couple hall lights with "2D" fluorescents. One burned out and I couldn't replace it, so I looked for something lower tech and not to expensive. I got these and was satisfied. Cheaper than most other conventional light fixtures listed on line, and relatively easy to install , even for a homeowner who hasn't done electrical work in decades. I would say the whole operation took me about an hour for two lights. The hardest part of installation is getting the screws through the top of the unit so it can be mounted--not so easy on a ladder working blind above your head. I also thought the nuts provided to make the electrical connections should have been the next size up because you're joining three wires (I used the old ones.) And by the way, I used 60 watt rated miniature fluorescents, so I still am able, I think, to have the energy savings I was looking for with a conventional screw in fixture. P.S. Those 2D bulbs are murder to change out!