The lights are the right size for above the couch, I can swing it out for reading and that's great. Installation was very simple, even for a first timer. If it wasn't for other reviews about finding the cord covers I would have missed them. So to the con's I'm not sure if this has happened to anyone else, but the outer three screws on the cover did not align. I had to drill another hole in both the cover and base so it would be stable....