It is brighter then we expected.Even though the LED strip is on the outside of it, it is not obnoxious and wouldn’t hurt your eyes.The light color (kelvins) is just perfect, a bit on the warmer side of the spectrum, but not too yellow. Installing was easy even on an angled sealing, it took a while to play around with the cables to make sure all three rings are set perpendicular to each other but it came pre wired and wasn’t tangled so it took our handy man 3 minutes for the actual install.I strongly recommend putting it on a dimmer, especially if it is in the bedroom like ours is because it can get too bright at night. Another reason for the dimmer is that at night, when dimmed, it would give a nice and cozy ambiance to the room which further can be helpful if you have small children and need to wake up during the night.The only thing that was a little disappointing straight out of the box was that it is plastic and looks a little cheap from close, but as soon as it’s installed on the sealing, it looks like metal and it doesn’t bother you at all.