Archipelago Lighting NWR232 120-Volt 6.5-Inch Low-Profile Wrap-Around Light with Electronic Ballast

by Archipelago Lighting

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Archipelago Lighting narrow, low profile 6.5-Inch wraparound light has a electronic ballast that operates silently and never flickers. It has a clear prismatic acrylic lens that has UV protection and never yellows. The housing is made of heavy duty commercial grade steel and has a baked white enamel finish. The diffuser hinges on both sides and is held with 4 torsion springs so it opens easily from either side. The low profile design creates lighting opportunities for tight spaces. It is easy to install and can be used individually or in a continuous row.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000NBCQ3U
• Item model number: NWR232
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,936 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Light Fixture at a Good Price, May 3, 2008

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N. Lytle (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Archipelago Lighting NWR232 120-Volt 6.5-Inch Low-Profile Wrap-Around Light with Electronic Ballast (Tools & Home Improvement)

I used several of these light fixtures in the basement. They are well built, easy to install, and look nice -- without the flickering that some florescent fixtures have. They are also a good value. I had looked at both Lowes and Home Depot before finding these on Amazon.

They do take some fumbling to get the bulbs inserted over the lip that holds the light diffuser in place. Also, to try to prevent damage in shipping, Amazon ships the fixture in a huge box, so you have a lot of packing to deal with.

The units arrived mostly in good shape; some did have a few minor bends in the sheet metal that were easily straightened (and will be hidden by the light diffuser) and some of the light diffusers had chips out of the ends, but none of the fixtures had any major damage -- just be aware that they probably won't arrive in perfect condition.

1.0 out of 5 stars Light may be okay -- Amazon's poor packaging wrecked it so I don't know, September 10, 2009

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Michael Schexnaydre "Mike in MA" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Archipelago Lighting NWR232 120-Volt 6.5-Inch Low-Profile Wrap-Around Light with Electronic Ballast (Tools & Home Improvement)

Amazon's shipping department did a really poor job on sending these out to me. The lights came in the original boxes (like you would see on the shelf at HD or Lowe's, however this does not work when shipping the lights cross country. All three of the lights I ordered had damage, mostly to the plastic lens that was badly cracked. Hopefully Amazon will learn that they need to improve their packaging on items like this or they will be getting a lot of returns. The light looks like it may have been nice -- if it had not been damaged. I returned all of them for a refund since I did not want to trust Amazon to ship them out differently the next time.

Additionally -- when trying to return them, Amazon's system only gave me a single return label / RMA -- even though they shipped them to me in 3 boxes! Amazon's system should take into account the number of packages shipped when doing returns of multiple items on the same order. One order does not mean that there was only one box shipped out.

Bad experience -- 1 star.