Black Sputnik Ceiling Light, 6 G9, Adjustable Rods

This black 6-light sputnik pendant sits at number seven in our guide to modern chandeliers. At £87.59 it is one of the cheaper hardwired fittings on the list: curved arms in a black finish, a drop that adjusts by rod from 77cm to 167cm, and six G9 sockets. On the point this guide keeps coming back to, the listing holds together — the bullets say "6 x G9 bulb sockets" and the specification table says "Number of Lights: 6". The bulbs themselves are excluded ("Light Source: Bulbs sold separately"), so the only wattage figure on the page, 42 watts, describes bulbs you supply: spread across six sockets that averages 7W each, and no lumen output is quoted anywhere.

Other fields on the same listing do not match the fitting. A hardwired pendant with no switch in the box is listed with "Control Method: Touch" and "Switch Type: Push Button", and its installation type reads "Semi Flush Mount" even though the same bullets describe rods hanging it 77cm to 167cm from the ceiling. The field headed "Specification Met" contains the words "Glass, Wrought Iron" — two materials, no standard. The rating is 4.3 from 156 ratings; the breakdown supplied alongside it lists 100 ratings (69 at five stars, 13 at four, six at three, five at two, seven at one), which averages 4.3 but does not account for the other 56. Everything on this page is taken from the Amazon listing as it stands — bullets, specification table, rating breakdown and buyer reviews. We have not seen or tested this fitting.