method lights ml200 plus wireless picture light, ceiling mounted led,

My husband and I have collected art work for years and have always struggled with the ability to light photographs and paintings properly. Some homes offer recessed lighting or track lighting with adjustable lenses to shine the light on the art but the house we are in now, does not have any recessed lighting. I'm not a big fan of picture lights that hang above the artwork because they are either too big and bulky hanging above the art (and are a detraction) or the light spread does not cover the entire art piece from the top down. Enter Method Lights Wireless Picture Light, ML200 Plus. OH MY GOSH!!! I am so glad I found this light on Amazon!!!It is wireless, remote controlled with many different light settings, and a lens that you turn so that the entire piece of art is in the light. It mounts to the ceiling with 2 molly bolts and has a rechargeable battery that holds the charge for a very long time. Very easy to install per the well written instructions. The remote also has 2 timer settings for 3 and 6 hrs. Like having your own nightlight in the room! You can change the light so bring out the cool tones in your art or the warm tones in your art and then you can even save those settings to the remote. Genius!! But remember, the brighter the light on the art, the faster the battery will drain.To charge the unit, you can either slide it off the mounting plate and charge on the ground. Or you can get on a ladder to plug in the charger with an extension cord and let it dangle while charging. I have not charged my light yet. I called the company, Method Light, to ask a question about the product. In talking to their excellent customer service department, I learned that they offer an ML EZ charging cable for an additional charge. The charging cable has a magnet on one end and you attach it to the magnet on the light (the pole extends to 15 feet for easier charging and no ladder. A green light on the light will indicate when the light is charged and you just pull pole to detach. Sounds easy-peesy. I have now ordered one and can't wait for it to arrive. I will leave a separate review for this item after I have used it.Some folks have remarked that this is very pricey for a wireless, remote controlled, battery operated picture light. My feeling is that you pay a lot of money for your artwork. Why wouldn't you spend the money to properly light and showcase it? It's not often that a product these days meets or exceeds your expectations. This ML200 Plus light certainly exceeded mine!I have attached photos of the art piece we have lit The medium is brightly colored silk thread under glass. The first photo is the art unlit. The second photo is the art piece lit with cool tones. The third photo is the art piece lit with warm tones. The fourth photo is the art piece showing the light mounted on the ceiling. The art piece just glows now and comes alive under this light. I would highly recommend this product for all art lovers! Great invention, Method Lights!!!P.S. The art hangs vertically. I could not maneuver the photos to rotate them to the correct orientation for this review. Cock your head to the right 90 degrees for the best visual. LOL!

Lighting a sculpture or painting can be a challenge, and the old-fashioned overhead horizontal-ish lamps may work on certain paintings but are lousy for sculptures and just fugly IMO. I've got a tree stump with roots that I once dug up, dried for several years, stained, shellacked, and hung on a wall. However even with several overhead spots and torchiere lamps in the room it looked dark and the subtle colors were lost. I was getting ready for an expensive electrician project to install a set of spots in that area when I came across this product. It's PERFECT! Easily mounted on the ceiling at whatever distance works for your project, and can point in a 360° circle. Changes from a flood to more of a spot with a twist of a dial (make sure you figure out how you want the light to look before mounting since the distance from your piece and the size of the beam basically dictate where it should be placed). The LED's have the option of running very warm to very cold and everything in-between. Various levels of brightness (note that the max lumens are limited when run on batteries vs. full illumination via the power adapter). 3 or 6 hour timers. All of this is controlled by a simple yet powerful remote which also includes 2 memory banks for preferred settings. I have one set for a 6 hour "show-off" mode when company is over, and the other on a much dimmer and warmer mood-light setting.The lamp itself arrived very nicely packaged with several glossy and well-designed instructional and tip manuals. I’d estimate the the unit will run on my “high” settings for about 6 hours six times before it needs to be recharged. That’s the only negative I can give this device—recharging is NOT a “quick charge” and generally takes around 5-8 hours each time. My ceilings are low enough that it’s easy for me to slide the lamp off of its mount, charge on my counter and re-attach. For those with higher ceilings they do sell a special adapter so that the unit doesn’t need to be taken down, but do realize that will mean that you will have a power cord hanging down from the light for those hours of charging every month or so. Without a doubt if you have the means to hardwire it that’s the way to go. You have brighter settings and no need for charging constantly. One “hack” that I did—when charging on my counter it’s natural to want to place the unit “upside-down” to avoid scratching the white lamp, however the battery pack falls out when flipped (attached by a wire but still a PITA). Initially I kept placing a towel down to keep from scratching it but eventually cut some thin stripes of Gorilla duct tape which now holds the pack in place and is thin enough that it doesn’t affect remounting it on the celling (see photo).Also a word about the company itself. I needed to phone them twice and an actual person picks up the phone on the 1st ring. The first time she helped me figure out an issue re: the remote that I was confused about. I phoned again about a month later as I had figured out that I was re-charging the batteries WAY too often, spoke with gentleman who profusely apologized (lithium batteries can be sketchy, I know), and he immediately shipped out a new pack that have since worked perfectly.Bottom line—it’s a device that fulfills a niche need VERY well. I have not seen anything like it before or since.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE 9/12/20--I LOVE this lamp. I LOVE this lamp. I LOVE this lamp.I HATE overnight recharging every 3-4 weeks whether it has been used or not. I HATE overnight recharging every 3-4 weeks whether it has been used or not. I HATE overnight recharging every 3-4 weeks whether it has been used or not.PLEASE MethodLights.....you MUST figure out a Gen. 2 model with either:--a more miserly LED bulb that consumes less power--better batteries for quicker charging and longer time between charges--a remote sensor that doesn't suck up so much power in Standby mode--or a dedicated true Power Off switch on the light so the batteries are not consumed at allAnd don't forget to offer discounts to 1st. Gen buyers. ;-)I am sooooo envious of anyone who has theirs hardwired........