Progress Lighting P5272-46 Craftsman/Mission One Light Landscape from Arts and Crafts Collection Dark Finish, 5-1/2-Inch Width x 28-3/4-Inch Height, Weathered Bronze

Exact replacement for a broken light that was 5 years old. It works. Suggest replacement of bulb with LED bulb.

My wife bought these as a father's day "gift" for me, and gave them to me early so I could install them before we left for Summer vacation. I had placed them in my cart--we needed new ones and I was looking at these as a potential replacements--she saw them and bought them for me. We paid over $70 each for 6 of them--not as much as I would have liked to spend, but OK, we got 'em, so they're going in.These have the typical plastic barbed anchor that you sink into the ground, then screw the lamp base into the anchor. They are beautiful lamps, bright when lit, stylish all the time. However, they have a fatal flaw.The male threads that connect the lamp base to the plastic anchor are so pathetically joined to the lamp--I don't know if you'd consider it a "weld" so much as glue--that I broke one removing it from the packaging (they are well-packaged).Figuring I'd learned something and could fix or work-around the broken one, I removed the rest of them from their boxes without incident. I laid them out along the sidewalk where they were to be installed. The first one installed quite easily---the electrical connectors were easy to use. The second one snapped off as I was screwing it into the plastic anchor, the same place the first one broke. Looking closely at the breaks, it looks like the square support rod is joined to male-threaded section by a cheap, pot-metal (or maybe it's a resin-type material) weld. I had only screwed it in a thread or two, far from where it should have seated. For you mechanical types out there--no I did not cross-thread or over-tighten the joint.So now 2 of 6 are broken where the base joins the lamp. I have some really high-quality, high strength glue from work and tried it on one of the broken ones to see if it would join the parts. It did, and I was able to install it. I installed another one without incident, this time carefully threading the rod into the base before pushing the base into the ground.Lamp #4 broke in the same fashion as #2, but I was able to thread this one in almost all the way before it broke off. Again I looked at the joint--these looked as though the paint (or finish) might have been the only thing holding the sections together. I told the wife that the lamps we bought had problems, and she came out to look. As we were looking, the one lamp I fixed with the glue from work toppled over, probably from the weight of the lamp (they are quite tall). One pane of the glass in the lamp broke when it hit the concrete.Furious now, I pulled the lamps from the ground and disconnected the electrical connections. These are going back to Amazon.

We recently re-did our front walk and back patio and needed more landscape lights. We couldn't find the previous Craftsman style lights we used but noticed Progress Lighting had added to their landscape catalog. When we built our house we used this same series for our outdoor lights (mounted to the house), and a similar Progress series for many of our indoor fixtures; so it was a natural to try this model.When they arrived they were well packed, and relatively easy to put together. You need a good solid surface to get the self tapping screws started for the pole; though a couple of the screws wouldn't go in (I used some hex heads about the same size and painted them brown). Each one took less than 10 minutes to unpack and assemble.They include the standard plastic 'spike' you pound into the ground but they tell you to put that on first. This means you need to pound on the pole to get the spike in and they're not designed for much of a beating. I used a large 'pry pole' we dig with to 'pre-drill' into our hard soil, that made it easy to just push the spikes in with some gentle tapping with a mallet (do this with the lamps out).The size of the fixture is fairly small but it matches the Progress ourdoor lights exactly and they look great. The 'pole' they mount to is a nice height at about 2 feet. They include an 18 watt T-5 wedge base lamp which is easy to install or replace and gives a good amount of light. I'm watching the aftermarket LED lamps and will eventually replace these with something that uses less power. If you're very picky the shadow that's created by the bottom of the fixture might bother you a little as it's open (no frost). I may add a piece of thin frosted plastic in the bottom (like 'frost gel' you might find in a theatrical lighting house or even a crafts store), again this is minor.I moved all my old fixtures to the back of the house so I now have a new look in both places and everything works very well. I have to say the price on these is quite good - both retail and Amazon - other Craftsman style are often hundreds of dollars which was more than I wanted to spend. We liked these so much we just ordered a more to light up a few more dark spots in our large yard, I expect to be installing them tomorrow.All in all a great little landscape light, especially for the Amazon price and service.Edit: 09/04/2018 — First Off, these Progress lamps are still working fine, I think we have 10 of them now. Second, I’ve finally gotten around to replacing the bulbs with LEDs, I found two brands at Home Depot that even though they were the appropriate T5 Wedge wouldn’t fit (one was Phillips I believe). I looked here on Amazon and found this replacement, they work well. I’d recommend at least a 3 Watt LED, preferably around 300 Lumins (Watts are power consumption, Lumins are brightness). This bulb meets both criteria, and is reasonably priced, I’m very happy with the look, and the lower power usage than the original incandescent bulb.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797R11PZ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Absolutely love these lights. We installed 7 of them last spring. Incredibly easy to install! They are beautiful and held up through the change of seasons. If you are looking for lighting that you won't see in your neighbors yard...these are it. Unique.

I installed these a few weeks ago and find them to be a nice compliment to our garden, providing sufficient light for our paths. Having noticed other reviewers complaining about having difficulty installing them, I used a garden trowel to loosen or remove the soil. After that, I had no trouble setting them securely in the ground. I do agree that the connection between the fixture "shaft" and the base is a little flimsy, so be aware.