This light fixture was exactly as described. The Xenon light is identical to halogen (yellow/white) but with a lot less heat. I used this unit under a home office unit for the desk. 18W Xenon is not as super-bright as halogen, and it's softer. This unit was a bit advanced (it has lots of options for piggy-backs, direct wire, etc, but it also included a standard wall cord, which is what I wanted. My understanding also is that Xenon lasts a way lot longer...10,000 hours!

My house had these installed by previous owner about 6 years ago when the house was new. There were 7 units installed at that time. Since I have taken possession of the house I have had to replace two (2) units with new ones. One of these original units had stopped working and one worked occasionally. Now two more of the original units are starting to go on and off intermittently. An electrician checked one of the first units I replaced (the one that wouldn't come on) and he said the unit was receiving power, but the internal transformer (?) was probably bad. The two new units I have are working fine so far, but it looks like I may have to replace over 50% of the original units before long after just 6 years of service. The units look nice and I have never had a bulb go bad.