QUESTION: What is the difference between a Surface Mount and Wall Mount  product?

ANSWER: Our company makes a distinction between surface mounted luminaries and wall mounted luminaries which at first glance seems arbitrary. The main distinction which separates the two categories of fixtures are the inclusion of a canopy and stem from fixtures that do not have a canopy or stem. These fixtures all share in that their sources cannot be independently aimed in a particular direction.

Surface Mounted Luminaries:

Wall Mounted Luminaries: