Downlights for your own home

[jackhammerJIM]

Lads I'm approaching second fix stage on my own home but can't for the life of me decide which down lights to fit .

I got carried away and first fixed for every room in the house including the landing .

I would love to fit photonstar throughout but have been Quoted £40 for eco 600 and £80 for eco 900 . Cannot afford this .

I usually fit integral low profile
If it was your house what would you fit ???

 

[1Justin]

What lighting would go in your kitchen then ?

completely agree on the jcc hybrid . I installed some last month and thought they were awful . all the hype for an oversized gu10 lamp in a £5 can .

Not had many gu10 leds fail in 5 years of installation . All in fire rated cans

Its the CRI part that gets me nothing on the market in the £20 range with a CRI over 80

In my kitchen we have a number of porcelain shade pendants over work surfaces, and a few similar style onset spots (Original BTC, too expensive to buy new, so sourced variously on ebay) .
Another huge benefit (for kitchen extensions) is no break of the vapor barrier or insulation in the ceiling.
High CRI are expensive. Soraa seem to do them. My last recent round or research I spotted these (Google Crompton LED GU10 7W CRI PLUS >95 3000K or Integral High CRI 95 GU10 LED) which potentially both look good, only ~350Lm , but haven't ever tried either

 

[telectrix]

tried all of them fancy makes. not one of them will work. could it be that the gas supply to the fittings is microbore and needs larger pipes?

 

[jackhammerJIM]

Ive just finished a restaurant utilising soraa Gu10s for their 10 degree beam angle . Decent stuff but too expensive for my home

 

[Briggs69]

En lite e8 all the way.fitted hundreds and never been let down yet.great fitting.