Description
A small GU10 LED spotlight lamp with a clear lens over a white body, made to sit in the same 50mm aperture that halogen spots have always used. It draws 5.5W and puts out a warm white beam at 3000K, which reads soft and slightly golden rather than crisp. The light is focused rather than wide, so it lands as a defined pool on a worktop, a shelf or a run of pictures. It dims, provided the dimmer you have is one made for low LED loads.
This is the lamp we hand over most often when someone is replacing tired halogens in a kitchen ceiling or on a spotlight bar, because the size and the fitting match what came out and the warm tone keeps the room feeling much as it did before. It works in living rooms, hallways and bedrooms too, wherever you want light aimed at something in particular instead of spread thinly across a whole space. Anyone running a full ceiling of downlights tends to notice the difference on the meter fairly quickly.
The body is white with a clear front, so it sits quietly behind a white bezel and still looks tidy in an open spot where the lamp itself is on show. There is no glass envelope to unscrew and no filament to shake loose; the diode sits behind the lens as a single small chip, which keeps the light even across the beam. Once it has cooled, a dry cloth over the face is all the cleaning it asks for, and a film of dust on the lens dulls the output more than most people expect. It carries a five year warranty. We would change a whole room over in one go rather than one head at a time, so the tone matches from end to end.
Specification
| Colour |
Clear |
| Second Colour |
White |
| Weight |
0.03KG |
| Diameter |
50mm |
| Height |
59mm |
| Materials Used |
Metal, Polycarbonate |
| Lamp Cap |
GU10 |
| Colour Temperature |
3000K Warm White (±5%) |
| Number of Switching Cycles |
100000 |
| Conventional Lamp Equiv. |
50W (±5%) |
| Shape of Lamp |
50mm Reflector |
| Type of LED |
SCOB |
| Candela (cd) |
600cd |
| Beam Angle |
36° |
| System Flux |
360lm (±5%) |
| Ta |
-20° to +40°C |
| Total Power Consumption |
5.5W (±5%) |
| Input Voltage |
220-240V~50/60Hz |
| Dimmable |
Yes - Suitable Dimmer Required |
| Dimmer Included |
No |
| Average Life |
25000hrs |
| Warranty |
5yrs |
| UKCA/CE |
Yes |
| Country of Origin |
China |
Frequently Asked
Will it work with my existing dimmer?
Only with a dimmer rated for low LED loads. Older halogen dimmers often have a minimum load far above 5.5W, which shows up as flicker or a refusal to strike. A dimmer is not supplied with the lamp.
How bright is it, and how wide is the beam?
It gives 360 lumens through a 36 degree beam, so the output is concentrated into a defined circle rather than washed across the whole room.
What are the dimensions?
50mm across the face and 59mm tall, matching the standard GU10 spot format.
How long is it rated to last?
25,000 hours of average life, and it carries a five year warranty.
Is 3000K warm or cool light?
Warm. At 3000K it sits close to the tone of a traditional halogen spot, softer and more golden than a 4000K lamp.
Can I mix these with my older halogen GU10s?
You can, but the colour will not match perfectly and a shared dimmer circuit may behave oddly. We would swap the lot together.