Best soffit lighting

[Soffitlightadvice]

Hi everyone, looking some advice on soffit lighting.
I have narrowed it down to these two if anyone could give me any advice or help on which ones are better?

V50 7.5W LED Fire Rated Colour Selectable Dimmable Downlight White

Two colour temperatures to choose between [3000K and 4000K]

www.cef.co.uk

H2 Lite 4.3W LED Fire Rated Dimmable Downlight Matt White 4000K

Fixed downlight

www.cef.co.uk

 

[James]

is there any chance of water or condensation getting into them from the rear?
although they say IP65, this only applies to the front of the light, IP20 is the rating from behind.

 

[Soffitlightadvice]

is there any chance of water or condensation getting into them from the rear?
although they say IP65, this only applies to the front of the light, IP20 is the rating from behind.

No I don’t think there should be any water getting to the back of them, Which one would be best? Or is there any others you would recommend?

 

[DefyG]

Combination of both!
7.5w IMO is too powerful for soffit lights and the 4.4w fitting is 4000k only (I would personally go for 3000k)

 

[Soffitlightadvice]

Combination of both!
7.5w IMO is too powerful for soffit lights and the 4.4w fitting is 4000k only (I would personally go for 3000k)

Is there any others you would recommend?

 

[DefyG]

If it was for myself I would use fittings with replaceable lamps but the integral lamps ones are all pretty similar TBH, just a matter of finding ones with the output you require!

 

[telectrix]

ihaveused the V50s on a few jobs. customers delighted with them, esp. asyou can select warm or cool white.

 

[jasonfoster]

Shieldeco 4W Downlight IP65 Matt White. Warm White

Ideal for domestic use, the ShieldECO range has all the features required of an everyday downlight; fire rated, IP65 and dimmable. Tool-less and quick to install due to the 4 way push fit screwless terminal block. The 4W LED SMD module produces 500 lumens of warm white light from the anti-glare...

armstronglighting.co.uk

We installed these into the soffits of over 10 properties over the last two years. 8W versions also available and I believe there's a CCT version as well now.

 

[DPG]

As someone mentioned above, don't go too bright or it looks cack (technical term)