poor light quality from Click integrated LED downlight

[AJ16]

I've just fitted five Click Interceptor Pico downlight in the lounge to replace Click MR16 fittings but the light is very flat compared to tungsten, the angle is far more than the 90º quoted so the light spills everywhere. What are people's views on these integrated LED downlight as I'm thinking of taking them out and getting Click GU10 Flameguard fittings as then there would be a choice of different lamps and angles than these integrated things.

Fire Rated GU10 Downlights Click Ovia FlameGuard

Click FlameGuard GU10 fire rated downlights these fully fire rated premium quality downlights require an additional GU10 LED lamp. These downlights are available in fixed and adjustable versions. The new Click glass 5 watt GU10 LED is the recommended lamp choice for these downlights. Ordered...

www.downlights.co.uk

 

[MJPD29]

Remove the integrated fittings all together and go with your 2nd option of gu10 fittings. Means you can change the lamp as and when you want for a lot less than replacing the integrated fittings. It leaves far more options open to you

 

[Midwest]

I thought the big sell with LED lamps, was they will last years, apart from the odd JCC ones

So I can't understand the argument for using GU10's over a sealed or interfarted one. Thats a typo, but I felt like leaving it there.

 

[MJPD29]

I thought the big sell with LED lamps, was they will last years, apart from the odd JCC ones

So I can't understand the argument for using GU10's over a sealed or interfarted one. Thats a typo, but I felt like leaving it there.

I laughed far too much at that. Surely if it's correcting to that you must have typed interfarted before

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

I've just fitted five Click Interceptor Pico downlight in the lounge to replace Click MR16 fittings but the light is very flat compared to tungsten, the angle is far more than the 90º quoted so the light spills everywhere. What are people's views on these integrated LED downlight as I'm thinking of taking them out and getting Click GU10 Flameguard fittings as then there would be a choice of different lamps and angles than these integrated things.

Fire Rated GU10 Downlights Click Ovia FlameGuard

Click FlameGuard GU10 fire rated downlights these fully fire rated premium quality downlights require an additional GU10 LED lamp. These downlights are available in fixed and adjustable versions. The new Click glass 5 watt GU10 LED is the recommended lamp choice for these downlights. Ordered...

www.downlights.co.uk

If you are after something that closely resembles tungsten, these are pretty awesome:

Expert Colour 5.5W = 50W GU10 LED Dimmable CRI97 Philips

Philips Expert colour LED GU10 lamps represent the pinnacle in lighting quality, with a high CRI of 97 they offer one of the highest colour rendering LEDs on the market. Available in the 3 main colour temperatures of 2700K, 3000K and 4000K they are dimmable as standard and have a bright light...

www.downlights.co.uk

Not cheap and they have a lower lumens per watt than many other LED GU10s (more like 35W equivalent than 50W as stated on the linked website) but they are the closest match I have seen.

 

[AJ16]

I took them back to the electrical factors today and will get Click Flameguard fittings and then probably Megaman or Silvania GU10s, they might not have the same life as integrated LEDs but quality of light is important to most people.
Thanks

 

[Midwest]

I took them back to the electrical factors today and will get Click Flameguard fittings and then probably Megaman or Silvania GU10s, they might not have the same life as integrated LEDs but quality of light is important to most people.
Thanks

Thats the rub @AJ16 all led lamps are the same, if you get my drift.

 

[AJ16]

Thats the rub @AJ16 all led lamps are the same, if you get my drift.

Integrated LEDs are different from GU10s re light quality, the integrated ones with opal front lens just give an overall light spread, the better quality GU10s give more defined beam angles and a light output very similar to tungsten in my view.