ᐅ LED spotlights (from Philips)

Hello everyone,

Today we started the detailed construction planning, and the tenders for the shell construction are now beginning 🙂

We have placed 4 LED spotlights in the bathroom, 5 in the hallway, 1 in the living room, and 8 in the kitchen.
Can you recommend any spotlights? Philips would be great. However, there are so many options on their website that we’re not exactly sure what to look for.
Beam angle? Minimum?
Warm or cool white?
Possibly dimmable in the bathroom.

We would really appreciate any advice 🙂

milkie

A small tip: just go old-fashioned and visit a good hardware store for advice. They offer a wider selection than furniture stores, which usually specialize more in proper lighting fixtures. The orange Jippieh hardware store was able to help us. After all, you need to see the lamps in person.

Wallyfan schrieb:
A small tip: just go the old-fashioned way and visit a good hardware store to get advice. They usually have a wider selection than furniture stores, which tend to focus more on proper lamps. The orange Jippieh hardware store was able to help us. Because you really need to see the lamps in person.

I unfortunately can’t confirm that. We went to a hardware store and got "advice." We installed 9 LED spotlights (230 volts) for a 35m² (375 ft²) studio. The brightness is just enough for us. It’s okay for an office plus guest room. If it were our living room, I would have chosen different ones by now.
Calculating beam angle, wattage, and color temperature for LED lamps isn’t that simple. Good lighting stores do this kind of thing—but of course, it costs money.

With a 35-degree beam angle, a maximum of 2m² (21.5 ft²) is very well illuminated. We are choosing warm white (we find it more pleasant) and the 230V lamps from Philips to avoid using a transformer. With a 60-degree beam angle, a larger area is illuminated accordingly.

This is a topic on its own, and in my experience, unfortunately neither the hardware store, the furniture store, nor—yes, it sounds bad, but it’s true—the lighting specialty store is able to provide comprehensive and competent advice. Anyone who has done a bit of research online probably knows more than the average lighting salesperson in all of these stores. Of course, there are genuine experts, but you have to look hard to find them. :-/ It should be noted that what is really needed is not just lamps/downlights/spots, but a lighting CONCEPT—something that almost none of the salespeople have ever questioned. The electrician was probably the most helpful in this regard.

If you’re interested, let me know, and I can share one or two links to lamps that I believe are really good (and not just affordable or simply currently available). I assume you are looking for recessed ceiling lights and that the necessary preparations have already been made.

Good luck

K1300S

PS: The parameters you mentioned are all relevant, but it’s difficult to answer in general terms because the concept needs to be supported and not just some arbitrary values reached.

@K1300S could you send me the links? That would be great! :-)

We are just starting with the electrical planning and feel a bit undecided and overwhelmed. Should we have LED downlights everywhere or only in the kitchen and possibly the living room? Individual lamps with separate switches or rather suspended ceilings with indirect lighting, plus two different lighting scenarios and switches?

How much do recessed spotlights cost in a concrete filigree ceiling? I’ve heard it’s quite expensive because the ceiling manufacturer has to account for the cutouts during production?