Replacing lights in existing house not a new build
Not sure whether to go 2700 or 3000, indoors (family room, hallways, etc). Selectable is good as long as the specs aren’t compromising for it.
5-6 inch, canless, high CRI (important), low flicker (how do you check for this?)
Does anyone know of such lights that are smart? This way the temp selectability becomes easier.
Why canless and why so large? Anything bigger than 4" tends to look old these days (I see 2"-3" recommended here a lot, though I have no experience with these myself; I’m not a professional). I retrofitted the 2 6" cans in my house and quickly realized that you have a lot less attractive options once you get bigger than 4". And canless tends to have less high quality options as well (and I think never looks as good as can lights anyways).
I can’t speak from experience with any canless lights as I’ve never used them myself, so I’ll just give some can light info from my own experience:
If you just want to adjust the CCT of white you have, you can look for “tunable white” as opposed to something like RGB smart lighting. Elco’s Koto series has this option and offers very high quality light.
If you don’t need tunable white and just want lights that have a massive spread, I’ve really liked the Nora Cobalt (Click and Adjustable) trims that I’ve used.
Also, both Nora and Elco have plenty of options beyond the series I’ve named here. I just have no experience with them.
Please add deep regress to your list of requirements
Cai said:
Please add deep regress to your list of requirements
Is the only benefit glare and aesthetics (non wafer look)?
Because I have one particular area where avoiding glare is key, as the sloped ceiling has a recessed light exactly towards the main seating position (as seen here.
And if something can be done here in particular, it is more helpful than other places. And I can use the same solution for other sloped ceilings I have.
@Devon
The benefit is significant glare reduction.
It won’t help the angled light.
You need a regress light that’s angled. That way the light points down instead of at you.
Cai said:
@Devon
The benefit is significant glare reduction.
It won’t help the angled light.
You need a regress light that’s angled. That way the light points down instead of at you.
I saw that there are sloped Koto’s after posting this, that’s what you’re referring to it seems.
@Devon
Im not familiar with the term koto.
They have light gimbals you can mount to change the direction of the light within the recess
They have light gimbals you can mount to change the direction of the light within the recess
Elco’s Koto series, I see that it comes up often in this sub
I just did the whole house with elco koto 3”. Looks great very happy with the outcome. I wouldn’t go larger than that.
Kelvin is mostly preference. 2700k is what I use in my house. Makes it more “homey”. A lot of the times, the specs for the fixture will tell you if it has “flicker free” dimming.
Home Depot and Lowe’s has plenty of options online for “smart” downlights you can control via Bluetooth. Just type in “smart downlights”