Lamina Sol MR16 LED Spotlight Review
Lamina Sol MR16 LED Spotlight Review
Review of Lamina Sol MR16 energy efficient LED spotlights
lighting | shopping | energy efficiencyIn our article
LED spotlights we introduced some of the energy efficient options available to replace standard
halogen spotlights. LED bulbs make for excellent spotlights, but unfortunately many homes have tens of halogen spotlights installed for general room lighting - something which current LED technology struggles to provide. For the best brightness, we have always recommended
Cree LED spotlights, and for dimmability we have recommended the
Megamann Dimmerable range of
CFL (rather than LED) bulbs.
Where the desire is to reduce electricity consumption without any compromise on brightness and colour, low- and mid-priced LED spotlights typically struggle badly. However, higher-priced LED spotlight bulbs are available which tick all the boxes such as those from the
Lamina Sol range.
Lamina Sol MR16
Pictured above is a
Lamina Sol dimmable LED spotlight (
RL-16D2-E0540 warm white narrow flood MR16/GU5.4). With a power consumption of
8 Watts, it gives off a light equivalent to that from a 20W halogen (
230 lumens at
26 lm/w), and it is rated to last 10+ years and
50,000 hours of usage. The input voltage is either
12 VAC from a standard low voltage lighting transformer, or 9 VDC (note
not 12 VDC).
The massive advantage of this bulb over the competition is its full
dimmability. It also emits no UV light, and much less heat than a halogen equivalent. Therefore it can be used in
always on situations, in areas sensitive to high temperatures, and also as a
direct replacement for halogen bulbs currently used on dimmer switches. This range of bulbs is currently used by the likes of Cartier, Mont Blanc, and Radissons etc.
A similar, but non-dimmable
GU10-based 230 VAC mains powered bulb is also available.
Lamina Lighting Inc
Lamina Lighting Inc are manufactures of some of the brightest LED bulbs commercially available today. Click here to download and view the
Sol MR16 Dimmable spec sheet (PDF), and
Lamina Sol product brochure (PDF) from their website.
Buy Lamina Sol Bulbs
Lamina Sol LED bulbs (along with a wide range of other high-end energy efficient lightbulbs are available from
Professional Lamps UK Ltd.
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