’There are mainly 2.5-inch, 3-inch, 4-inch, 6-inch and other different LED down lights, which look different in size and length. LED down lamps of 3W, 5W, 7W and 9W are common in the market. And 3W and 5W down lamps are good for sale as the reasonable price can be accepted by consumers.’ Distributors of Meijia Lighting told journalist.
Introduced by the distributors, the side of LED down light is proportional to its power rating. For example, there are only 3W and 5W 2.5-inch down lamp, while 4-inch down lamps are from 5 to 12 W. 6-inch lamps are with higher power and even up to 25W. Then, why low power down lamps are so popular with consumers?
Xia Wei tells the reporter that current indoor decoration requires soft lighting condition, not too bright light if not specially required. 3W and 5W down lamp can meet indoor lighting expectation, which it’s quite unnecessary to use high power down lamp at higher price. The unit price of 7W or higher power down lamp is around 200 RMB or even more expensive.
Take Philip flicker LED down lamp as an example, the wholesale price for 2.5-inch 3.5W down lamp is 74RMB, while it is 168RMB for 10W down lamp, which is not cheap.
The decoration requirement of Customer decides that LED down lamps of less than 7W are the main products for sale. A Philip distributor informs the journalist that the color temperature of LED down lamp for indoor decoration should be less than 4000K. Lamp with 5000K or higher color temperature shouldn’t be used, because it will damage our retinas and cause vision deduction. Therefore, LED down lamp with color temperature of 2700K is proposed.