New to the Downlights Direct e-shelves this September is the Philips  5.3W Economy LED Downlight, a fire rated GU10 downlight  with a Philips 5.3W Master Value LED GU10 fitted inside. It's a master full combination of fire safety, low green energy and reliability. All at an affordable price of £9.99 for a standard IP20 version or £10.99 for IP65 Bathroom rated.

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It's low budget pricing and simplicity is desirable for homeowners trying to upgrade to LED without the hassle of finding the right combination of GU10 and downlights. On the other side of the spectrum, it's a no brainer purchase for contractors looking for a simple solution in finding quality LED lights that's priced right for their customers to branch into the growing LED consumer market.

Like every other fire rated downlight on the market it's tested to block fires from spreading to your joints up to 30, 60 and even 90 minutes and is completely mains voltage, meaning no need for transformers or drivers. The 5.3W Philips Master Value GU10 inside the downlight is comparable to a 50W halogen with up to 90% energy saving, producing 385 to 420 lumens depending on colour temperature. It's life expectancy up to 25,000 hours with a 3 Year Warranty on top. Although, the Philips 5.3W Economy is no feat of lighting innovation , and it's not what we usually rave about when we name our Downlights Of The Month, but it simply comes down to what it is as a complete product.

Simple. (It also helps being incredibly priced of course, as everyone loves a good value product.)

To date this probably will be our lowest priced complete LED downlight,  which is hard to find with the large lighting manufacturers such a Philips. So get it while it's still on the shelves!