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Downlights Direct is the home of low energy LED downlights. We stock the UK's best brands and offer expert advice. From miniature to massive, no matter what your hole size or project type, we can provide you with quality recessed downlight to suit your budget that will last for many years to come.

  1. Best Tools To Use When Installing Downlights In Your Ceiling

    Best Tools To Use When Installing Downlights In Your Ceiling
    Minimalist interior lighting designs are very popular these days. One reason for their popularity is the cost-effectiveness.
  2. 5 Considerations of I-Joist Downlights

    5 Considerations of I-Joist Downlights
    The I-Joist has become a modern alternative to the traditional solid timber design. Discover the impact this has on the recessed downlight.
  3. The Truth About LED Downlights

    The Truth About LED Downlights
    Find out the truth about LED downlights, are they really all they cracked up to be?
  4. What is a Smart Downlight?

    What is a Smart Downlight?
    A smart downlight isn’t a light fitting that’s been to university. It’s not got a degree and isn’t educated to a higher level.
  5. Love Your Home & Garden with Alan Titchmarsh

    Love Your Home & Garden with Alan Titchmarsh
    Downlights Direct was proud to be involved in the 2019, Season 2, Episode 3 of ITV1’s Love Your Home & Garden.
  6. Collingwood Downlights Compared

    Collingwood Downlights Compared
    Collingwood Lighting offer an extensive range of premium quality, integrated LED downlights. But do they make too many different types? Downlight connoisseur; Chris Horridge investigates.
  7. JCC FlameGuard Downlights – End of an Era

    JCC FlameGuard Downlights – End of an Era
    JCC FlameGuard downlights arrived onto the lighting scene in 2014, but like with many other lighting products, they've failed to the last the test of time.
  8. Colour Temperature Switchable Downlights Compared

    Colour Temperature Switchable Downlights Compared
    Colour temperature switchable downlights became popular throughout 2017. Now almost every lighting manufacturer has a version of their own, but what's so good about them? And which one is the best?
  9. High Quality Kitchen Lighting Tailored to Your Kitchen

    High Quality Kitchen Lighting Tailored to Your Kitchen
    No one can deny the importance of having a well- and adequately-lit kitchen.
  10. Everything You Need to Know about Beam Angles and Their Main Impact on Your Lighting Needs

    Everything You Need to Know about Beam Angles and Their Main Impact on Your Lighting Needs
    We all need the proper kind of lighting for our homes and workplaces. But choosing the right kind of lighting entails more than just thinking about the brightness of the light, its functionality, and its efficiency.