Welcome to the Low Energy, LED Downlights section. Here you can find our pick of the best LED downlights available today!

Our range includes a wide selection of low energy downlights and bulbs for low voltage downlights (MR16) and mains voltage (GU10 downlights) but this page contains just the most popular LED downlights, sold as a kit, with the downlight unit and matching LED spot light bulb. The new Alaska LED downlight units, run at just 2.5 or 3w, but they have a similar light output to a regular 50w halogen product.

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3w LED downlight kits (similar light output to 50w halogen lamps)

3w Alaska LED downlight (white)
£20.49

3w Alaska LED downlight (chrome)
£20.88 - £21.14

3w Alaska LED downlight (satin silver)
£18.00 - £21.14

2.5w LED downlight kits (similar light output to 35w halogen lamps)

2.5w Alaska LED downlight (white)
£18.50

2.5w Alaska LED downlight (chrome)
£18.99

2.5w Alaska LED downlight (satin silver)
£18.99

Other products in this category

3w Alaska LED downlight (brass)
£20.88 - £21.14

2.5w Alaska LED downlight (brass)
£18.99

Alternatives

In addition to the LED downlights that are shown above, you could also consider buying a downlight unit without a bulb, and a seperate LED spot bulb. This would give you more choice of lamp styles and power levels.

How much energy will I save by using LED downlights?

LED downlights save you money

Lets get straight to it - if you're currently have a room with 12 x 50w halogen downlights in it, and you swap them for 3w LED downlights, then you will save arround £11 per year, per downlight - that's a whopping £132 per year!

To work that out, we used our energy saving calculator, to take into account the cost of replacement bulbs, and the cost of electricity, assuming that you run the lights for an average of 5 hours per day.

LED downlights are currently the most efficient, downlight you can buy. LED light bulbs use much, much less power than traditional incandescent or halogen bulbs. They even use quite a lot less than fluorescent low energy bulbs, which have been around for some time. LED downlights have also been available for some time now, but until 2011 they were generally either very expensive, or not very bright.

Here at My Green Lighting, we have always tried to recommend products that are worth buying and that do the job you want them to. Previously LED downlights might have been super efficient, but if they generally leave you in the dark, then there's not much point at all.

Those days are gone, and now LED bulbs are worth purchasing. Their pay-back time from the money you will save on your electricity bill compared with halogen spot lights is very small indeed. There's also no need to live in the gloom either - the current crop of LED spot light bulbs are very bright indeed, flooding your room with light.

We currently recommend the 3w cluster bulb as used in the Alaska downlights above. This lamp is comparable with a 50w halogen lamp, when it's used to light your room. On paper it produces 270 lumens, which doesn't seem sound like a lot, but in use it's simply brilliant. Even the 2.5w Alaska LED downlights produces plenty of light for a slightly lower cost.

Dimmable LED spot light bulbs - are they worth considering?

Dimmable LED spot bulbs are available. They are generally more expensive then the non dimming type, and you also often have to sacrifice some brightness to get the dimming function. In general we would suggest that being able to dim your lights is not currently worth the extra expense.

However, if you must have dimmable lights, then these are for you. Equally if you have 'soft start' (really these are a form of dimmer switch) or some electronic switches then you might want to consider dimmable LED bulbs instead of the non dimming type, which would probably be damaged by your soft start switches.

Good examples of these bulbs are:

5w LED dimmable warm white GU10 - manufacturers suggests equivalent to 50w halogen
7w LED dimmable warm white GU10 - manufacturers suggests equivalent to 60w halogen

We also have dimmable downlights kits available to make your choice easier.

Can I buy these LED spot light bulbs separately for use in my other light fittings?

Yes you can. These cluster LED spot light bulbs, are available in long format, and short format. The short 2.5w or 3w LED bulbs are the same size as an old style halogen bulb, so you should be able to make a direct replacement in any GU10 based light fitting for instance savings on your electricity bill.

The longer version of the 2.5w and 3w LED lamps are suitable to replace low energy fluorescent bulbs, which have been around for some time. The extra length means that they will fit into longer downlight units (such as the Alaska LED downlight fitting above). The longer type fluorescent bulbs that you can replace with the longer LED would generally be 10w or 11w bulbs. This means that you can convert your fluorescent downlights into LED downlights very easily.