Integrated downlights feature advanced cooling capabilities. They have a dedicated heat sink that dissipates the heat more effectively, which helps to prevent heat from building up like it does inside a fire can. An LED downlight can be a completely integrated unit, or it can come in two parts. Ultimately, it's a low energy LED light source fitted inside a downlight housing. Integrated LED downlights with wiring connectors are considerably better. Collingwood and Aurora downlights are particularly good quality with an especially low failure rate. Integrated downlights have a more modern appearance and feature vastly advanced technology. Life at DownlightsDirect.co.uk started a few years before LED downlights even existed. The most popular choice of downlight was the now outlawed 50 watt halogen. During our tenure as an online lighting retailer, we’ve seen many different types of downlight come and go. Main Types Within the Marketplace

If you put a GU10 LED inside a traditional fire can downlight housing and have it on for long periods per day (3 hours+), you'll most likely discover they don't last for very many years and you'll be forever having to replace the LED. Overheating is the #1 cause of LED failure. If you're going to go for GU10, then choose a downlight with airflow like the Aurora EFD Pro, Ansell Edge or Integral EvoFire. To explain the truth, we must first compare the main types available within the marketplace. The two main types of LED downlight are integrated and GU10.Integrated LED downlights are designed around the LED light source and are a light fitting known as a luminaire. Before the arrival of integrated LED downlights, they were made up of two separate components; the downlight housing and the lamp (also known as a light bulb). What is an LED Downlight? Throughout our history, we’ve maintained our relationships with premium branded lighting manufacturers such as Aurora, Collingwood, JCC and Philips Lighting. Even these top-quality brands have had problematic versions of downlights.

These connectors make integrated LED downlights work in a similar way to GU10. Instead of removing the lamp from the fitting, you're removing the fitting from the ceiling. No additional tools required! What are the Best LED Downlights?On occasion, integrated downlights do fail and do need replacing but they are more reliable than the traditional GU10 LED and fire can combination which is the housing of the downlight structure shown in the image above. I would judge the best LED downlights on reliability, so the award for best LED downlight goes to the Collingwood Lighting Halers H2 Pro 550T.