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Like most people, if you just want general light, that fine. The issues with all of the energy saving lights are that you have no control of bulb angle, can't aim them. For example, in a small bath, we normally install a 15 degree spot light above the sink and another aimed at the wall where a picture or painting will be hung. We narrow the beam just large enough to cover the sink with very little spill over onto the counter. Another flood behind a shower trim just to have some soft light inside the shower. With all the other bulbs, you do not have that choice. You get just light. That's not what most of my clients want. It is all in the design, placement, and the type of lights used that make a room come together nicely. Especially in the bath and kitchen. You want some dark areas in there and light up area where you want attention to be drawn as soon as you walk into the bath. The lighting should be comfortable, bright, but not intense and draw your attention to a certain areas.
If you swap out the big 6" lamps, you might look into the little 4" cans. Halo makes a great HT99 housing that can be use with LED bulb/trim in one. I just think the little 4" cans look much better then the 6" Not as much light output compare to the 6", but do you really need that much in the bath?
Jeff
Last edited by look 171; 06-04-2011 at 09:28 PM..
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