Spotlight vs Downlight

What is the difference between a downlight and a spotlight?

Sometimes it can be difficult to "spot" the difference between spotlights and downlights.

With so many different lighting options available on the market today, it’s hard to know which lighting is best suited to your interior and your home.

What are Spotlights Used For?

Spotlights are all about the Adjusting.

Spot lights offer a spot, or beam of light, which you can adjust and alter depending on where your lighting is needed.

They are available as single fittings which can be installed to the Ceiling or Wall.

They can also be available as plates or bars, where a number of spotlight heads are fitted, giving you the option to choose exactly where your lighting is required.

Spotlight bars and plates are perfect for lighting up dark corners of rooms or certain objects, as they are easy to adjust and angle directly where the light is desired.

What are Downlight Used For?

Downlights are designed to set lighting in a downward direction, just where it’s needed.

They are usually LED bulbs set in pressed steel or an aluminium can with a decorative bezel.

More common finishes are chrome or brushed steel. They’re held to the ceiling with spring clips or compression clips.

You can have Surface mounted or Recessed downlights depending on your preference.

With a wide range of lighting colour options to choose from, including cool and warm white, there are plenty of options available.

A downlight is a fixture placed or designed to project lighting downward, with the light focused downward.

Downlights provide more diffuse general illumination over a wider area, are usually fixed in one direction and cannot be adjusted like spotlights.

Downlights can also have integrated LEDs (no bulb required), or additional bulbs can be fitted.

The choice of bulb color temperature depends on the desired ambiance of the room in which it is installed - crisp and cool, or warm and cozy?

A downlight is usually a single bulb in a metal cylinder (usually a pressed steel or cast aluminum can) with a decorative fascia that is fixed to the ceiling using spring clips or compression clips

Mounted on or recessed into the ceiling, with the light focused downwards.

Downlights can be used in any room and are hugely popular in kitchens and bathrooms as they are widely available with fire ratings and IP ratings.