Matane 2Pack LED Flush Mount Ceiling Light Fixture with Night
Light, 12inch 24W 2400LM 3000K/4000K/5000K Selectable, Dimmable
LED Ceiling Lights for Bedroom, Dining Room, Kitchen, Round White
- desertcart.com
Review: Perfect for folks who need a light on at night, for any
reason - My son has numerous developmental difficulties and among
them is a complete lack of language, so he can't explain why this
is so, but he started wanting to sleep with the light on about
the same time he learned how to operate light switches – when he
was about 5 – and he's done it ever since then, with that giant
ball of glare illuminating his room all night. Turn it off, and
within a couple of hours, he'll wake up, hop up, turn it right
back on, and go back to sleep. Well, this light has been a game
changer. Now he is perfectly content to sleep with the night
light, yet if we need a full light in his room, we can get that
with the flip of a switch – literally, when you flip the wall
switch off and right back on, the light alternates from night
light to standard light and back again. But the engineers of this
gem weren't done yet. As long as you leave the light off for at
least half a minute or so when you switch it off, the next time
you turn it on (which might be hours later) it returns to the
mode you last used – it doesn't switch modes unless the off/on
cycle time is quick. So for days, this thing has been in night
light mode only, every time we turned it on, which has been
great. He's clever enough to understand light switches changing
modes – the living room lamps do this, from the single standard
wall switch control, and he's figured out how to change nodes –
but he's been content with the dimmer, calmer night light even
when playing. With a normal light switch, you can't further
adjust the brightness (beyond the night light/standard light
difference, which is very different), and we didn't need that. I
passed by fancier lights because this does precisely what I
wanted, and it's impossible to set it wrong... it just works...
but... if you add a compatible dimmer switch on the wall, this
light can be safely dimmed, if that's what you need. It would be
magnificent if this light had like a 50%/75%/100% setting where
you could set the max brightness when you installed it, kind of
like you can set the color temperature, but I'm satisfied with
the way it works. The night light is no slacker – it's still
bright enough to read by, though your mom would probably tell you
it's too dim for that and you're going to strain your eyes, so
check with her. Overall, this thing also seems well-made, and
designed for easy installation, including a small hanger strap so
you can hang the fixture safely from the bracket while connecting
the wires. And it has very nice, understated modern styling.
Review: worth it - I bought this light to replace an old dining
room fixture that had seen better days. That fixture, I believe,
was original to the house, so it had been there since the 1950s.
I did have some concerns at first about hanging a modern LED
fixture there, but these are not that expensive so I took the
plunge. I'm really happy that I did. The light can be mounted in
two ways - either to a conventional electric box in the ceiling,
or simply attach it to the ceiling with drywall anchors or
screws. I was able to get mine to work with my70+ year old
ceiling box. Installation was straightforward and easy. The light
fits flush to the ceiling with no gaps and it's really
low-profile. As far as performace goes, it puts out plenty of
light. The old light had been on a dimmer, and I bought a new
dimmer switch because there were a couple of reviews where some
people had trouble with the older dimmers. However, the light
worked just fine with my existing dimmer - which was probably
also 70+ years old. (I changed it anyway because it was old, and
I had a new one ready to go.) I rarely need to use the light
full-blast - it's typically dimmed down to around half. The night
light feature might be my favorite thing with this light. It
doesn't shine downward like the main light, it shines upward to
the ceiling. This delivers a more diffuse, indirect light at
night, and its color is not harsh at all. Even at full brightness
it's suitable as a night light. In fact, if I come out to the
kitchen in the middle of the night, I don't turn any lights on, I
just increase the brightness of the night light, do my thing, and
turn the dimmer back down when I leave. If I didn't have a
ceiling fan in my kitchen already, I would put one of these in
that spot. TLDR: I really dig this light. It's a great value for
the money and it has such a low-key design aesthetic that it can
literally go anywhere. The night light is awesome. This one of
the very few products I've bought on desertcart that I can't find
any negative things to say about. Would definitely recommend
and/or buy again.
