Bathroom Lighting - 4 Considerations Before Buying

Bathroom lighting, such as vanity and mirror lighting, is a subject are very concern about because it can make them look great or can show all of their body imperfections.

The designers of hotels and motels have used bathroom lighting to their advantage for years. If you can have the proper lighting in their bathrooms that makes their customer look good than they would more likely come back in the future.

The most important light in the bathroom is the mirror lights. They should be bright enough to see what you are doing but not too glaring. They should be flattering to you and not harsh.

There are four considerations for mirror lighting: lamp type, color rendering, light distribution, and fixture style.

1. Lamp Type.

We all, of course, know what a lamp type light is, but the quality of the color and the light distribution are different with each type of lamp fixtures you may use. The first need to choice the lamp that you like and fits the decor of your bathroom. With the fluorescent lamps you have many choices when it comes to color properties of lamp. Two main color properties that you must know about are the color temperature and the color rendering.

2. Color Rendering.

Color rendering is one more key color quality and CRI is scale from 0 - 100, higher the CRI better. Incandescent & Daylight are been considered to be 100 Old style fluorescent; "warm white" and "cool white" are 62 to 52 respectively Newer fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent are 80*.

3. Light Distribution.

The light distribution is one more key element in the effective mirror lighting. Shadow less light is very simple on eyes, and fluorescent sources are well-suited to the task. Spotlights, small halogens or clear bulbs need plenty of shielding and diffusion from fixture for the glare control. This may tend to reduce light level necessitating use of the higher watts.

4. Fixture Style.

While choosing the fixture style you should select the one that has translucent lens. If the lens are very clear than the fixture might be too glaring. And if it is opaque it may not pass sufficient light to your face.