Review of Westek LSPD32KBCC LED Dimmable Accent Light, 3-Pack

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I wanted to add some under cabinet lights while remodeling my kithen. Picked up a cheap 6-puck light package from Lowes and tried it but didn't like them. They are halogen lights emitting aweful heat. Even the china inside of the cabinet feel hot to the touch when placed near the lights. After returning them I also tried two types of LED bar and a LED light rope. The former are too pricey. They have single LED every few inches which make it look cheap. The rope may be a good alternative for hidden areas like the kithcen ceiling moldings or under cabinet-bottom recesses. I spent lot of time researching on some of the best rated wireless puck lights, light the Golden Dragon. More questions popped in my mind without satisfying answers, for example, how do i turn on 12 motion detection lights by waving a max of 36 times (each light take a max of 3 waving hand to respond)? Another brand, Mr. Beams shuts off lights after 30 seconds of no motion. This saves battery life but may ruin my life when they turn on and off like ghosts, with my cats lingering around. Plus it decides to turn on lights when ambient light is low. I hate not to be able to fully control something that I install. I finally settled on AmerTack Westek Led Dimmable Puck Lights. Here are the good and bad:

The good:

1. Lights are in a low profile and with light weight. They are about a quarter inch thick, and are as light as an empty envelop.

2. Each puck light contains 18 LEDs. They are bright, even a bit dazzling when staring at them for a few seconds. The light temperature is lightly warm, approximately in the range of 3000K to 4000K.

3. They have NEVER been warm to say nothing of hot. I literally left them on 24x7 for about 2 weeks now. They still feel cool.

4. Each light has a 2 feet wire attached. They have adpaters At the other ends, making connection easy and flexible.

5. Package contains a 24v transformer and a in-wire full-range dimmer. The dimmer really works from 0 to 100 brightness. At first glimpse, you may wonder how a pea-sized button on a small finger shaped plastic bar can dim. It's easy. press button once turns lights on to brightest. Press again shut them off. Press the button without releasing your finger whether it's on or off will start to increasing/decreasing brightness. When it's dimming to the lowest, you can barely see the lights.

6. Installation is relatively easy. They come with 3M sticky paper and two tiny screws for each light. You just need to clean the cabinet area, peel off the tape and press the lights against the wood. One of my installations fell off the second day and two others appeared loose. I found to do it right you need to take off the silver shell, stick it to the cabinet then put the shell back. I ended up using screws to tighten up both holes on the edges of lights. Either way, it's straight forward. But you may need to do a bit drilling work if you want to completely hide the wires.

7. WestTek also sells expansion kit. Each one is a puck light with wire and connector. You can add one to each fixture according to their statement. That is why the power block connector only has four outlets, three are for the kit, and one for expansion.

The not so good:

1. Not so cheap. Each package costs about 60$, each expansion light costs about 15 bucks. I ended up buying two kits and three expansion lights to fit my needs. That costs me 160$.

2. Vendor does not sell connection wire longer than 2 feet. My project requires crossing a 48 inch windows/sink area to link the other side of the kitchen. I had to splice the wires.

3. Vendor also does not sell power block separately. If you need it, you have to buy a kit. That's why I bought two kits. Thinking of splicing the wires yourself? It will be a nightmare.

4. The cable connectors are hard to take out once they're inserted into power block. Each connector has a tiny tab serving to prevent the wire from being pulled out accidentally. The tab is as tiny as about 1/10th of your finger nail and does not stick out of the outlet. I had to use some tools to help, and my finger tips still feel painful.

That being said, I still love my choice. The 18 LEDs shed diffused light mending so well with adjacent ones, adding a glamour to my cabinetry. I leave them on at low dimming level to serve as night lights. Since LEDs last for 100,000 hours they should last 22 years even if left on 12 hours a day. I will update my review if anything happens as a surprise, or will post a picture after I finish the back splash tiling.

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These light are great. We just remodled our kitchen and wanted counter lighting. We ran into a customer at Lowe's who was looking for puck lights also. He recommended the Westek LED Puck Lights and told us to go to Amazon to purchase them. We did and boy was he right. They are great. Plenty of light and very low cost to operate. The dimming capability is also great. We had our electrician install them and put them on a light switch. I would recommend these for your kitchen. However, we paid more for ours than I think I should have. Shop around to get the best deal.

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Love these lights ! Really needed some light on my counters. I am a woman over 50 and installed them myself. Very easy !! I hide all the wires, all you can see is a 4" piece of cord going into the wall outlet. No heat at all coming from these lights. Plenty of light, in fact I had to dim them a little !

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I need to add a 4th puck. These are not super bright but work fine. If you need very bright you need to move on to antoher product but as under cabinet lighting it is useful and cheap compared ot other solutions.

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Like many others, I'm replacing the common 20W halogen that are just too hot. I'm also tired of replacing the dimmer every time a bulb blows.

This looked like a great solution. Boy was I wrong!!! The first thing I noticed was that each puck is not 6 watts, it is 1.25 watts. I plugged one in to see if it would still be bright enough. In my dimly lit kitchen, I held one to the bottom of my cabinet and I could barely see any light on the counter and just a little on the wall. This is after figuring out that you have to hold the on/off button to change the dimmer. Once you hold the button it changes very slowly.

I have a cheap single LED free keychain from a casino with a built in battery. It makes a brighter spot on my counter from the same distance.