A while back you suggested a Philips slim light For someone's project. Turns out it was exactly what we needed too. So I picked one up and installed it today. Mrs DF is very happy with it. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time here.

We chose this 5" slim. Piece of cake to install.

I saw that thread as well, and was very interested as we have an old house with poor lighting. I, too, appreciated the info on something I'd never known existed!

Did you wall or ceiling mount?

It was a ceiling mount over the kitchen sink. Our situation made recessed lighting impossible there. We were resigned to a surface light but didn't like any we saw. This unit did the trick. Looks recessed but is surface mounted. Lots of light!

I'm thinking of wall mounting. I'll have to process it for a while, and consider what might really work best for our home. Thanks for the info, thoug! Glad to know it worked out as expected!

That was my thread asking about can lights.
Mind posting some pictures? I currently have my landscaping ripped apart so it will be a few weeks tillI might be able to get to this.
Any tricks or troubles on the install?

I can post pics. Don't have any at the moment, but I'll take a couple and post them. The benefit for my application is that these lights can mount in a light box rather than a far deeper can. The unit only needs about 2" depth which for my application was perfect. We have a drop ceiling in the kitchen which was framed with plywood and dry walled. The slope of the roof prevents a deep can. I installed a retro light box (because the original work was just a length of wire passing through a little hole in the substrate *rolleyes*) and from there I mounted the thin backing plate provided, connected the wires and snapped the light in place. It literally looks like the rest of our recessed lighting. Not only is the light bright, but is has a more natural color than typical LED units. I'm very pleased. The price shipped was $53 and change so considering the cost of a can, trim kit and LED conversion, the value is similar.

I just wanted to add to this thread.

I've installed quite a few of these now:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/pr...o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

They're fantastic. They don't require the octagonal box like some of the other units I've used, and I've even installed these in soffit locations.

Pretty amazing.

EDIT - forgot to add that the 3" versions are VERY bright. They're not joking about the lumens. The 3000k is a very nice, very even white.

The Halo SLD4 and SLD6 are also great options. You must have standard boxes that aren't stuffed with a bunch of cables. I've used them with a remodel 8-B box when full sized recess can't fit.