Barline Shadow Outdoor LED Wall Light 300mm in Black, White Havit Lighting - HV3571T

The Barline Shadow 300 is a linear bar rather than a point source, and that is the whole point of it — instead of a bright spot on a wall you get a clean band of light with a shadow gap either side. At 300 mm long, 90 mm wide and 45 mm deep it is the shortest in the family, which makes it the one for a narrow pier, a door reveal or a stacked pair either side of an entry. The buying decision across the four Barline lengths is proportion: pick a bar that reads as part of the wall's grid, not one that fights it. Mounted vertically it stretches a low facade; horizontally it emphasises a wide one.

Where it works

• Either side of a front door on a rendered facade, mounted vertically as a matched pair.
• Narrow brick piers and gate posts where a longer bar would overrun the surface.
• Alfresco and outdoor kitchen walls, run horizontally above a bench to graze the splashback.
• Stair and ramp walls where a low band of light marks the edge without a visible glare source.

Specifying it

HV3571T-BLK and HV3571T-WHT both run on 240 V AC, so the fitting wires straight to mains and no driver is required. It is a Class I fitting and needs an earth. The LED is built in — there is no globe to buy and none can be fitted — behind a frosted Perspex diffuser that spreads the output into an even line rather than visible diodes. Tri-colour switching gives 270 lm at 3000K, 540 lm at 4000K and 290 lm at 5500K; 4000K is the bright setting on this fitting by a wide margin, which is worth knowing if you want punch from a short bar. IP65 covers direct rain and coastal weather, and IK08 handles impact at wall height. Body is aluminium in black or white powder coat. Backed by a 3-year replacement warranty.

Getting the effect right

The shadow-gap look depends on the wall being flat and the fitting being level — on a bagged or heavily textured render the gap breaks up and reads as a smear. Set the colour temperature before the fitting is closed, since the selector is not accessible afterwards without removing it from the wall.

Supplied by Lights For You — the 300 mm Barline is the length that suits a narrow pier, so measure the pier face before choosing and step up to the 600 mm if you have more than a metre to work with.