Bremen Single LED Vanity Wall Light

The Bremen WB1 is a 340 mm single LED vanity light in antique gold, black, bronze or chrome — 6 W giving 415 lm, with switchable 3000 K / 4000 K / 5000 K and IP44.

Which colour temperature at a mirror — and this genuinely matters

A vanity light is the one fitting in a house you look at yourself under, so getting the colour right changes something you notice daily.

• 4000 K neutral — the right answer for most bathrooms. It is close enough to daylight that makeup applied under it still reads correctly outdoors, and skin looks natural rather than either yellowed or drained.
• 3000 K warm — flattering and restful, and the choice if the bathroom is also a relaxing space or opens off a bedroom. ⚠ But it shifts makeup colours warm, so foundation matched under it can look wrong in daylight.
• 5000 K cool — the most clinical. Excellent for shaving, close detail work and a laundry; unflattering in a bathroom you linger in.

Above the mirror, or beside it?

At 340 mm tall the Bremen works either way, and the two are genuinely different results:

• A pair either side of the mirror, at about eye height — this is the better arrangement and the reason to buy two. Light coming from both sides at face level fills in shadows under the eyes, nose and chin. It is how theatre mirrors are lit, and it is the most flattering and most useful lighting for a face.
• A single fitting above the mirror — simpler and cheaper, and it lights the basin and bench well. ⚠ But light from above alone casts shadows downward across the face, which is exactly the light you do not want for shaving or makeup.

If you can run the wiring for two, do.

415 lumens — and what that means in practice

6 W at 69 lm/W. A single Bremen is a task light for a mirror, not a bathroom's main light. A pair gives 830 lm at the mirror, which is right for the job.

You will still want a ceiling light for the room — ask us about the IP44 oysters and downlights in this catalogue, and note that they should be set to the same colour temperature as these, or the room and the mirror will fight each other.

Four finishes, and how to choose

Antique gold, black, bronze and chrome — and the copy's advice is sound: match the tapware. A bathroom reads as coordinated when the light, the tap and the handles agree, and mismatched metals at a mirror are noticeable in a way they are not elsewhere in a house.

• Chrome — the safe match for most standard tapware.
• Black — for matt black tapware, which is now common.
• Antique gold and bronze — warm metals, for brushed brass or aged fittings, and they suit a warmer 3000 K setting.

Where it works

• Beside bathroom mirrors, in pairs — the best light for a face.
• Above a mirror, singly — simpler, and good for the bench.
• Ensuites, powder rooms and laundries — IP44.
• ⚠ Choose 4000 K unless you have a reason not to, and set a pair the same.
• ⚠ Ask us for the width and projection before setting out a position.

Specifying it

340 mm high, 0.85 kg; ⚠ width and projection are not recorded — ask us. In aluminium and acrylic, antique gold, black, bronze or chrome. Integrated 6 W LED giving 415 lm, included, with 3000 K / 4000 K / 5000 K set at installation, not dimmable. 240 V, Class I — earth required, IP44 — bathrooms outside the shower zone, ensuites and laundries. Warranty is three years, as a replacement warranty.

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