Toldo Adjustable LED Inground Light CCT 5w 316 Stainless Steel Havit Lighting - HV1828T

The 5 W sits in the middle of the Toldo range, and its 30° tilt is the widest of the three. That matters more than the extra couple of watts. A recessed uplight aimed straight up washes whatever is directly above it; the useful work usually happens when you can lean the beam over onto the face of a wall, up the trunk of a tree set back from the fitting, or across a rendered pier. On this model you get the most room to do that, and a 30° beam tight enough to keep the light on the object rather than spilling past it.

Where the 5 W lands between its siblings

Havit publishes its output as 450 lm at 3000K, 475 lm at 4000K and 500 lm at 5500K. Output rises with colour temperature on this model, so the coolest setting is the brightest and the warm setting is the dimmest — worth knowing before you set it, because it is the opposite of what a lot of people assume. The hole is Ø140 mm, which is a genuine step up from the 3 W and needs planning where paving or a mowing strip is involved.

The install is a drainage job as much as an electrical one

Havit's instructions require adequate drainage to stop the fitting sitting in water, and void the warranty where none is provided: a 100 mm space beneath the canister, 100 mm to 150 mm of crushed rock below, and a slight decline on the finished ground so water runs away. The canister must finish level with the ground or the warranty is void, and silicone goes around the edge of the fitting once it is seated. IP67 covers temporary immersion, not permanent standing water.

Supply and the warranty conditions attached to it

This is a 12 V DC fitting run from a suitable 12 V DC LED driver. Do not connect it directly to 240 V. The voltage reaching the fitting must be within ±5% or the warranty is void — so check the input voltage of anything else you plan to share a driver with, and size the cable for the run rather than the fitting. Wiring is parallel, the fitting is polarity sensitive and reversing it causes a failure that is not covered, and the anti-syphon valve and male and female connector on the 300 mm tail must both stay in place for the warranty to hold. The LED is built-in, so there is no globe to buy and none to fail separately.

The finish, and the one thing it asks for

A 316 stainless steel cover over a black aluminium body. Havit requires regular cleaning on all 316 stainless fittings to prevent tea staining — the light brown surface bloom stainless develops when grime and salts are left on it — and excludes tea staining from the warranty outright. Its HV9971 maintenance kit is the recommended remedy. At Lights For You the HV1828T carries Havit's 3 Years Replacement warranty for items ordered after 01/01/2022, and the figures on this page come from the HV1828T data sheet and the Toldo installation instructions.