Nella 320mm round LED pendant 30W

A slim round pendant, 320mm across and only 58mm deep, sold in black and white. The Nella is a disc rather than a shade: there is no bowl, no diffuser hanging below the light source, just a flat circular body on a suspension. That shape is what makes it work over a bench or a table without blocking the view across the room.

At 320mm and 30W this is the larger Nella, and the proportion is what it buys you. Over a wide island or a full dining table a small disc looks lost; this one holds the surface. Hung singly it lights a table outright, and hung in a pair it covers a long island without a gap in the middle.

Colour rendering above 90 CRI

The Nella is rated above 90 CRI, which is the specification that should decide whether this pendant belongs where you are putting it. Most domestic LED fittings sit above 80. The difference shows on food, skin, timber and fabric precisely what sits under a pendant over an island bench or a dining table.

If the fitting is going over a surface where people eat, cook or work with their hands, that rating is worth more than another few hundred lumens.

Output and colour temperature

The fitting draws 30W and is tri-colour, with the colour temperature selected at installation rather than fixed at manufacture: 3000K, 4000K or 5500K, rated at 2056lm, 2131lm and 2212lm respectively. Output rises with the cooler settings on this model, so 5500K is the brightest though over a dining table 3000K is almost always the better choice regardless.

The beam is 120, so the light spreads across the surface rather than dropping in a column onto its centre.

Triac dimmable

The Nella is Triac dimmable and works with a conventional LED-rated wall dimmer, with no extra module on the circuit. On a pendant over a dining table that is close to essential the same fitting has to work for homework at full output and for dinner at a third of it.

Power and installation

It runs on 240V AC mains and requires no driver. It is a Class 1 fitting and requires an earth connection, so installation is work for a licensed electrician. It is rated IP20 and IK04, making it a dry-interior fitting not for a bathroom wet zone or any covered outdoor area.

Drop height is the decision that matters most and it is easy to get wrong. Over an island, the underside of a pendant typically sits well clear of the bench so it lights the surface without being at eye level for anyone standing at it. Decide that before the ceiling point is fixed, not after.

Frequently asked questions

How big is it?

320mm in diameter and 58mm deep.

What is the colour rendering?

Above 90 CRI higher than the 80-plus typical of domestic LED fittings.

Can it be dimmed?

Yes. It is Triac dimmable and works with a conventional LED-rated wall dimmer.

Which setting is brightest?

5500K, at 2212lm. 3000K is 2056lm and 4000K is 2131lm.

Can it go in a bathroom?

No. It is rated IP20 with no water protection.