LED lighting for bathroom niche - experience and recommendation?

last year

Dear all, thanks again for helping in advance.

Just want to see if anyone had any experience installing LED lighting for bathroom niche. What's the pros and cons of having such a LED lighting for bathroom niche (for both shower/tub combo and shower-only settings). For such lighting, is it usually installed as a "permanent" solution, and if so, is it usually connected to the vanity light switch so that they can be turned on and off together? Are they easy to maintain or replace if the LED goes bad few years later? What would be your recommendations for such setup? Thanks!

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beesneeds

last year

For the OP pic, that is a permenant lighting install. It's from the Armani Hotel in Dubai. The bathroom from the OP pic also has a bathtub with a similar lighted niche. Even the towel shelf has lights. I think it's to give the whole bathroom a vibe. Here's another pic of that room with more of the room in it.

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millworkman
last year
What could you possibly even need a light in a shower niche for? A niche is not a design element it is functional. They are best not even being used on a wall where they would be obvious. I would never intentionally make it a eye draw.
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just_janni
last year
yeah but that looks REALLY COOL.
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chinacatpeekin
last year
I was surprised that lighting in a shower niche was even a thing; I would definitely not bother with it.
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Theresa Peterson
last year
Just want to see if anyone had any experience installing LED lighting for bathroom niche.

No experience, but I feel sure I'd like it. I know you can buy stick-on under-cabinet lighting from Amazon. If your niche already exists, that might be a very inexpensive way to "try it out" before committing to a real project.

What could you possibly even need a light in a shower niche for?

- If it's close to the toilet, where you might want a small, soft light at night, it could be "just right" instead of turning on the overhead light.

- I personally would like to be able to turn on this small, soft light instead of the stronger lights for an early-early morning shower.
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W C
Original Author
last year
Thanks for everyone's reply. So we are doing a remodeling and have a chance to put in a permanent lighting install now. That said, knowing that LED light only have limited lifespan, so if I want to put one in, I surely hope that it would be easy to replace later one. Does anyone has any experience with such permanent lighting install for shower niche, but still shower durable, water-proof, and easy to maintain/replace in the future? Thanks so much!
Theresa Peterson
last year
Even the towel shelf has lights.

I don't really seen any functional reason for the towel shelf to be lit.

That said, knowing that LED light only have limited lifespan,

I thought LED lights had a long lifespan -- is this about the damp location? I wouldn't install anything that'd be a maintenance headache .
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W C
Original Author
last year
Now that I think about it. The original idea is to create a high-end luxury SPA-like feel but also easy maintenance and easy replacement is a super high priority as well. So I'm thinking about battery-powered solutions.

So far I can only find something like this:

LUXPRO Waterproof Micro LED Puck lights

For "wired" solutions, there are Micro mini down light such as:

Compact 1W mini LED

I wonder if there are 1W mini LED spotlight solutions that are battery powered and is flat or ultra-thin (like an small flat LED strip), so that it can be used for staging purposes, etc.? Any ideas? Thanks!
W C
Original Author
last year
Ah I just found this. Maybe this would work?
wdccruise
last year
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If you must do this, you'll need a weatherproof LED strip light and a voltage-compatible power supply. I'd add an aluminum channel. If you want to make sure you can replace parts should they break, place the power supply in an accessible location, run the low voltage-wire from the power supply to the niche, attach the aluminum channel to the top of the niche and the LED strip to the aluminum channel. Should the power supply fail, you'll be able to easily replace it. Likewise, should the LED strip fail, you'll be able to detach it from the channel and attach a new one.

Don't use puck lights. You want the continuous glow of light.