I have no idea where my post went. I clicked submit post and the screen that came up was blank. No way to get back to it. I'll try to recap. Love the Crees. Get the correct color spectrum as they have at least two choices. They are quite bright. In our kitchen/family room we have 4 zones - they are placed approximately 4 feet apart in line, but the rows vary somewhat in distance apart. The dimmers aren't great, so I control the brightness by turning on and off zones. I wish that I had one extra control zone in the family room because you could land a plane in the FR with the available light from the crees. If I could turn off every third light in the FR it would be about right - although threre are times when I want all the light possible. Our light sources for the kitchen and family room are the 4 zones of CREEs, 3 pendants, hood light, under cab light and three 4 inch "wall washer" cans in the family room- not cree. We used the cree's through out the house wherever we added cans, and I am very happy with the led light. The five main observations would be: poor ability to dim light, (I don't care), brighter than regular cans - to me anyway, their 4" cans actually use a 6" housing - don't get fooled- check specs, buy the correct color spectrum- warm white vs blue light, add multiple zones to make dimming options greater. I think you'll really like them.

4" cree lights take a larger box than regular 4" cans - check the specs, unless this has changed in the past year. I know this because we put 6" CREEs in throughout the house with a plan for the 4" CREE cans in the entry and as an accent light in the family room. The 4" CREEs didn't fit as the contractor hadn't actually checked the specs for the box. Ultimately we had to use standard 4" cans in place of the CREES in those two applications. We have 8' ceilings in the kitchen/family room and used the 6" CREEs as our main ceiling light.. I love them and really like the light. They are very bright. I can't see how one foot of ceiling height would make that much difference. I do wish that I had added an extra zone of control, ( we have three), as they are very bright and do not dim that well. They do dim, but the light is just kind of weird when dimmed. Sorry, can't give a better explanation than that. I wouldn't let the dimming issue stop you from using them. Have you tried doing a search, both on this forum and lighting?

Well, we decided to give it a try. We put in the only thing we could find in stock at Lowe's that was on the Cree list of compatible dimmers - the Lutron Diva DVW-600PH. The Cree list says it's good for 1-7 fixtures, but with our 2 we are seeing a subtle flicker at 100% on the dimmer, and a pronounced flicker at anything less. Like people have mentioned, there isn't a huge difference in brightness across the range of the dimmer. I also know that 100% on the dimmer is not 100% of what the fixture can put out, and I would like them to be brighter. They are okay at 100% on the dimmer but I do think I'm sacrificing some brightness and I'd like to get it back. Therefore, I'm going to ask them to take the dimmer out tomorrow. Just thought I'd pass along our experiences. Other than the ineffectual dimmer/flickering issue, I do like the fixtures. The light color is nice and the fixtures themselves are very streamlined and sleek.

Davidtay-- Thank you for letting me know about your successful experience with the H750ICAT--looks like the dimensions of the can portion of the new construction and remodel versions are identical. I found the specs for the MA-600 embedded in the Lutron website--http://www.lutron.com/TechnicalDocumentLibrary/Spec%20Guide%20Volume%201%20with%20Addendums.pdf It appears that the specs are similar to the MRF2-6ND which is listed as LR6 compatible on the Cree website. Will see how this works. Thank you again! Happy Thanksgiving!!