Hello. I am an electrical contractor. Right now I have reservations about buying any Portfolio products from an installation standpoint because of non standard hardware. I had to install a fixture and because the supplied hardware was too short, I had to go into my supply for longer mounting bolts. Understand that for decades, all fixture brands and products and electrical parts all use either 6/32, 8/32, or 10/24 32? bolts. Portfolio uses what looks like 8/32 but the threading or size if off. 8/32 would not go into the brackets or the nuts. I can swap out the brackets with the bolts but the decorative nuts that hold the fixture up had to be replaced with another different one that I had that did not match. Those little nuts can not be threaded because you can not hold them sufficiently without damage. They are using some screwball manufacturer or whatever who is screwing up the hardware. If you loose hardware in move, need longer, or have to replace with new for some reason you have a problem. There are plenty of other comparable products allowing you to avoid such a problem. It is not worth it until they correct their hardware issues.

FYI - I just installed 2 6" cans and 2 of these today - over my kitchen sink. A couple of observations: - They are nice and bright. Mine are installed in an 8' ceiling. The spread is pretty good. I've got them on a separate switch so I can turn them on alone when doing dishes. - I was happy to see that these were advertised to fit into 4" square boxes or the 5" or 6" recessed cans. I thought the 4" square boxes would be a lot easier. Well, the 4" boxes turned out to be a no-go. Even pre-building them at the kitchen table, there seemed like there was no way I was going to be able to get the components in the box as well as the terminations. I was using the 4" old work boxes and the internal space is just not very generous. Maybe you all would have better luck with the 4" boxes than I did. - I decided that I would have more flexibility with the 6" recessed cans. If I decide I don't really like the Commercial Electric offerings and decide to change them out for Crees something else, it will be a simple change. By the way, if you already happen to have cans installed and are just doing a retrofit, they couldn't be easier... Good luck, Dean

The "gold standard" among the new technology LED lighting for office/commercial spaces is Cree's TrueWhite® CR series troffer lighting. pdf product pamphlet here: https://www.1000bulbs.com/pdf/cree-zr2440l35k10v-lighting.pdf I have a Cree TrueWhite® fixture and it makes the surroundings look slightly more colorful than fluorescent or ordinary LED fixtures. If you choose to go with recessed LED fixtures, I would suggest something like EnviroLite brand because it has higher CRI (meaning it makes skin tones and red colors look better than regular LED) and it also has a "color temperature" of 3000K. You probably do not want to go with 2700K because it is too orange-tinted. Check the details on the packaging before buying.

Hi @michelle nj - this thread is old, but what did you end up doing? I'm also considering a light switch panel with 5 switches, but wonder if that will look too "commercial" in my living room.