A track pendant light clips onto a ceiling track, not a ceiling rose. One power point feeds several fittings, and you slide them along the track when the table moves.
Magnetic track or standard track, two systems that don't mix
For magnetic track, there are black tubes 3 or 5 cm across with integrated LED at 3,000 or 4,000 K, held in the profile by magnets. Nothing to screw in. For standard track, there are 15 or 27 cm tubes in white or matt black metal with an E27 lampholder, mounted on an adapter. The track itself isn't sold in this section. Check that the system named on the product page matches yours, single-circuit or three-circuit in the case of standard track; no adapter will put a magnetic pendant on a conventional track.
- Height. 70 to 80 cm above a table, 75 to 90 cm above an island, less the depth of the track.
- Number. One pendant for every 60 to 80 cm of table. Three for a 1.80 m table.
- Light. Magnetic tubes have their output and colour fixed when you buy, 3,000 K over a table and 4,000 K above a worktop where you cook, with one colour per track. The E27 lampholders take whatever bulb you choose, 470 to 800 lumens each, dimmable if the track is on a dimmer.
When a pendant on a flex is the better buy
With no track already in place, the advantage disappears. The track has to be fitted and wired in, which is a job for an electrician, whereas a pendant on a flex connects to the existing ceiling rose. For a table that stays put, choose from the dining room pendant lights or, over an island, the kitchen pendant lights. Adjustable heads for the same track are among the spotlights, and every pendant on a flex is under pendant lights.
