So how does it work?

Solatube captures daylight from your rooftop, pipes it down a highly reflective tube, then delivers it into the room below - simple but brilliant!

There are no running costs and the system is maintenance free. Solatube is the most efficient daylight system of its kind.

Solatube is recognised as the market leader in this form of lighting, with almost twenty years experience and over 2 million systems sold. The numbers speak for themselves!

The performance of this form of lighting is all about reflectivity and efficiency, solatube invest vast amounts of time and money to ensure that their products stay ahead of the competition.

Why is Solatube more efficient than any other 'similar' system?

The Solatube Brighten Up® Series has two active daylight harvesting devices in the roof dome - the Raybender® 3000 lens system and the LightTracker™ dome reflector. These two devices alone can more than double the amount of light that is directed into the tube aperture. Once the daylight has been harvested, Solatube's 99.7% Spectralight® Infinity reflective tubing ensures that the maximum light possible is transferred to the ceiling diffuser. No other system can boast these features and this is why the Solatube Brighten Up® Series comes with a Highest Performance Guarantee!

1-Patented Raybender® 3000 Dome
Solatube doesn't just wait for light to fall on the roof dome and into the tube aperture ... our high tech dome uses a patented Fresnel lens system to actively harvest additional daylight that would otherwise have passed straight through the dome and out the other side, and redirects it down into the tube at the steepest possible angle to minimize bounces (see how fewer bounces mean less light loss in our comparison chart below).
2-Patented LightTracker™ reflector
This unique reflector, 99.7% reflective, is fixed into the dome and greatly increases the surface area available to catch yet more light and redirect it down into the tube.

In the TRANSFER zone

3-Spectralight® Infinity reflective tubing
Spectralight® Infinity is 99.7% reflective. It is the most reflective material used in tubular daylight systems and is used exclusively by Solatube. You may have seen it demonstrated on the BBC's Tomorrow's World programme. Our comparison chart below shows how tube material with a reflective value lower than 99.7% will have a significant impact on the amount of light delivered.

In the DELIVERY zone

4-Vusion® or OptiView® diffuser
A ceiling diffuser is necessary to distribute the daylight evenly throughout the room below. Solatube diffusers are sleek and contemporary, and fit neatly to the ceiling with no visible fasteners. They are double-glazed to prevent heat gain/loss and block UV transmission - no faded furnishings!