Mantra Cala 52cm Tube 1 Light Pendant 6W LED - Sand White

A Quiet Vertical Line for Considered Spaces

Cala trims a single light source down to little more than a slim, sand white tube, so what you notice first is the drop of the cable, then the softly lit disc glowing at its tip. It is a fitting built to be repeated, hung singly beside a bed or grouped in a row along a run of worktop, without ever feeling heavy handed.

Choosing This Finish

This listing is the sand white version, a warm, slightly chalky off white rather than a stark gloss white, which reads softly against pale walls and worktops. Cala is also made in a matte sand black and a brushed gold, so if the room already leans toward darker ironmongery or warmer metal accents, one of those alternatives may sit more naturally, but this white keeps the fitting visually quiet and lets the light itself do the work.

How It Works

A single 6W integrated LED sits at the base of the tube, producing around 420 lumens of warm 3000K light with a colour rendering index over 80, so colours underneath it stay reasonably true rather than washed out. The suspension cable adjusts the drop anywhere from 53cm to 255cm, covering everything from a low hung single pendant to a fitting dropped from a genuinely tall ceiling. The tube itself measures 52cm long and 3.5cm across, suspended from a ceiling rose 10cm in diameter. There is no dimmer compatibility and, since the LED is built into the fitting, there is no bulb to replace later. Wiring is to Class I standard with an IP20 rating suited to normal dry indoor rooms.

Where It Works Best

The narrow profile makes this a natural choice wherever you want light without visual clutter: three or four spaced evenly above a kitchen island, a single drop beside a bed in place of a table lamp, or a run along a hallway ceiling. Because the tube is so slim it tends to disappear rather than decorate, which suits rooms where the fitting should support the space rather than dominate it. Set against a wider, dish shaped pendant, this tube throws a tighter, more directional pool of light rather than a broad ambient spread.

Made By Mantra

Mantra has been designing lighting in Valencia since 2000, building a catalogue that now reaches well beyond Spain into the Americas, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, a spread that only comes from more than two and a half decades of consistent trading rather than a recently invented online label. The brand's approach has always paired an in house design team with named collaborators, among them Jose Ignacio Ballester, who joined in 2007 and helped shape collections that still inform Mantra's simpler, architectural fittings today. Cala's stripped back tube fits that same instinct for a considered shape without a luxury price tag.

Good To Know

• Materials: iron and aluminium
• Finish: sand white
• Tube length: 52cm, tube diameter: 3.5cm
• Ceiling rose diameter: 10cm
• Drop: adjustable from 53cm to 255cm
• Weight: 0.6kg
• Light source: 1 x 6W integrated LED, approximately 420 lumens
• Colour temperature: 3000K warm white
• CRI: over 80
• Dimmable: no
• IP rating: IP20, indoor dry rooms only
• Electrical class: Class I
• Warranty: 3 years

Questions People Ask

Can I hang more than one of these together?
Yes. Cala is designed to be grouped, with several fittings spaced along a kitchen island or dining table at matching or staggered drops using each one's own adjustable cable.

Does the light dim?
No, this pendant runs at a fixed output and is not compatible with a dimmer switch.

Will I need to change a bulb over time?
No. The LED is integrated into the base of the tube rather than a replaceable bulb, so there is nothing to swap out.

Diameter: 10cm
Minimum Drop: 53cm
Maximum Drop: 255cm

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