RossMAN
Grand Nagus
- Feb 24, 2000
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I own one of them, which I use in a recessed lighting canister in my kitchen. It is a vast improvement over the LED light it replaced, which made my kitchen look like a morgue.
The bulb itself is a bit odd to look at, so I would not use it in a location where it would be exposed. The light does diffuse fairly well, though it is not as good as a CFL, halogen, or traditional bulb.
One thing that irritates me is the lumen ratings on LED bulb packaging are not accurate. 800 lumens from a LED bulb does not look anywhere near as bright to me as 800 from a halogen/standard bulb.
Thank you for the great suggestion and reminder, I knew about this bulb before but never seriously considered it. Over the weekend we visited Home Depot and I found it for $24.97, unfortunately no local utility subsidy. We installed it in one of our recessed can lights and WOW.
First of all instant on, compared to the old cheapie $2 FEIT CFL where it takes a good 5 minutes to reach optimum brightness.
Secondly it's not a clinical white bright light, it's got some yellow.
Third and most importantly unlike most LED's the light isn't directional.
It's not perfect compared to the previous CFL but it's a step in the right direction. If these were closer to $15 less $5 utility subsidy, I would seriously consider buying another 6-10.
Since it's in a recessed can, would it be beneficial to use an extender so the bulb is more exposed and maybe more light will reach the surrounding area? If that would work, what is the correct extender I need to buy? I think we used PAR30 CFL bulbs if that helps any?