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Purchased a trial number (4) of these LED lights to replace the halogens in a track lighting fixture. The halogens are very hot and had cast a yellowish color. When you check into GU10 LED bulbs, you will find an very large variance in prices; some priced over $25.00 per bulb.
I decided to buy the 7000K (4W 440 lumen) GU10 from Touchstar. So far, I'm pleased. The bulbs were priced at $5.99 per bulb. Shipping was a little high at $7.96, but the final total of $31.92 for the 4 bulbs still represented a very good savings. In addition, the bulbs were shipped and arrived within the promised date.
Please note that the bulbs are a bit longer in length than the halogen GU10s, but still fit into the track fixtures. The bulbs are much cooler than the halogens and have a bright white light, which I like. Some may think the light is too white, so pay attention to the "Pure White" description for the bulb.
As I say, I'm pleased with the Touchstar purchase and will purchasing additional bulbs (GU10-style and others) from them within a few days.
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I bought several of these to replace my halogen bulbs in my home office's track lighting system. The halogen bulbs lit the room well, but they consumed almost 300w of power and produced a lot of unwanted heat. These were the main reasons I bought these LED bulbs and I am very satisfied with how they work. These LED bulbs produce far less heat. I can actually stand in the beam of light and not feel hot, a huge change from the halogen bulbs. And they use way less energy while keeping the room is well light. I will be replacing the rest of my halogen/cfl bulbs with LED bulbs in the next few weeks.Word of warning: If you are used to and desire a soft white light, then you should get a soft white bulb. Torchstar has this same bulb in soft white.
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If all you find at your local hardware stores is 2500-3000K GU10 bulbs, check these out! Superb color, extremely bright, and the price is 1/4 of what Home Depot wanted. Treat them gently, though. The front bezel which holds the lens assembly in place screws onto threads cut in the multiple fins of the heatsink.Honest reviews on TORCHSTAR LED GU10 6000K Daylight Spotlight 110V 4W (330 Lumen - 50
The bulbs I wanted to replace were (5) standard 35W 3000k-4300k (yellowish) incandescent GU10 bulbs that came with the track lighting I bought less than 6 months ago. the reason for the replacement is that the incandescents are beginning to burn out with less than a couple hundred hours on them.The good:
The TouchStar LED GU10's were at my door in less than 4 days with absolutely no visible packaging or visual bulb damage. They fit perfectly although some people may have a length issue because these are a little longer than the standard incandescent GU10s. This was not an issue for me because my lamp has no length limit for the bulbs as even the regular ones are designed to just hang outside the socket. The light is very similar to the same hue as the Mini-Maglite single-LED dual-AA powered flashlight that I carry on my belt everywhere I go. That flashlight can be seen at the Maglite link below. The light that emanates from the TouchStar GU10 LEDs are a pale white with almost a very small hint of pale blue it is so white is almost looks blue until you really look hard and see that it is in fact white in color.The bad:
My Mini-Maglite supposedly has a 3W single LED, which is capable of around 75-80 lumens using (2) AA batteries as I previously mentioned. I focused all (5) of the TouchStar GU10s on the same point on my wall and could still easily see the light spot of the Mini-Maglite even at the 25% power setting.
To dispel any unfairness, all (5) LED GU10s were at a distance of 6-7' from the spot where I had pointed them. I was standing an additional 6' behind them and could very easily see the 25% power light coming from my Mini-Mag on the wall inside the spot of the GU10s I did not even fully focus the flashlight into a pinpoint, I just left it as a moderately unfocused spot.
The conclusion:
I bought (5) TouchStar GU10 bulbs each with (4) individual LEDs for a total of (20) individual LEDs. Each individual bulb is advertised to be able to accurately replicate 50W of incandescent lighting. I love the color it was exactly the color I was looking for; however, the (5) original yellow-colored incandescents lit the room up twice as much to my dismay as I hated that yellow color. Even though the (5) 50W LEDs failed to do what the (5) 35W incandescents did, I do not think I will return them because I do not believe I will find any LED GU10 that can stand up to incandescents no matter what the wattage the manufacturer says it will simulate.
My experience with LED lighting in a commercial setting:
I am an electrician on a federal base and as such we are forbidden to use any incandescents according to the 2007 Congressional legislation banning the manufacture, use, purchase, and selling of incandescents anywhere in the United States. It is being phased in right now although the entire legislation will not be in full effect until 2015 I am told.
We used to have a single light with (1) or (2) 60w incandescents ($.60/each) to illuminate a 20x15' room. Now we install 4-5 lights each using (5) LED bulbs [20-25 bulbs at $35-$50/each] to barely light the same room. In fact, most of the office people bring in several lamps from home to put on their desk to light their area.
The answer is YES, we reset breakers constantly because of all the lamps that use incandescents are now plugged into duplex outlets that are already overloaded with 1500W space heaters, microwaves, coffee pots, computers, huge printers, and every other conceivable thing these people drag in from home.
The LEDs we use on base never burn out which is remarkable considering government employees never turn off the lights, they just go home leaving every light on including the ones in the closets. I feel like the father of a bunch of kids constantly turning off lights in buildings when no one is in them. LEDs may save money in the extreme long run; however they are 5x's more expensive than incandescents and you have to buy (5) of them at $35-$50/each to barely make up the light that comes from just one or two $0.60 60W incandescents. These figures do not even take into account the additional costs associated with running new wire & conduit to install multiple light fixtures to house all those bulbs. Each fixture does not come with bulbs and cost between $50 and $100/ each.
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I have been waiting for the price of LED lighting to come down to reasonable levels and finally pulled the trigger two weeks ago. I chose kitchen and master-bath lights as a starting point. I ordered fifteen Torchstar LED G10 bulbs. I installed fourteen slightly over one week ago.One was "dead out of the box"! A second began flashing on and off within two days! (approximately two-to-three hours use per day). Two days later a third one has failed.
I plan to contact the vendor today to request replacement or to offer a full refund for the returned stock. I trust the vendor will be supported by the manufacturer so he can find another product to offer to the public.
At this point I would not recommend these bulbs to my worst enemy, although that is a tempting thought!
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