***Original Review*** I ordered two of these LED PAR20 bulbs and both worked out of the box. Light is more of a bright white, as they are 4800k. They are also available in a warm white at 3000k. I did a lot of research, and these bulbs are brighter in terms of rated lumens (400) than most other PAR20 LED bulbs. Flood width was rated as 45 degrees wider than some other PAR20 "flood" bulbs. Brightness is on par with the PAR20 incandescent and compact fluorescents I'd been using in my recessed ceiling fixtures. It is nice that the LED bulbs are instant on at full brightness compared to compact fluorescents that take a couple minutes to come up to full brightness. Rated life is 50,000 hours which remains to be seen. I rated the bulbs 4 stars instead of 5, only because the bulbs are shorter than the standard compact fluorescent and incandescent PAR20 bulbs by about an inch. (They are about 3-1/4 inches long.) This leaves them recessed further into my ceiling fixtures, which don't seem to have adjustable depth. The greater recess limits the spread of the flood light a bit but not bad overall. I will order more of these bulbs based on how they are working. The vender did ship them promptly and they arrived well packaged.
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This bulb came well packaged in a plain white box. I purchased the warm white bulbs and I note that they look just like the first picture and not like the bulbs in Auugsburg57's photos.I purchase both the flood and the spot version of this light. Both have very similar specs and as near as I can tell from examining them they simply used a different lens to achieved the type of light. That being said I noted a difference in the color between the two lights. Both are suppose to be 2700K but the flood appears to have a cooler ting to the light. The spot light actually had a nice warm color.
I am using these in a track lighting fixture and I am comparing them to standard incandescent R20 45W and halogen MR16 50W bulbs. Neither bulb was as warm as either of the two standard bulbs. However the spot bulb did come close. Both of these bulbs were significantly warmer than another R20 Lightkiwi bulb (Lightkiwi R20 Warm White Dimmable LED Flood Light Bulb 50 Watt Equivalent ) that I purchase having an opaque cover. However these are rated at 2700K and that other bulb at 3000K.
I did like the highly directional quality of the light. In the track lighting fixture the only light spill you see is a small glow around the aluminum heat sink fins. Not distracting in anyway.
The spot light bulb is a spot but with no harsh cut-off the edge of the light circle trails off nicely. The flood bulb has a very similar spread to a normal R20 bulb. Dimming on both bulbs is smooth but will only go down to about 30 to 40% of the full output.
In the end I had hoped to replace my short lived energy hungry incandescent R20 bulbs with these LED bulbs, but my wife will only buy off on the spot version. I wish somebody could explain why these two bulbs which appear to use the same CREE LEDs look like they have two different color spectrum.
Five star rating for high quality, nice looking product that does a nice job providing light.
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I purchased for of these lights for a bedroom to see if they would look as good a what we had and they are nicer than the old lights. I'm now ordering 24 more for other rooms in the home. I'm a big fan of led lights for the energy savings. Buy these, you won't be sorry you did.Honest reviews on Lightkiwi M9246 PAR20 Warm White Dimmable LED Spot Light Bulb
Having replaced several bulbs with LEDs, I was pleasantly surprised that these are not particularly heavy. Additionally they seemed no larger than the CFLs that they replaced, perhaps half an inch shorter. It's nice having an "instant brightness" (vs. CFL). I expect these will last many years.Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Lightkiwi M9246 PAR20 Warm White Dimmable LED Spot Light Bulb
First of all, this is my first purchase of an LED lightbulb replacement. My only other experience with LEDs is in headlamps and flashlights. My initial concern was that they would not be bright enough. That is not an issue. They are perfect. I had previously had spiral CF bulbs in track lights in the kitchen and while these bulbs give a bit more of a harsh light due to their directional quality, the color of the warm white is very natural. In fact I find it just a bit whiter than the CFs they replace which is nice. The $19 price tag is a bit steep, but when you can replace a 50 Watt incandescent, it's a no brainer. My replacement of CFs will not yield as much savings. I'll likely wait for the price to drop to buy more so that I will have a proper payback. These bulbs will take about 10 years to pay themselves back saving only 4 watts over their 13watt CF replacement, if they last that long. The one thing I hope to take advantage of is the dimming capability. I will update this review when I have all of them replaced and have a dimmer on them.
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