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I am slowly replacing my beloved quartz halogen PAR20 and PAR38 ceiling can bulbs with LED bulbs as they burn out. I'm a visual artist and kind of a lighting bug, and color temperature is important. Halogen has always been my gold standard for pleasing and accurate warm room lighting. All the LED's I've tried basically are too cool for my taste. But they are getting a bit better. The latest TCP PAR20 I bought at 9 watts puts out 550 lumens which is also an improvement. The Ecosmart par20 I got at Home Depot in 2011 was 8 watts and only about 400 lumens. This is absolutely as bright as my 45 and 50 watt halogens, with an extremely even light spread across the beam.
I have tried dimming these on an X10 remote style wall switch dimmer, and they do buzz faintly which is disappointing. Perhaps a different kind of dimmer would reduce or eliminate this but I'm not sure. I know that not all dimmers use the same technology. You would probably only notice the buzz in a dead silent room.
As I am mixing these in the kitchen with quartz hal. lamps, the cooler white color is noticeable. I actually tape a little color correction gel film (1/4 CTO orange) over the bulb lens and it helps some, though it's still not that wonderful golden white halogen color. However, I do think if all the lights in the room are the same color maybe I would get used to it.
Not dead sure the TCP I got at OSH is exactly the same model as this. It was about the same price. At twenty three bucks or so this is a reasonable deal, since quartz bulbs are at least $8-10, last only a couple of years, and burn 5x more electricity. LED I would say is about 90% of the way to perfection. A bit truer warm color, fix the buzz, and get to $15 and we're there. I have 10 bulbs in my living room, all still halogen, and will be until that happens probably.
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I am using this in a range hood. It correctly dims with a three position (off/ low/ high) dimming switch. It might work with a continuous "knob" style dimmer switch (rheostat or variable resistance for you EE's out there), but I don't have a switch like that to try it.I can tolerate the 3000K light it provides. I like the 40 degree angle of the beam.
I liked the TCP LED9E26P2030KFL LED 9 Watt PAR20 40 Degree Flood Light by North because it dims with the off/low/high switch on my range hood and also lights faster (the Toshiba LDRB0927ME6USD PAR 20 Dimmable bulb has a noticeable delay to come "on", doesn't work in the "low" dim setting of my three position range hood switch of off/low/high). I can forgive the fact that this bulb is 3000K for it's light "temperature" (this makes things illuminated by it seem more "washed out" and less "golden" than the 2700K Toshiba bulb). This bulb also has a wider beam 40 degree angle vs the Toshiba's 27 degree angle, so a greater area of my cooktop is illuminated.
I just wish that this bulb had that 2700K "golden" light quality. It makes food look just a bit better than 3000K.
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I am using this bulb in a reading lamp that is positioned fairly far from the reading material. This is a good arrangement because of the really bright output of this bulb. Too close and there might be some reflection.I'm surprised at how pure and bright the light seems to be..well worth the cost.
There is a minor, short-lived, afterglow when the lamp is turned off. It is not so bright that it should disturb anyone, I think.
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Looking forward to saving electricity with this low-wattage bulb.The initial cost of these led bulbs is a bit daunting but the bulb is brighter than the 50 watt halogen it replaced & should last much longer.
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In general I like this light bulb a lot. I have an array of 5 halogen bulbs (PAR20) on a dimmer. I put this one in and its color matches the others fine when on full power, but it stays the same color while the halogen bulbs turn redder as they are dimmed. When they all are LEDs, I think the consistency of color with dimming will be good. The light source in this bulb is not the full diameter -you can see from the picture that the LEDs are in the middle spot, and the parts around the edge are solid white material -maybe cooling fins. So the bulb looks different. Again, when all 5 are LEDs, I think it will look fine. The halogens burn out fast enough that I expect to replace all of them within a year or so.
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