1. I don't know how they can say this is a 40W equivalent. Even a 25W incandescent bulb looked brighter when I compared the two side by side in the same style lamps.
2. The incandescent bulb had a significantly better color output. The LED bulb had a bit of a greenish cast to it and the light distribution was not as good. See the photo I uploaded.
3. These are very expensive bulbs. For the price, I expected much better.
4. The metal part of the bulb does get pretty warm.
5. At least these are better than the cheap-o ones at Walmart, but at a much higher cost.
See the photos I uploaded.
Click Here For Most Helpful Customer Reviews >>
Ok being a early adopter of this stuff I bought one of the 4w bulbs and 13 of the 6w bulbs about a year ago just when they came out after all the good reviews and hype. I figured these would be a life time investment and save me the cost of the bulb over time. Wrong!Since then the frosting on the 4w bulb turned clear and now it does noting but through rainbows out around the edge of the light and the color looks off, just looks silly, next two of the 6w bulbs have started to buzz. I called the company to warrantee them since they where only 6 months old and got the run around telling me there are only certain dimmers they are compatible with. Funny I never saw that on any package or in there advertisement in fact you have to call the company to get that list it is not even on there web site. So basically I get the feeling they are not going to warrantee them and I got screwed. They have to know the globe not staying frosted is a problem and the buzzing is a issue since they knew right away on the phone how to stone wall me as soon as I said the word buzz.
Anyhow love the bulb the brightness is good had high hopes for this bulb but they are just not lasting so I wouldn't buy them again.
Best Deals for Pharox II
We bought two of these bulbs to try when they first came out. We promptly smoked one of them by trying to run it with an inverter providing a modified sine wave output. Don't try that! The company replaced that one for us, and the two have been in heavy duty use in a bathroom light fixture ever since. They're every bit as bright as a 40 watt bulb (measured by a light meter), and are cool to the touch. And they even have a bit of a "fade" when you turn them off, which is kind of fun. I'm about to order a couple more for lamps where we have CFLs.Honest reviews on Pharox II
Unlike the previous reviewer I was fairly impressed with this bulb. I'd say it was/is about a 40w replacement & I used it to replace a 25w fluorescent (not quite as strong but fine for my purposes).I can read in bed with it, it doesn't feel particularly hot, I can't speak to it's longevity since I just bought it.
I like LED's and hope to see the price on them continue to drop.
Yeah, $40 is alot, I agree. If you can afford it though you'll save in the long run.
Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Pharox II
We have been checking out LED bulbs for several years now. One thing becomes "clear" the more you look into LED's, and that is nothing is as it seems from others description. One persons "opinion of what looks like a 40 watt bulb may look like a 25 watt (or less) to you. Do not buy LED bulbs thinking everything comes in nice neat packages and are as they they seem, this indeed is a grey area. Read all you can on multiple web pages and and then you have to be willing to take a few chances.This bulb looks like it is about a 25 watt bulb. In fact most LED bulbs as a general rule seem "to me" to have about 50% of the brightness they claim. There are exceptions, but this rule of thumb has kept me from being to disappointed. That and realizing it is "just a light bulb" not a new car! Some people take the small stuff in life way to hard.
That being said, I have found this bulb to work well and give of a light looking to me to be about 25 watts. I like the energy savings, because we are paying more than $0.50 a KWH where we live, making these bulbs an even smaller investment to try out. We did find that outside (back steps, to take the dog in and out) in the cold it does start "flashing on and off." This happens at about -10 or colder. But other than that it works fine.
0 comments:
Post a Comment