Review of Dimmable PAR38 16 Watt Spot Light, Replacement for 120 Watt Recess

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Really works well. The color isn't blue, more of a true white light. We have two in our outdoor motion lights and they're great. the light spread is even and covers a decent area radius.

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I have tried a few different par 38 and par 40 LED flood light bulbs in my kitchen. We have six cannisters and tend to leave them a lot during the evening hours and early morning. Therefore dimmable LED's made a lot of sense for the potential savings alone.

I really wanted to like this one because the price was right and the quality looked good. I believe from a a lighting perspective the bulb is very good with a nice warm light (I purchased the "warm white" variety) that is plenty bright. My complaints with this one are two fold:

1. The bulb has a noticeable delay in start-up. Even if all six were of this brand I really think it would bother me.

2. Like so many LED floods it has a look to it that is hard to get used to, and the light is dispersed too narrowly, not like the par 38's I am used to.

I could deal with the latter issue but not the delay in start-up so I ultimately returned it. My search has ended when I came across the "Feit Electric Conserv-Energy Dimmable BR40 LED 17 Watt Flood Light Bulb 100 Watt Equivalent Replacement" which is also currently sold at Costco. It is a par 40, looks more like a typical flood, starts up well, dims nicely, is very bright and seems very well made.

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The description said it works with Lutron dimmers, but it doesn't work with mine. I have a 600W Lutron Maestro IR Dimmer powering 4 light sockets. I replaced the lights one by one. With 3 LED lights and one normal 60W bulb (about 108 watts) it worked. As soon as I unscrewed the last 60W bulb, the Lutron dimmer went into error mode (lights flash every 2 seconds). I screwed in the 4th LED light, but the problem kept happening. So, somewhere between 64 watts (the four LED lights) and 108 watts (3 LED + 60W bulb), my dimmer decides the load is too low. After doing some research, Lutron does make a lower power LED dimmer, but it won't work for me (doesn't support an IR remote).

Moral of the story you may want to research LED lights if you have a specific dimmer switch you are working with. I wish the description for this product didn't have a generic "works with Lutron" statement.

About the lights themselves...

1) VERY bright they are blinding to look directly at.

2) Somewhat directional they do fan out, but not as much as a normal or CFL bulb.

3) I got the cool white and it is very pure, sterile white. My family sat under them a few minutes and didn't like them. If I were to do it over again, I'd probably buy the warm white.

None of these are really negative just sharing some thoughts. I wanted white and bright, and that is what I got.

Quality seems solid and price seems decent.

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I have this in a ceiling pot/down light. I'm slowly replacing the CFLs with LEDs and this product so far has been spot on. As bright as the incandescent it replaced, instant-on and consistent light. I will likely buy more as I can afford them.

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great lighting for the house every where i had regular "spots" I have changed to the LED's very pleased

will by more as needed