Pros:
1. Unlike other LED and florescent lights these give off a natural white like incandescent bulbs. They mimic it perfectly.
2. Using HouseLinc Software I can set events. My favorite is having the lights come on slowly as I wake up to avoid shock.
3. Using my wall mounted mini controller I have two ON modes for my bathroom, 1 Full Bright 2 Dim for late night trips to the bathroom.
4. Dimmable
5. Very low power consumption
6. Same size as a regular bulb
7. Should last 30 years
8. Sheer awesomeness of watching your lights go on from down the street via Iphone control.
Cons:
1. Light distribution. Unlike regular bulbs this one does let light passed the back of it due to its metal heat sink. It looked funny in some of my smaller light fixtures where the bulb is very close to the translucent wall.
2. Cost.
3. Weight: About 4 times the weight of a regular bulb.
4. Has a "Ramp Rate" feature that is suppose to gradually turns the light on over a set period of time. It increments in stages and looks like a strobe light on slow.
Notes:
1. In Houselinc you can set the brightness, it has preset brightness levels of 10%,20%,30%. . . 100%, it's not obvious but you can also type in a custom number.
2. Houselinc requires additional hardware to communicate with bulbs, see site.
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Nice bulb with a pleasing color temperature. Excellent dimming profile. Note, however, that this bulb does require an Insteon controller to take advantage of advanced features; if you want to be able to control the bulb from your computer, you will need to invest in other Insteon hardware. Price is actually very good when compared to standalone LED bulb plus lamp controller module. The bulb WILL work without an Insteon controller, it will just behave as a (rather expensive) LED replacement.
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