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One day I decided to do a "taste test" and ordered 10 different PAR30/BR30 bulbs to test which ones had (a) the most natural and warmest indoor light comparable to 60-75 watt incandescent bulbs, (b) where the quickest to turn on, and (c) had the best dimming 'experience'. Suffice it to say that many of the bulbs I ordered did well in any one or even two categories, but only the Starpower did remarkably well in all three.

a) The quality of the light is by bar the warmest (well under 3k) and virtually identical to an existing BR30 incandescent bulb I had in the ceiling next to it. The light output was equivalent to 75 watts but oddly the brightness of the bulb itself when looking at the 'glass' (which is really plastic) was pretty much the same as the existing 60 watt incandescent. So what I'm saying is that you get the output of a 75 watt with the appearance of a 60 watt, which adds to its warmth. The color is definitely on the warm side, and pretty accurate by mine and my wife's standards. They say a typically "warm" light is about 2,700 kelvin and I'd say these are right on the money. No bluish tint, totally realistic, and the diffuser on the head of the bulb does a perfect job so you can't see the LED elements at all through the "glass".

b) It really depended on the fixture, but generally speaking, this bulb was instant on. There were other bulbs in my test that took an extra half second to turn on. When all your bulbs are the same LED, quickness to turn on is sort of irrelevant, but in my case, I'm replacing incandescents as they burn out with these LEDs so I want them turning on at the same time. Turning off though is interesting again, this differs from fixture to fixture, but in some cases the bulb turns off but has a faint afterglow for about 10-15 seconds. I can't explain why this is the case, but again, it's not in every case and could just be my wiring. And it's entirely nothing to complain about, just an observation.

c) This bulb dims better than most. Other LEDs I tested dimmed like a halogen and flickered on their way down. The Starpower dims evenly all the way down. However, incandescents will dim even further, so you could possibly be on your very last dim setting and these bulbs could effectively be off and you'll still have a faint afterglow from your incandescents. Fortunately, when I dim the lights I go about half way to 2/3rds down so these bulbs dim according to my expectations. You can however notice the output difference from A above much better at lower output settings. My advice here is that if you're going to be dimming often, just swap out all your bulbs with these LEDs and you'll be fine. Again, just another observation. Not an issue with the bulb per sez, rather, you can just start to tell the difference between LED and incandescent at lower dimming settings. At the highest setting, as I've already said, the difference is virtually unnoticeable.

I debated whether to write this review or not because I have no idea if Starpower is a big company or not and I don't want everyone running out to buy up all my bulbs! That being said, do your own test and order a bunch of different LEDs. You'll probably come to the same conclusion that these are pretty darn good LEDs.

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This is the first LED bulb that I have found that is capable of replacing an indoor incandescent flood light. It is the same size as the flood lights that we use in our home and it is just as bright. I compared it to a 65 watt and a 75 watt light bulb and in both cases to my uncalibrated eye it was brighter. The light color is almost identical to the light out of my incandescent floodlights and possibly just a little more yellow. This bulb is quite heavy weighing in at 12 5/8 ounces compared to about 2 ¼ ounces for the incandescent flood light. This is due to the large aluminum heat sink on the LED bulb.

The light was very bright and the color was just right for our eyes. The bulb was on for quite a time during our testing and it did not get hardly warm because of the great heat dissipation design of the bulb. The bulb features a lifetime span of over 30,000 hours.

I did my testing in a hall light and it would do an excellent job in that application. It would work well in recessed can lights and track lights. We actually have 39 can and track lights in our home using flood lights and the power savings for the electric bill would be substantial. I even put the light into a dimmable location and it worked perfectly. It would even go dimmer than the incandescent lights would without any flicker at all.

This light would be excellent for use in your kitchen, hall lights in any can light or track light. I did put it into a rotating fisheye light fixture and it fit but stuck out about ½ inch further than the normal flood light I removed. We have some slanted can lights that are about 12 to 13 feet in the air and they are a pain to change. This would be ideal there because the long life would eliminate the need for a lot of light bulb changing over a 20 year time period.

The lights take about 1 second or less to come on and then fade to off quickly in about 2 or 3 seconds. This is a very good product and I rated it as a 5 star item.

I was supplied a sample for test and evaluation and I promised to provide a fair and honest review.

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These are great lights, do not have the typical LED look but with the frosted lens look more like a traditional can light. I put two over my wife s sink and she did not notice, so much so that when I asked if I should replace her lights she said not to put the lights in unless they had a light that looked like this. Little did she know they had already been replaced by these great lights. What everyone forgets to tell you is that when you put 15 of these in a kitchen, besides being able to actually see what you are doing you will not get the great amount of heat that comes off of the halogens. And while some may not care if the A/C works harder think of 15 or 20 halogen lights on as mini heaters most of your electricity goes to produce heat which the A?C has to work to cool down... vicious circle. Better light and cool at the same time!

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I replaced one of five GE Reveal 120V 65W incandescent BR30 lamps in the kitchen with a Starpower LED. The LED is definitely a 75W equivalent probably more. It is noticeably brighter than the 65W Reveal BR30 and appears to have a similar color temperature at full brightness. All LED lamps are bright when one looks straight at them, but this LED actually casts a brighter and wider beam.

As the incandescent bulbs dim their light becomes very orange, while the Starpower LED maintains about the same color temperature. At the lowest setting it does not dim quite as much as the incandescent lamps, but comes close. Also there is a fractional second delay when the LED lamp is turned on and the LED lamps do not turn off instantly but sort of fade out. Personally, I find neither of these characteristics objectionable. Of course the big positive is power consumption. Using the power consumption numbers in C. Price's review, five of these LED lamps would consume less power than one of the incandescent lamps. This works out to roughly $10/yr savings per lamp (5 to 6 hours/day use and $0.10/kw-hr power cost). So for us, it needs to last about 4 years to pay out.

My only disadvantage is the Starpower LED makes a slight high-pitched buzzing sound. The room has to be quiet to hear it, but I wonder about replacing the other four incandescent bulbs with LEDs. The sound would intensify with five of them, and I am concerned the louder buzzing may be disconcerting. Has anyone else heard this buzzing sound?

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Nothing like a heat wave to get you to change your light bulbs! Our contractor put in standard flood lights in our recently remodeled kitchen and they were generating quite a bit of heat. I tried dimmable cfls from a big box store, but they dimmed poorly and the lighting was insufficient. The Starpower LED solved the problem with excellent, bright lighting and good dimming quality. Pay back will be short due to the energy savings and best of all, my wife even likes the light quality!