*** UPDATE 5 weeks later it works great. Light output is good, high quality, satisfying color. I do not miss the old 120 watt filament PAR flood bulb I used to use at all.
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Inside of this bulb there is a wafer that the LED's are attached to. This LED wafer is attached to the heat sink with a screw. The problem is that the slot that the screw is supposed to attach to is not a machine threaded slot. And the screw is way too short and there is only one of them holding the wafer to the heat sink. What this results in is there really ISN'T anything securely fastening the LED wafer to the heat sink. The bulb is also just put into a box (approx. size of the bulb) with nothing to really protect it (especially for shipping). Oh.. the box was then put into a bigger box that had airbags and such to protect the smaller box the bulb is in, but nothing within the smaller box to really protect the bulb during shipping. My bulb arrived with the plastic covering fallen off and the LED wafer just rattling around. I found the tiny screw in the larger Amazon box.. but since there is nothing to actually thread the screw into (except the mentioned non-threaded slots), I could not securely fasten the wafer to the heat sink.All it would take would be to have the slots machine threaded (there are actually three of them) and then use appropriate screws (3) to attach the wafer to the heat sink. This would add minuscule cost to the bulb. For a bulb that is STILL $33 dollars.. this is unacceptable. I might expect this from a bulb made in someone's garage who's selling if for less than $10 bucks, but this looks like a bulb made in someone's garage who's still trying to get a high premium out of it. I'm returning it, and I do not recommend this bulb.
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Okay, I couldn't wait any longer for LED lights in my recessed fixtures. Attempts with the lower cost bulbs had disappointing results. I tried these after reviewing the quantity of LED segments and wattage comparision to the lumens. These are really bright lights & spread out the light well from a recessed fixture. They lit up the room much better when compared to the narrow view (beam) angle of other LED lights that created shadow areas in between fixtures. Note: this part number does not work with X10 remote light controls, so Amazon helped me to exchange with the 'dimming' version of the same bulb Dimmable PAR38 16 Watt LED Wide Angle Flood Light Standard Screw Base. Amazing how much light and not hot to the touch, so sure to save money electricity use both on lighting and also less air conditioning load from cooler operating temperature bulbs.Honest reviews on LEDwholesalers PAR38 14 Watt Wide Angle Non-dimmable Flood Light
Bulbs received from Amazon (supplier is LowerPriceUSA) very under packaged, rattled in box when received. When installing noted that height (distance from emitting face to threaded base) was much shorter than bulb dimensions on product page and actual bulb did not visually match picture on this item. Tried to turn the light on, bulb did not light. Thinking I had a broken item, I removed it and prepared the items for return to Amazon while taking photo of the unit I noticed a sticker stating that the bulb was 220V, not 110V which is US household standard voltage.To recap:
1) bulb received poorly packaged;
2) wrong dimension (too short);
3) wrong voltage rating, 220V instead of 110V
Amazon, please be a little more discerning in your suppliers. This was total amateur hour on a $200+ light bulb order.
This order is coming back to you.
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this bulb emits not warm light (it is blueish) and the brightness barely competes with a 50W traditional bulb. it is dimmable in the sense that it does not break when dimmed, it reduces maybe 20% then it turns off.this is just an expensive joke!
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