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I've tried several MR16 LEDs over the past few years. They keep getting better and better, and this one I believe is currently the brightest of them. It emits a bright white light (cooler color than a halogen) in a "narrow flood" pattern. There are, however, three important issues to note:
1) Shape. This bulb has a protruding lens for the LEDs. This means that you most likely will have to remove the glass filter that comes on most MR16 fixtures. In some cases, you might find that the protrusion will prevent the bulb from fitting properly.
2) Color inconsistency. I bought three of these, and each of them is a slightly different color--warmer or cooler. It is not noticeable unless you are looking for it, but if that is important to you then beware.
3) Worst of all: NOISE. I had no idea, but these bulbs actually have a small cooling fan inside of them. The noise produced by the fan is faint, but you can definitely hear it, and with multiple bulbs on, it becomes very annoying (like someone is running a laptop in the room). This is a dealbreaker for certain applications (like a quiet bedroom), so be sure you can deal with some noise if you get these bulbs.
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Update: I called Philips @ 18005550050 (option 1), and asked for information. There are two lines of these lamps, Endura and Ambient. The Endura are the commercial, longer life product. They have lists of compatible dimmers etc, showing tests for 1, 3, 5 and 8 lamps. Guess what, it depends on the model of dimmer and lamp, how many lamps you can have before it flickers. The beam spread angles available are 15,24,36 degrees. Not what I expected from a 'flood' lamp. Customer Service @ Philips can't yet get any product information from Engineering on the Ambient lamps, only for the Endura lamps.2 of 6 units purchased have fan vibration by the next day.
I didn't find a beam spread/angle spec, probably less than 60. At about 21" the light fell off substantially (
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