Review on 💡 Explux Equivalent PAR38 Dimmable Daylight: Illuminate Your Space with Efficiency by Eric Webbie

I bought a pair of these to try with a GE Nighthawk lamp (https://www.amazon.com). /gp/product/B07B5B27LC/), FEIT bulb (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JXPPPOY/) and unnamed EOL bulb (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ B074XM2XNT/ ). I have a high (28ft+) cathedral ceiling in my living room with 6 halogen floodlights upstairs and it was a chore to change one or two a year. Now that high power BR40/PAR38 LED bulbs are available I bought two of the four bulbs above in some comparative testing and installed alternatives. I used a Lutron dimmer for all of them. The lamps were installed at a 45-degree angle to the vertical and illuminate the wall and thus indirectly the entire room. Here are the results: * EOL bulb (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074XM2XNT/) EOL bulb comes as a 20W 3000K equivalent 150W bulb with 1800 lumens dimmable and 40 degree beam angle sold. . When mounted next to a 90W halogen bulb with a 40 degree beam angle, it produces about the same amount of light, slightly whiter (but not overly) with a relatively equivalent beamwidth. There were no problems with dimming, even very weakly, without flickering. The bulb didn't get hot. Except for the 150W equivalent, all the specified bulb specs seem realistic: I see it more like the 100W equivalent, in our case the 90W halogen equivalent.* GE Nighthawk (https://www.amazon. com/gp/product /B07B5B27LC/) is the strongest of the entire batch. It is sold as a 32W, 3000K, 250W dimmable lamp which equals 3000 lumens with a 40 degree beam. Mounted next to a 90W halogen or EOL lamp, it was noticeably brighter. It was slightly whiter than the halogen bulb and matched the color of the EOL bulb. The brightness was pretty amazing seeing the same place lit up with halogen lights for the past 20 years. The bulb easily dims to the limit - the lower limit came suddenly, but not unpleasantly, and there was no flickering. The Nighthawk ran much cooler than a halogen bulb, but warmer than any other bulb, even though the heatsink appeared to be aluminum. The data for the light bulb appear realistic. degree beam. When mounted alongside a 90w halogen and GED Nighthawk lamp, it outperformed a halogen and looked no less than a GE Nighthawk, although its beam was much wider. Installed in a corner, it was particularly useful as a light source, as we got strong reflections from both walls, as well as direct illumination even from under the bulb (although it was installed at a 45 degree angle) and beyond vertical. The shading around all exposed edges (e.g. mantelpiece in the living room) was greatly increased, somewhat harder, by the direct proportion of light due to the very wide radiation. The tint was quite comparable to the Nighthawk and slightly whiter than the halogen bulb but not as objectionable. The lamp had no trouble dimming, even fairly low, and there was no flicker. It got warm but not hot. The data for the lamp appear realistic. * The Explux lamp (this one) is sold as a 25W, 3000K, 250W lamp which is equivalent to a 2600 lumen dimmable lamp with a 90 degree beam. Mounted next to a halogen lamp and a FEIT lamp, it appears much more powerful than a halogen lamp, but slightly less powerful than a FEIT lamp despite the more concentrated beam. The beam appears much wider than a halogen lamp (40 degrees), but slightly narrower than a FEIT lamp (120 degrees), although there is not much difference from the FEI lamp. The shading is a little more dramatic than purely indirect halogen light, but not as harsh as a FEIT lamp. There is a clear direct light component roughly directly below the bulb (at a 45 degree orientation from vertical), indicating that the nominal 90 degree beam angle appears to be true. The tint is a little colder than a halogen bulb but not as uncomfortable and a little warmer than a FEIT bulb. The lamp dimmed well and rather dimly, there was no flickering. The lamp ran much cooler than the halogen lamp, slightly warmer than the FEIT and EOL, and slightly cooler than the Nighthawk. As an additional comparison, we also compared two LED daytime running lights with all and the original halogen bulbs. While the LED daylight bulbs seemed a lot brighter than their wattage, they also seemed a bit stiffer, and the color of the wood under the roof was uncomfortably bluish. In comparison, wood under halogen light was light amber, while wood under FEIT, NightHawk, and EOL was a light honey color. At Explus it was a little darker than honey. Having installed many different types of AC and DC low power LED bulbs over the past few years, I have been pleasantly surprised by the performance of these four bulbs. They all performed close to their ratings, with the exception of the EOL bulb due to the equivalent wattage of incandescent bulbs: in my experience this is very unusual for LED bulbs, many of which vary significantly from their ratings. data (especially low-power LEDs). All lamps seemed to have excellent functionality. In the end we settled on Explus bulbs for our particular use: they seemed to offer the right combination of output, wider angle but not too wide, and color. However, I was quite impressed with the Nighthawk's mind-boggling power, as well as the combination of FEIT's power and wide beam: I would have no hesitation in choosing either for the right application. Even the EOL bulb looked good and could have been a good option when less wattage was needed. All in all a good set of lightbulbs. And --- I'm really glad I went up and down that damn 30 foot ladder :-)