Review on Philips LED 458687 60 Watt Equivalent by Jerry Toscano

Okay, I'll front it off, I'm an LED addict. When they started getting better, before they were even cheap, I started replacing all my horrible CFLs with LEDs. But the search for a specific replacement for the LED annoyed me: a dimmable candelabra lamp. This dimmable lamp from Philips seems to have finally achieved that goal. I have a small bedside lamp that uses a single candelabra bulb and is touch sensitive. That is, touch it once to turn it on dark, again for medium, again for light, and again to turn it off. I tried three or four "dimmable" candelabra bulbs and none of them worked properly with the touch dimmer. They flickered, buzzed, or didn't dim at all. You just switched the brightness levels constantly, but slowly. Disappointment! The Philips lamp promises three things: 1) full dimming, 2) "warm glow" in low light and 3) high brightness (equivalent to 60W) when fully on. I think he fulfills all three promises. 1) Fully dimmable. When I installed a lightbulb in my sensor lamp, it went dim. I mean really weak. I ran the cycles and damn it if it didn't behave just like a lightbulb. No hum, no flicker, nothing bad at all. It just dims and to a very low level. 2) "Warm Glow". I don't know how much I care, but most LEDs take on a slightly greenish tint when fully dimmed. It doesn't really bother me, but I was interested in seeing this "warm glow" technology in action. When fully dimmed, the emitted light naturally has a real orange tint. Turn it up to bright and it's still a happy, soft white light without a hint of blue. The packaging says it varies between 2200K and 2700K and that seems to be true. I would like to know how they achieve that warm glow. I suspect they use warm and cold LEDs and change their power factors depending on the overall light level. Whatever they do, it's effective and eliminates a complaint people have about LEDs. 3) High brightness. Fully on, it's light, no doubt about it. Not sure if it's equivalent to a 60w incandescent bulb but it's a very bright LED candelabrum and hard to find. wait a minute, it's too high for my lamp! It's a very small lamp, to be fair, but the bulb doesn't fit under the lamp's harp. Sadness enveloped me so I arranged all my broken LED candelabra around me and contemplated my fate... No I didn't, I grabbed my Dremel. This bulb has an acrylic body whose sole purpose is to give the bulb the shape of an artificial candelabra flame. I don't care about the shape as it will be hidden under the lampshade and the body makes the bulb an inch larger than it needs to be. The Dremel cut-off wheel quickly took care of the acrylic body (void warranty, wear safety glasses, be safe etc. etc.) and the bulb now fits comfortably in my lamp. See photos. Considering how many disappointments I've had with the LED candle lights in this lamp, I have no problem giving this Philips lamp 5 stars. Even though I had to have the bulb operated on to fit my bulb, the bulb is hardly at fault and I don't deduct anything for it. I am very satisfied with this LED lamp.