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Review on Efficient Recessed ๐Ÿ“š Lighting Dimmable Downlight Installation Guide by Gunaraj Callaham

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Great concept, not immediately available on

Failed to load media. I really wanted to like these headlights. I tried to reduce heat loss with recessed lights. I measured a 5ยฐF difference in temperature in a jar versus the ceiling a few inches away and even felt the airflow show heat escaping through my ceiling. The lights were easy to install: after reading the instructions, I was able to install them in less than 5 minutes, including replacing the attached clips with the springs my glasses require. It's great that you can switch colors between 5 common values. That means you can buy a whole bunch of these for the whole house and if one burns down the replacement is universal. Unfortunately, the light does not come on immediately. In my attached video shot at 120 fps, the light on top and the light on the left are this product. The other lights are 8.5w Feit LEDs, traditional screw type bulbs. You can hear me flick the light switch, Lutron DVCL-153P listed in the compatibility chart. For the first time with 100% dimmer. The second - with a 50% dimmer. Each time I made sure the light was off for 5 minutes before flipping the switch. At 100%: Feit lights turn on at 375 ms, then these lights turn on at 600 ms and 633 ms. At 50%: Feit lights turn off. after 308ms, then these lights turn on after 640ms. At the lowest dimmer setting where the lights could turn on, there was a full 10 second delay! I don't have it on video but it's not for me.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...