Review on 💡 Philips 535377 Dimmable Energy Efficient LED by Sean Pere

We installed some fluorescent lights when we remodeled our kitchen. We didn't really want them, but we were stuck between the incandescent era and the LED era and we really didn't have a choice about whether we wanted glasses. All in all, fluorescent tubes turned out to be as terrible as we thought: they didn't produce enough light, they took a while to warm up to full brightness, they got dimmer (and redder) over time, and quickly burned through to everyone On/off switching operations required for kitchen lighting. We used our T8 tube lighting as the main lighting because the cans weren't bright enough. After installing these lamps, the lighting on the cans was how we wanted it. They turn on instantly, have great colors and best of all they are SUPER bright! Although they have the same 1200 lumen rating as the CFL bulbs they replaced, they are much brighter than the CFL "equivalent". With these bulbs, we can now use our bulbs as our main lighting! Thanks to the diffusers built into our lights, the vessels emit a pleasant, even light that illuminates the entire room very well. These bulbs are said to be dimmable, but we don't have dimmable lights (as far as we know) so I can't comment on how well they dim the light, but our experience with other Philips LED bulbs has been fantastic to look at. Old lamps have a lifespan of 1800 hours and consume more than twice as much energy (26 W vs. 10.8 W). Judging by the packaging they are rated for 32 YEARS - how can they even verify that? Unless one of them fails, these are probably the last lightbulbs I will ever install in a kitchen. A note on these lamps - they require an electronic ballast. Philips has a compatibility list on their website, which we strongly encourage you to check before purchasing. I was glad to find them as I didn't have to mess with ballast or wiring. For what I paid (around $60 with tax), it was an absolute bargain.