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Review on Energy-Efficient Under Cabinet Lighting: Dimmable Halogen Replacement by Dave Hammon

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Defective - do not buy

I made the mistake of buying them not knowing there were no reviews for them at the time. All of the bulbs burned out after a few days of use. Unfortunately, Revain's return policy has already expired, so a waste of money. I used them in my GE Profile microwave. Based on reviews of similar bulbs, I expected them to flicker on the low/night setting, which they did, but at first they produced a bright, even white light on the high setting. Within a few days of use, each bulb began to flicker (not flicker. The flash cycled off and on again) and then stopped working entirely. My parents have a similar microwave and I gave them one of the lightbulbs and it did the same so I don't think it's related to a problem with my microwave. When I pulled out each of the blown bulbs, they were very hot. - hotter than I expected, it uses 3 watts of electricity. The glass cover over the LEDs was loose on most blown bulbs, melting the glue used to hold them in place. It would take a long time to spend $18 on electricity using a halogen lamp under the microwave. I'm still hoping to find a usable LED, but I'll revert to incandescent bulbs until I find something with more positive feedback.

Pros
  • Best
Cons
  • Ugly packaging