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GE 21710 15 Watt (65W equivalent) Energy Smart Floodlight Dimmable R30 Light Bulb Review
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FLE15/2DV/R30/SW/CD, 15W,120V, 65W Incandescent Equivalent, Soft White, Dimmable Reflector Flood Light, Compact Fluorescent Bulb, R30 Shape, Energy Star Rated, 720 Lumens, 6000 Hour Life, 2700 Kelvin Color Temperature.
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I have reviewed this bulb for a similar listing on Amazon, but my basic points are as follows:I am a huge fan of CFLs. We use them all over our house. You should, too. There is really no reason to go incandescent anymore. You may actually be better off throwing out your incandescents BEFORE they burn out, and replacing them with CFLs. CFLs work equivalently to incandescents; you just have to know what to look for: low color temperature (on the order of 2700K), a bulb to match the application. Two years ago, after burning multiple incandescents out in our garage door opener, I installed CFLs. They are sturdy enough to withstand the vibrations and have been going strong for a couple of years.This bulb is unacceptable. It has the drawbacks of CFLs that I bought in the mid-90s: a delay when you switch them on, and a long warmup period (some reviewers say that it is 1 minute; it took my bulb 2-3 minutes. These are the qualities that made it hard for me to convert my wife and my parents to CFLs.I would recommend trying different brands of dimmables until you find one that is compatible with your dimmers and doesn't have any significant drawbacks. i can't believe that GE let this bulb hit the market with such a switching delay and long warmup time. Reminds me of the disappointment I felt with the early generation CFLs, but I believe that these dimmable bulbs will eventually get the rough spots ironed out.
Dimmable CFLs only dim about 20% (Sylvania 10%, Philips 20%, GE20%) so don't buy expecting them to dim like incandescent bulbs. Also the way they dim is by producing harmonic distortion (changing the waveform to one where less light is produced) which can cause flickering and even without noticable flickering possibly even headaches or eye strain in some people. So go with the nondimmable CFLs instead.
Overall, these bulbs are good replacements for typical incandescent flood lights. The amount of light they put out is comparable.These are also the first fluorescent flood lights I have found which work with dimmer switches. So a couple plusses in their favor.There are a couple important differences between these bulbs and a typical incandescent bulbs:1) they are more expensive2) they have about a 1/2 second 'pause' when turning on. When hooked up to the same switch, an incandescent bulb will come on first, by maybe a half second. More of a small annoyance than anything, but the expectation is immediate light when you flip the switch3) there is a 'warm up' time before these bulbs emit their full light output. Probably 90 seconds before they are 100%. They start at probably 70%.4) these bulbs work with a dimmer switch, but the levels are different than a typical bulb. They probably range between 20% and 100%, whereas a typical bulb would go from 1% - 100%.Overall, I am satisfied. They use less energy, put out the same light and work with dimmers.
I'm a big proponent of CFLs, so when we bought a house with nineteen recessed ceiling fixtures on dimmers, I immediately looked for lamps for them. I ordered two of these bulbs to try them.Unfortunately, they do not work well in our fixtures. Perhaps it is the type of dimmer switches we have, but they will not dim much. They go from full brightness to maybe 75% of that light level. The incandescent lamps in the adjacent fixtures, meanwhile, go down to a faint yellowish glimmer.Clearly these lamps will not work in all dimmable fixtures. You may want to order just one and see.
The light output luminosity and color temperature is great. It is much better than my original 65W incandescent.The lamp is dimmable, but I could only get it to about 70% on both my 600W Lutron linear slider and 1000W Lutron rotary dimmer, which is unacceptable. I did not notice any buzzing or flickering when dimming, though at its lowest setting, the CFL tube on the inside had a plasma ball look with the gasses swirling around and a slight purplish tint.The real deal killer was that it is 1/2" longer than the existing bulb and even with my Halo recessed can on the largest bulb setting, it stuck out beyond the baffle trim and looked awful.
While these bulbs do not dim as much as you may be used to with incandescent bulbs, I find they provide a light that is plenty "warm" enough. I have experienced no flickering at all. I prefer these bulbs to the incandescent bulbs I had before, which were too intense. Overall, I'm very happy with them!
I'm a major fan of CFLs. I have them all over my house. I finally installed a dimmer with my newly installed recessed lights in my living room and looked all over the place to find these hard-to-find dimmable CFLs. I bought them and tried them along side my soft white incandescents. At full brightness, it is clearly whiter and brighter hands down. Unfortunately when I started dimming, these GEs barely dimmed at all. I would be generous to say that they dim to 50% brightness. What good is a light that's advertised to be dimmable but doesn't really dim? I'm going to return them in hopes that GE or some other company will develop one that actually dims as well as incandescents.
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