BETTER LIGHT FROM 56 WATTS THAN 148 WATTS OF ALTERNATE LEDs or 900 WATTS OF INCONDESCENT
I just purchased my second 24-pack of this LED bulb (9W energetic 3000K warm white). First tried them a couple of years ago, and haven't even lost a bulb yet. I'm extremely particular about lighting, and like the 750 lumens, because more intense light is harder on the eyes; and the 3000K warm white is perfect for all purposes, whereas higher K, bluer light is unnatural, and some say, also harder on the eyes. But equally important, I've done quite a bit of work and experimentation with other LEDs. Eventually I used a set of 4 30-watt outdoor LED lamps for most of my shop, having had good success with these lights for outdoor motion-detector-triggered use. While I was relatively happy with the heavy-duty lighting, I also used 2 of these energetic 9-watt LEDs in existing porcelain receptacles... and after using this setup for better than a year, I got the idea that I'd probably get better lighting by switching out every light with the energetics. I had to revert several receptacles to do this, but it was well worth the additional effort. 1. The original setup used just 5 100-watt incondescents (500 watts total), but needed at least the two additional light locations I later added (700 watts total, if using incondescents). This was substantially inadequate lighting. 2. My next setup (which followed the original incondescent installation) involved 6 of the said 7 lighting stations (4 30-watt outdoor LED lamps, and 2 9-watt entergetic LEDs, 148 watts total), and after some time, I felt too that this was inadequate, and that I'd get better light from one additional station (7 altogether), and swapping the big LED lamps for 9-watt energetics. 3. So, in my present setup (pictured), I'm now running 7 9-watt energetic A19s; and so, on just 56 watts, I now have twice the light of my previous LED setup (148 watts), and probably better than 3 times the light of the original 500-watt incondescent setup β all from less wattage than a single 60-watt incondescent bulb. Still, the picture may not do this bulb justice. Even compared to the previous LED setup, the shop now looks like it's lit up like Christmas... and the warm white, together with the 750 lumens are less harsh on the eyes. We're using this 9-watt (60-watt equivalent) in the house, in the barn, in out buildings. I even tried a box of 100-watt-equivalent LEDs recently, and if they're truly any brighter than these energetics, I'm powerless to say. In any case, for said purposes, this is pretty much the perfect bulb. Read more

























