Good Bad Bulbs – Fluorescent Lighting & LED Lighting
Including energy efficient LED light bulbs, CFL bulbs, and future technologies.
CFL Lighting, LED Lighting, LED Flashlights, and Future Technologies

Bulb Color – Harsh OK. Dimmable CFL – Bad. Heat – Good.

Update 12/23/08
The color is acceptable, but now that it’s been in use for a while, the bulb takes a few minutes to brighten up. It will only light up with the dimmer fully ‘on’, and even just a bit off, and it’s dark. I think a better term is ‘dimmer compatible’ as opposed to dimmable.

Reviewing the ecosmart 16 watt dimmable flood. Costs about two dollars more than more than an incandescent R30, so I have high hopes. Label says it is soft white 2700K. 75 watt equivalent. 750 lumens.

It is marked as good for ceiling cans, as well as flood fixtures. It is also marked as good for wet weather if the base is up (light shining down). It is about half an inch longer than the R30 incandescents, and looks the same in the ceiling can.

The dimmer we have is current technology (2 years old), and is driving just the one bulb. The bulb drops out early when the dimming starts.

The color starts out very good, and after several minutes takes on the classic CFL Death Pall.