Comments on: ecosmart Dimmable Flourescent R30 Flood

By: Jack Garner

Jack Garner — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:05:07 +0000

Bought 2 soft white R30 flood(15 watt- 65 watt equivalent) bulbs today. Supposed to be dimmer compatible.
After approximately 10 minutes on dim, the bulbs go out.
Replaced with old bulbs with no problems with dimmer switch.

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:35:58 +0000

I am so sick of these light bulbs. I haven’t had one last longer than six months so far. I tried to call the 800 number on the bulb today and it’s disconnected. I’m starting to feel like this is nothing but a big scam.

By: Texas Homeowner

Texas Homeowner — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:09:30 +0000

Bought a “120 watt equivalent” Ecosmart floodlight bulb to replace a regular 120 watt GE Reveal bulb. Used the Ecosmart bulb for 5 minutes and am now throwing it in the trash. It puts out less than a regular 65 watt bulb. Thanks US Congress.

By: RSweeney

RSweeney — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:15:23 +0000

Had 4 of these bulbs used in a dimmed bedroom lightbridge… one failed within 1 month, 1 in 6, the other two in less than a year.

Put the old Philips back in… still running after 3 years in same service.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:34:05 +0000

Menards has a CFL dimmer plus a “Free Dimmable CFL Bulb” for only 14.99. I really thought that it was most likely not going to work, but sure enough its awesome. It even has a blue LED in the switch so you can see it at night. Highly Recommend. Its perfect for the bathroom for when I need to see what I’m doing, or those mornings after a “good night” that I just need some nice dim lighting.

By: diane richter

diane richter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:14:17 +0000

Dimmable compact florescent bulbs (CFB) require a dimmer switch specially made for CFBs. I found them in Home Depot for about $90 each, but ordered them online for about $25 each. I have 5 of them installed in my house, each dimming 2 or 3 bulbs each. On the inside of the dimmers, there is a “screw” that allows you to preset the lowest dimmable level for the line of bulbs you have on that switch so that when you lower the dimmer level to the lowest setting, the bulbs will not go off, but just down to their lowest point. The less bulbs you have on one switch, the dimmer they will go. So, my 3 bulb switches will not dim the lights as much as my 2 bulb switches. Hope this helps someone out there cut their costs and/or installation time down.

By: Robert Townsend

Robert Townsend — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:54:53 +0000

this bulb did not make me happy it only lasted one year not the 7 years that the warranty states. #785 283 R30 flood soft white dimmable