Utilitech Pro 3-Pack 12-Watt (65W Equivalent) BR30 Medium Base Dimmable Soft White LED Bulbs ENERGY STAR

These are good bulbs. In addition to these 65 W equivalent versions I also have the 45 W equivalent version. However, the 45 W equivalent version can dim down to a faint glow. These 65 W version do not dim down to a faint glow. They dim down to about 15%. Also, when these bulbs dim, they do not have a hum or a buzz. They are also brighter than a regular 65 W incandescent bulb.

Great lights. Installed these in my kitchen; and also in my rental property living room, bedroom. Good color. Dims very nicely. No buzzing. Using with Lutron dimmers (LED,CFL rated dimmers). Replaced a total of 12 can lights. Happy with the lights. Was unsure how well they would work so I bought 3 lights to test. Happy so bought 9 more.

doing the job, lets see how long they last.

We had one bulb out of the six in the room burn out (after being used for only a year). We purchased this whole box, but only switched out one light. That bulb does not dim at the same pace as the other ones. The others slowly get dimmer to off, this one gets dimmer, pauses at semi-low light, then skips to off. I contacted the seller and was told bulbs may be different depending on the box they are in. Sounds to me like a ploy for me to have to use/buy more of the product.

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I was so pleased with these lights, I purchased 10 packs (30 bulbs) - we have lots of can lighting our our home. A few thoughts are as follows: The 'soft white' is the best use among the 4 gradients of LED lighting; in fact it's the only color choice for me, as I find the other colors are a bit too white and/or bluish. A nice benefit is these lights are completely cool to touch, no matter how long they have been on. I find a '65W' replacement LED is actually slightly brighter than a 65 Watt incandescent. Additionally, we don't want the extra heat in our home from incandescent lights, working against our air conditioning in summer. Lights look great, and are completely functional, with the exception of dimming only works to say 25% of so of totally dimmed setting (a pretty minor issue). Assuming we have these lights on for 2 hours a day (at 12 watts/hr), the savings over 65 Watt incandescents with a utility rate of $0.10456 per kilowatt is $4.07 per lightbulb per year with a payback period of 2.2 years. (If light use were 4.5 hours a day, payback is one year. Over 10 years, I expect to save $1,464 on the 30 bulbs I bought from Lowes at a cost of $9 each.

This is a great light source (period). It's a appears to be an expensive upgrade going to LED. I've only been in my house 3 years and I've replaced the previous floods twice already (cha ching). There's also the consideration of power usage to factor in when deciding to make the change. This flood (Ultritech Pro BR30 Soft White Dimmable) was actually brighter than the 65W flood that I had in previously. The light is a warm color output, not at all blue. It is dimmable, 12Watt usage, and rated to last 22.8 years (years) not hours. That's impressive! Another point of interest was that I curiously touched one of the bulbs after it had been on for some time, and it was cool to the touch. I have been burned by bulbs in the past, so I have to add that to a positive attribute.

I've purchased dozens of different LED bulbs recently trying to find the best combinations of dimmable, noise-free, output, color, weight and form factor. These turned out to be winners in all categories from my perspective, not to mention they are very reasonably priced compared with bulbs of similar specifications. I'm definitely getting more of these in the future.