Philips Warm Glow bulbs.
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We have started using the Philips Warm Glow LED bulbs. This house is primarily solar powered with grid interface and net metering. Additionally, we are in a very warm climate, so A/C in the summer is a requirement. The heat generated by incandescent bulbs requires additional A/C cooling to remove from the house.
The WG bulbs are darn near perfect. They dim smoothly on our Leviton Z-Wave dimmers, and they do so without any buzzing or fuss. I especially like the warm color temperature the more the light is dimmed, very similar to an incandescent. The bulbs also have a soft-on / soft-off behavior rather than the typical often-jarring instant-on/off of LEDs.
The only negatives I can give them are the light is not quite as evenly diffused compared to some of the competition (CREE or Philips own Hue line): more light emits radially from the bulb, although this may only be noticeable with certain close-fitting glass shades. Secondarily, of the seven bulbs we have now, there seem to be two versions with slightly different dimming curves. This is only noticeable at 50% power on a line of four fixtures in a master bath all on the same dimming circuit. It is subtle, but once I noticed it, I started swapping bulbs to make sure it wasn't a problem with the fixture.
So far I have tried the 60W A-style bulbs as well as the miniature Candelabra bulbs. I still prefer Hue for ultimate control and flexibility, but these Warm Glow bulbs fit the bill brilliantly when you have conventional dimmers (automated or not).
Most importantly for me is having the soft warm incandescent glow in the evening before bed, as well as at very low levels when waking up in the night. This is far less disruptive than constant-2700K dimmable LEDs.
Cheers!
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@Bromeo this is a great review, thank you for posting.
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@Bromeo Would you mind giving a go these Hyperikon LED bulbs, 2300K from amazon? They look really cool, (or yellow) and I don't see many video reviews. They (Hyperikon) also has a small chandelier base bulb like this as well.
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have you heard of lifx ? try their website. i;m considering buying 2-3 bulbs from them.
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@OM44sound Well I've already got hue bulbs! They're expensive.
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@Tungsten_smooth That a good idea worth looking into. It couldn't be any slower than our iPad 2.
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@niaxilin ... well the new one has a quad core 1.2 GHz ARM CPU, so if that helps any. I'm not sure if you'd want windows on it, but I wonder if windows 10 can run on ARM just installing it, or if they have a separate version you can use.
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@David-wei We need 90+ CRI lights, not the same stuff that everyone else is making. Lets not flood the market with all of the same stuff. Make high quality competitive cost LED bulbs and push for higher quality light in our future!
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@Tungsten_smooth said:
@David-wei We need 90+ CRI lights, not the same stuff that everyone else is making. Lets not flood the market with all of the same stuff. Make high quality competitive cost LED bulbs and push for higher quality light in our future!
I think he's just spamming (unwanted advertising). Look at his profile (look at the only 3 posts he has made), and look at how old this thread is. I think that posts like his aren't worth responding to and are better off being deleted.
