Triangle Bulbs 12-Watt (85-Watt Replacement) Soft White Floodlight BR30 LED Light Bulb, Dimmable, 1055 Lumens, 6-Pack

- These are **BRIGHT**! I actually didn't realize that the description says "85 watt" replacement; I think my original bulbs were 65 watt, and all of the BR30 floods I've seen seem to be "65 watt replacements". So yeah, these are definitely bright! - The house had come with Halogen bulbs in the ceiling "pots", and those things generated a *huge* amount of heat - I could feel it even with them up in a 9' ceiling, yikes!!, as if our Gulf Coast climate isn't hot enough already for 320+ days of the year, and as if it's free and of no consequence to waste energy on additional heat (and therefore, ALSO on additional air conditioning)! So I've been replacing all of my light bulbs, even the CFLs, with LED bulbs. - Anyway, so for the kitchen floodlights, I settled on these because the Lumins-Per-Watt seemed to be the most efficient, and because my Significant Other ;) is always fussing about not having enough light. - Well, with these, there is *plenty* of light. I think the "quality"/"color" of the light is the same as the halogens, just brighter. It's a very "smooth" and even light, with no lighter or darker areas. The quality of the bulbs themselves also seems to be excellent. - They are very well-protected in their packaging, although I do wish that the plastic inserts were recyclable. I'll find uses for them, but most people will just throw them away =:( - These *do* take about 1/3 to 1/2 second before they come on; it's that brief of a delay, literally less than a second (I used a stop-watch), so it only takes a few "switch on" times to get used to it. That very slight delay seems to be characteristic of the high-brightness LEDs - my guess is that it simply takes a few milliseconds for the chips to "charge up". - My only real problem was that, although these are "BR30" bulbs, they were just a wee bit too short for my fixtures. On the other hand, my fixtures, installed during construction, are about the cheesiest cheapo junk possible, and *numerous* bulbs I've tried have not fit, so the bulbs are probably fine, and I just ordered 6 extension sockets. It slightly drive up the price of each bulb, but it was less expensive than putting in new fixtures, and I was just fed up with trying to find things to fit the fixtures, so the extenders worked out *perfectly*, because now, the curved surface of each bulb extends juuuuuust a bit down past the lip of the fixture, so there is no "spotlight" effect - the smooth and even light of each bulb does not get "chopped off" by the fixture. - All in all, then, I'm more than happy with these bulbs so far. If they last as long as predicted, they might outlive me, meaning I'll never have to change them again ;)

The bulbs are nice and bright, but the "neck" is short. It isn't like a typical bulb that you would put in a can light with a trim. In fact, my kitchen which takes a normal br 30 bulb, has trims that do not allow any of these "short neck" bulbs to work. I ended up using them in my kid's lamps. Not to mention the fact that Menards has a typical "long neck" br 30 led for $8.50 which is about $3.00 cheaper per bulb. My advice- go to Menards! At least you can return them if your not happy. Don't buy these!

I was skeptical of the bulb quality, given that they are quite cheap and you get so many, but to my surprise, they are fantastic. They light up as you'd expect, color quality is good, and brightness is spot-on. The only "gotcha" is that the bulbs are about 1 inch or so shorter than traditional incandescent or CFL floods, so they look a little more recessed than usual. It's not very off-putting though, they still output a great deal of light, and I'm happy with the purchase.One note though: Make sure you have an appropriate dimmer switch, as LED bulbs do not dim in the same fashion (meaning they will flicker if the dimmer isn't designed for LED bulbs).

Too short. The wide part of the bulb hits the can light supports before I can screw it into the base.Test one in a gooseneck lamp, and it gives a beautiful white light. I'm sorry I have to have Amazon take it back via UPS.

My house was a new build. My kitchen has 8 canned lighting fixtures. The builder installed 8 incandescent bulbs, which did not burn quite bright enough and were a bit too yellow. I knew keeping these flood lights on would be costing quite a bit.I looked to these LEDs as a replacement. They have blown me away. The color is more of natural soft white, versus yellow and not in the daylight sense. They feel natural in the kitchen. Of note, they are 1050 Lumens and not 1000. Not a big deal. That brightness is crazy for 12 Watts.It is true the bulbs run around a 1/2" shorter than a standard BR/R30 flood light. In my fixtures, that didn't matter much. In fact, I kind of like how they're a little more hidden than the previous bulbs. They are made very well and feel solid.My mission to replace all the old bulbs in my new house with LEDs continues. I have a lot to do, but so far, I am using Triangle Bulbs for all my needs. So far, perfect!

These bulbs are competitively priced; I was glad not to be paying more than $20 for BR30 LED bulb. The packaging is excellent and the size is precisely like ordinary BR30 floods for recessed figures. (There is a picture on the Amazon page showing the exact dimensions.)However, I am returning these because the color rendition makes skin look pallid and gives everything a nasty washed-out look. I like to buy efficient bulbs for locations where they tend to get left on for hours. But for a kitchen where you are illuminating appetizing food or for a bathroom where you shave or your wife puts on makeup, the color leaves a lot to be desired.