C. Crane V72 ar 38 72-LED Spotlight Bulb
by C. Crane
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Product Details
Manufacturer: C. CraneModel: V72
Product features:
- Less than 8-Watt of power
- 7.3-Watt
- Focused beam
- 72-LEDs, 200-Lumen
- UL listed
Tools and Hardware Reviews of C. Crane V72 ar 38 72-LED Spotlight Bulb
Customer Review: Best LED light that I've found so far, but not right for every situation.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best LED light that I've found so far. That's not saying much, since the others have been too dim, too blue, and too thin to be used for general purpose lighting.
As others have stated, this bulb isn't particularly bright. But there are some cases where it's the perfect tool for the job.
We used this light to replace an outdoor CFL PAR38 spotlight on our back porch. We live in Illinois, and temperatures of 15F are typical and temperatures below 0F happen regularly in January. The set of 3 CFLs that light our back porch produce very dim purple light for 10 to 15 minutes or so while they warm up, and then they'll produce normal light after that. However, we often make short trips out during the winter (we have a dog) -- so we ended up leaving the CFLs on all evening, just so that we could have light when we wanted it. I didn't want to go back to incandescents, so I purchased one of these lights and replaced one of the the CFL lights with this LED PAR38. In a side-by-side test with the CFLs, it looks like this bulb is the right tool for lighting up our porch. The instant-on feature, relative lack of temperature-sensitivity makes it brighter than the CFLs while I'm out on the porch, and the relatively whitish light (when compared to other LED bulbs, and cold-soaked CFLs) make this bulb absolutely perfect for this job.
I probably wouldn't use this LED light for indoor lighting -- you get a better choice of colors/spectrums and more brightness with CFLs (and possibly more lumens per watt!) -- and the temperature-sensitivity isn't as much of an issue indoors... But I'll probably purchase another 4 of these lights to replace the rest of the outdoor PAR38 spotlights around the outside of the house over the next few months. The PAR38 spotlights over the sink in the kitchen will probably stay as CFLs.
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