GE 21710 15 Watt (65W equivalent) Energy Smart Floodlight Dimmable R30 Light Bulb
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of GE 21710 15 Watt (65W equivalent) Energy Smart Floodlight Dimmable R30 Light Bulb
Customer Review: Works just fine with my dimmer, much lower power consumption
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm happy with these bulbs which I use in my recessed lighting. The dimming works just fine, they don't get quite as "dark" as old-fashioned bulbs before simply turning off but that doesn't bother me. They provide enough light to help my guests find their way to the bathroom at night without being so bright as to keep them awake. I've gotten about a year and a half out of my bulbs with fairly regular use and they still work great. The package says they last 4 years with 4 hours of use per day, mine see 2-4 hours of use per day. I rarely get what the package advertises though. Play it safe and keep your receipt in case these bulbs die too soon.Customer Review: Work well
Summary: 4 Stars
While these bulbs do not dim as much as you may be used to with incandescent bulbs, I find they provide a light that is plenty "warm" enough. I have experienced no flickering at all. I prefer these bulbs to the incandescent bulbs I had before, which were too intense. Overall, I'm very happy with them!Customer Review: good but don't dim
Summary: 3 Stars
I really like the clean, crisp light that these produce and the delay is not really noticable and can be overlooked. NOTE: package says "dimmable - works with most dimming switches". I have high end Lutron "designer" dimmer switches - the GE 21710 does not dim on this switch AT ALL. 20% would be acceptable but I am at 100%. Unfortunately looks like I am stuck with regular incandescents to get my dimming feature which I use all the time.Customer Review: Dimmable CFL but it doesn't really, uhhh.... dim...
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm a major fan of CFLs. I have them all over my house. I finally installed a dimmer with my newly installed recessed lights in my living room and looked all over the place to find these hard-to-find dimmable CFLs. I bought them and tried them along side my soft white incandescents. At full brightness, it is clearly whiter and brighter hands down. Unfortunately when I started dimming, these GEs barely dimmed at all. I would be generous to say that they dim to 50% brightness. What good is a light that's advertised to be dimmable but doesn't really dim? I'm going to return them in hopes that GE or some other company will develop one that actually dims as well as incandescents.Customer Review: Nice light, but does not dim
Summary: 2 Stars
The light output luminosity and color temperature is great. It is much better than my original 65W incandescent.
The lamp is dimmable, but I could only get it to about 70% on both my 600W Lutron linear slider and 1000W Lutron rotary dimmer, which is unacceptable. I did not notice any buzzing or flickering when dimming, though at its lowest setting, the CFL tube on the inside had a plasma ball look with the gasses swirling around and a slight purplish tint.
The real deal killer was that it is 1/2" longer than the existing bulb and even with my Halo recessed can on the largest bulb setting, it stuck out beyond the baffle trim and looked awful.