Are these any less bright than a 6" can with 60W-equivalent CFL bulbs?
186660
I would say that the light is equally as bright, but somewhat more brilliant and focused. I am very pleased with the effect. I used a combination of downlights and eyeballs.
186661
This is a conversion kit and comes without any light bulbs. You can buy GU10 bulbs of various brightness to fit, but the beam will probably be much smaller and more focused - though they could be bright.
1342149
I have 60w bulbs in mine. They do give off a lot of heat, but didn't feel 40w would give us the light we needed in the area we have.
1132181
The answer is simple...current LED "bulbs" are not available higher than 75 or 100 incandescent watts (9 to 17 LED watts). The CFLs that come with the kit (45 CFL Watts) are equivalent to roughly 250 incandescent watts (though some sites claim 170). So physically...yes...realistically no due to lack of brightness.As a side note...I'm never sure why people answer these questions with "I don't know" or "Not sure...I don't own this"
375971
No. But they don't seem to take as long to "brighten up" as many other cfls.
1785851
I believe they are a bit smaller than the plain CFL, but I never bothered to measure them. Once they warm up they put out a ton of light, quite a bit more than a regular 100 watt incandescent.
1785853
I'm definitely not an expert, but I bought these, and I think they give off the same amount of light as a standard CFL. They're plenty bright. I think they're just called minis because they're shorter -- the longer ones don't fit with some of those ceiling covers you try to put over the bulb. The reason I bought these, though, wasn't because they were mini but because they're 2700K temperature, which gives off a much softer, warmer light than the typical harsh white CFL bulbs.
945876
I would say no with one exception. CFL and LED bulbs are still rated in terms of the wattage an incandescent bulb with the same lumens (brightness) rating would consume. So, for example, a 5000K, 1500 lumems CFL bulb would draw 32 to 35 watts, well under 60 watts, even though it is consider equivalent to a 100 watt incandescent. I've used such CFLs with no problems.
1907423
60 watts if incandescent but with energy efficient bulbs can yield more equivalent lumens with less heat
171385
They are somewhat less bright than a 5W incandescent bulb.The first LED bulb that I found was less bright & I replaced it with one of these, because I wanted more light.It might have been a Fiet BPC7/LED.
902817
They're not as bright as 60W - closer to 40W to my eyes. I view them more as an accent light or novelty toy.
2199236
No they are not. We use 25 watt bulbs in ours. Anything bigger is too bright.
902820
Absolutely no hum noise. Regarding brightness, it's a bit of a trick question. As you can configure the color, using a very cold color has higher lumens, and would replace a 60W with warmer color (lower lumens). But at equal color, you would notice the difference. Precisely in my case, for a living room, it did not adequately replace 60W & 75W equivalent bulbs, I had to put two Hue bulbs in some cases instead of one CFL. But FYI one working trick is to replace in a living room most bulbs with Hue ones, and keep a few (like some ceiling lights) regular high-watt bulbs. At the end of the day, you don't need super bright light all the time, but usually only from time to time. So you turn on the regular bulbs only when you need really bright light in your room.
439757
That's exactly what I am using them for. They even dim very smoothly. Much brighter than any cfl I ever used.
1189969
I do not suggest these as actual lights, particularly in lowbeam application. Output is very minimal.
647170
Well, there's no brightness equivalent stated on the product, but it is definitely brighter than I thought it would be (which I like). I would say it's at least 60W equivalent but not quite 100W. Also, I ordered 3 bulbs but one of them burnt out premature.
1132201
Don't know re but, mine were 60w and they say on the box it equals 3 100w incandescent no lumens or any other info. I was skeptical;however, they seem to work just fine. I do replace bulbs with new and move used to lower output requirement uses each season since fluorescent lose power after a while. I think they work just fine and are identical to higher priced bulbs I have purchased.
1751284
Yes just don't get the long cfl bulbs, unless you are hanging the fixture. Stick to the short spiral style