Is it true that after a long period of time this bulb gets very hot? And also will lightly fog up the maglite's plastic?
1541147
Could be. I've used the light very little since I installed the bulb. Until I find better LED for the Mag-Lite its primary purpose will be a night stick.
1541148
I've never had this problem. An LED should NEVER get any more than slightly warm unless something is wrong.
1541149
I haven't noticed it getting hot and you can replace the plastic lens with a tempered glass lens for a very little bit of money, that should stop any fogging.
1541150
Hi. Has not happened on either count to me yet, but I only use the torch for emergency so not really a good example
1301949
Mine's warm 'bout 84 degrees now , but I live in Texas... I digress, but would say it's "cool" being 80 lumens, but so is my streamlight that cranks out 155, best not to look right at it. Good light I like mine. Benjamin
2134047
Yes, that is the case. Since my initial review, I find that is becomes too hot to handle after a few minutes and that light does not stay on reliably. I have to shake it to make it come back on sometimes. (It could be batteries as I have not tried changing them yet, but I haven't used the light much so I doubt it. )
484950
It gets fairly warm, about the same as a conventional 60 watt bulb. It is rather huge and may not fit in place of a standard bulb. It is also very bright as it is the equivalent of a 300 watt conventional.
183690
Mine has lasted 2 years now. When you installed it you did not touch the lamp at all with your fingers and transfer anything to the lamp face? That maybe could create a hot spot and it burned out? Sometimes there is just a defect. When I first installed it I must have jarred the optical block so I had a rose tint across the top of the screen about 3 inches down. After a while you learn to ignore it, but I noticed recently that the line is gone. I moved the set a bit recently to get at a side connector and I am wondering whether that jarred something back in place. Now I won't move the set at all until the bulb dies again or something else goes south.
493907
Very strange. The same thing happened to me. You can get a replacement bulb pretty cheap at the big box stores. Was easy to replace. However be careful. When I first set it up, the bulbs got so hot that it burned a hole in the side of the box.
373101
Hi Scott. I don't know from experience yet, but I'm in the same boat as you. I live in Ohio & have this bulb in my unheated garage. I read at least one review somewhere that said low temperature is not a problem & basically I'm hoping that review was correct. Btw, I'm very happy with this bulb so far despite the high price. I considered putting in fluorescent lighting but don't need to now with how much light this puts out. Good luck! Jerry
1459975
Yes, the housing around the light gets hot. There is a handle on each fixture to adjust that doesn't get hot.
1933332
There should not be any plastic on the bulb when you plug it in, any plastic that comes around the bulb should be removed before powering up. Mine came with flexible foam around the bulb to keep it from knocking the hood, which I removed before plugging it in. There was nothing else on the bulb that could have melted.
1863331
The bulb itself is a little hot to the touch if held for a few seconds but it's not as hot as a typical light bulb. With the shade on heat can barely be felt on the outside of the shade.
2153516
Its very similar to other old-fashioned bulbs - or maybe a little cooler than other bulbs that put out a similar amount of lumens. You wouldnt want to grab it with your bare hands after its been on for hours. No worries with this bulb - it wont set your house or curtains on fire like some halogen-type lamps have done. This 72-watt ecovantage doesnt get that hot.
128895
This bulb is a spot lamp bulb not like other bulbs. the fouces a beam or channle of heat to one area were normal bulbs scatter heat. so they will help heat a the basking area, theses do over heat very eay. do not use mimi dome lamps were theres isnt wide enough. my beared dragon would only bask around this hot zone never dirrectly under it wich did lead to him stay at temps around 85 or 82 degrees. even rising the lamp dome up higher didnt help. be care full of theses bulbs.
1925387
It does get very hot if you keep the halogen bulbs and you get the overheated metal smell after a hour or so. I swapped them for LED bulbs which were available at home depot. The chandelier stays cool to the touch and it does not make much of a visual difference though the LED bulbs stick out a bit.
560468
I'm sure it would get hot at the highest setting but why would you leave it on for this long at the high setting? If you have a need for a portable light that puts out this much light for an hour you should probably be looking at 12 volt light bulbs rather than a tactical flashlight.
765099
I've used it every day for about 2 months (5 min a day) and it seems fine. It does get hot so I don't leave it on for long Also, if you buy it, buy the bulbs with it. They do NOT sell them at Lowes, etc.
1997389
Due to it's 600 lumens it does get pretty hot. Usually I do not leave it on long or keep hand around the bezel. Only to temporarily subdue the intensity do I have hand there.
2108826
For me this is the thing I liked least about the scope-- the light is VERY hot. My slides dry out very quickly. I am going to try to change it out for a cooler LED if possible. Hope this helps. Dr. Carol Mahon