what type of bulb does this use? flourescent, regular incandescent, halogen, LED? does it get hot when it's on?
291346
You can also purchase a Verilux full spectrum bulb. They only ship with a plain bulb.
291347
It came with a regular incandescent bulb, but I substituted a 60-watt equivalent LED bulb (Cree brand, from the big orange store) and it has been working fine. Make sure you pick a LED bulb that is dimmable if you try this.
35943
The bulb itself does not get hot, just the skirt area which has a safe to touch fluted plastic shirt. I love that feature.
254160
Like all halogen bulbs, the bulb itself gets very hot. You won't feel it heating the room, but it would burn your fingers nicely if you touched it. They work well with a dimmer switch, which is always easy to put in place of a regular switch...
1464992
I've had this light flush mounted since early to mid summer, and so far have had no problems with it. I do not have any special ventilation. The bulbs themselves can get hot as they are halogen, but I don't believe that there is any transformer inside that would heat up the fixture itself. If you don't want heat coming from the bulbs, you can always buy g9 size LED bulbs. If you do that, I recommend buying the regular (non-dimmable) LED bulbs, as the dimmable LED bulbs can be quite large.
1826802
You only have to worry about heat if you are using an incandescent bulb. Fluorescent produces some heat, but nowhere nearly enough to damage what you are enlarging. LEDs produce such little heat that it isn't a concern. You just have to find one that fits right.
114037
No you'll need a standard light bulb. I would go with an LED bulb since Halogens give off more heat unless of course this is something you prefer.
1424558
We just used a CFL bulb. Not sure about LED. Our experience with LED has been mixed. No savings if it poops out a little after purchase.
370534
Any regular light socket will take an LED bulb. They burn with a fraction of the heat of a regular bulb, produce more light, and last 100 times longer. The only question is which one you'll want to use -- they don't all cast light as uniformly or with the same color temperature as incandescent bulbs.
66766
As far as I know, it looks like it takes a VERY specific halogen bulb. I don't even know if I'll be able to find a replacement halogen bulb for it when it burns out. It might be able to take an LED, but I can't advise you on whether that would be possible. However, given the limited space for a replacement bulb, your results with an LED bulb would likely be way, way too dull to effectively serve as a spotlight. You can set this light to turn off in just 5 seconds and turn down the sensitivity if it is your electrical bill that concerns you. I have it set like that and have not noticed much difference in my bill. Hopefully someone else with more knowledge can reply. Good luck
627629
I've been using flourescent bulbs in mine without any problem. Hope that helps!
246680
They do not get hot only slightly warm. Easily handled with your bare hand. LED's do not generate heat. I asked one of my techies sons how that works and they said it is two metal plates, germanium and something else. when they apply current to one of the plates, it causes electons to jump to the other releasing energy in the form of light without heat. I love these bulbs, they are brighter and use about ten percent of the current than the bulbs I replaced. I plan to replace every incandescent bulb in my home.
1925385
You really can't tell they give off any heat at all, I've never noticed them to be excessively warm. You can use an LED instead but I have yet to find an LED that doesn't really stick out in that lightbulb design, the LEDs have a lot of plastic in their design as opposed to the halogens that have a sleek, metal look to them.
11029
We purchased the LED bulbs. They don't burn hot or burn out. They also don't cast a blue tone like the bulbs that come with the kit. They were about $5 each but well worth it. You can find them under suggested items.
646375
They use the typical 55w halogen H-3 bulb. I was going to upgrade to a 100w bulb but this was so bright that I didn't need to.
1665754
The bulb is normal color, but it gets very hot....hotter that I want or felt was safe for plants.
128706
Because it uses LED and not a conventional incandescent bulb, you won't feel any heat. However, I don't know how efficient this lamp is and how leaving it on for hours and hours at a time will affect the longevity of this lamp.
2188161
We are using an energy efc. bulb that does not get hot. An old stile bulb might be a problem if too high wattage. We are very well pleased with our lamp.