I need a good light for my hair salon, is this LED better than halogen? I hear halogen is hot.
1878129
It's bright, attractive, and not hot at all. The mounting is challenging, though and it wiggles if bumped. Probably not good where it would be bumped into a lot.
1878130
LEDs always run cooler than Halogens and much more than an Incandescent bulb. As for these lights, they work more like a Spot Light, the light will be bright were you point them at but dim all around. I suggest you have a mix between track lights and traditional lights. The halogen will provide lighting for the room and you can use track lights to point and light the work areas/chairs for each station. Notice how major retail store salons do their lighting. ;)
1878131
This light actually produces more light than the 4 light halogen it replaced, and it does it without the heat load.
1878132
Its very good light the only issue is that you can't replace the bulbs. Once they go you need to toss the fixture.
1878133
I love this light. LED is more energy efficient that halogen, and halogen is hot (just replaced one). this light is bright and lights up my bathroom very nicely!
1878134
So far the light is working great. Not hot but gets warm . Bright lites easy to aim .
1878135
probably not as bright as a halogen but much more efficient, cooler, and not as harsh a light.
1878136
These are great. Bright warm light like a halogen but use far less energy and run much cooler.
1878137
This will suit you just fine. Its very bright, multidirectional and certainly not hot. I am very pleased
969387
The plasma is better is every aspect. The only reason you would go with LED would be to save a couple bucks on energy costs.
165399
This is far better than an LED. You should get this one while you can. You won't regret it. We love ours.
1982437
It is NOT Halogen. It is LED, I can't say for certain if they are Cree emitters, but, it's very bright.
469998
Thanks for the input. The light is flexible and an improvement over past attempts, but I had hoped this higher end version would be a true upgrade. Still a good light.
1067414
We love these LED bulbs and have 8 of them in our motorhome. But when I measured the amp draw, it was not much less than the T8 florescent bulbs they replaced, and the backside still got warm. But the light output is much greater & whiter than the fluorescents they replaced, and they are a well made bulb. I think to get the brighter light, the many LED's are 'pushed' which accounts for the amps not being as low as other LED lights that have fewer LED's. The back side is a heat sink so that is why it is warm.
1141726
I have always used an LED bulf with this lamp...Love the lamp...I use a curly coiled LED...not a lot of electricity for the concentrated light...I read by this lamp a lot
2070919
The 100-watt halogen bulb is relatively energy efficient. Because the bulb is activated by remote control, I personally wouldn't take the chance that the circuitry might not cotton to the different current load imposed by an LED. I'm an ecology nut, and I use LED whenever I can...but in this application, I have nop qualms about running a halogen. Of course, you'll need to make your own decision in that regard. Best wishes!
750871
Light emitted is whiter than standard halogens, but still not pure daylight white. I believe the color temp on these bulbs is around 3100 vs around 2700 for regular halogens. If you seek pure daylight white, try PIAA Extreme White. PIAA's are considerably more costly.
1422044
LED light is much better light rendition. Also...get this...you NEVER have to change the light bulbs because you dont have little hands nor a sterile laboratory to make new drivers . The old incandescent bulb cost $8.00 each....so by the time you buy all the bulbs you may as well just spent the extra $30.00 to buy the LEd.Because they never get hot enough to burn out...or the fillament will be thrashed from side to side just ripping it apart rendering loss of light output. As far as brightness goes....Yes 100% brighter with tighter figures being projected everywhere. And it actually moves to the music because the heat doesn't affect the driver.
995737
The light is not the piercing white of some LED's. A warmer white light is how I would describe it. Certainly not an over powering bright light.
1901148
Use a LED bulb instead of halogen. Way too much energy is produced causing large amounts of heat.
1531336
halogen - gets very hot but very bright. I don't like the heat but it is much brighter than an LED.
198106
The higher the watts the brighter the light. For the nail dryers the higher the watt the quicker it will dry. I own the thermal spa LED and love it. It works great!
1370696
Halogen is hotter and uses more power ( watts ) . The LED will use less and last longer , generally more of a direct light from LED and whiter .I think its a win win for you .
938036
Hi, I'll look later in my brochure and let you know. However, it uses GU10 bulbs, I recommend using GU10 led bulbs, I think it makes the crystals glow much more than with traditional halogen, so it doesn't matter, because I believe the maximum wattage used in each of these bulbs would be about 9 watts.
973481
It depends on the color temperature of the other lights in your room. This one is 6500K, which is very cool (blue-ish). I don't personally find the color to be very pleasing for a home setting. If you have lots of warmer tones this will definitely be noticeably different. And it is obviously quite bright as well.