LED Dimmable 6w LED Mr16 Flood 45 Soft White Light Bulb Warm White 3000k

This is one of the brighter LED MR16 bulbs I have seen. For a 6 watt, it puts out about 75% of what our old 50watt MR16 Halogens did. My only issue is that the color is a little off. One is a noticeable bit warmer than the other. We put them in the same bathroom, over the sinks, and one sink is yellowish while the other is slightly greenish. I think that these need some time before they are properly built for color balance and optimal light output. But still, it's a decent product.

These LEDs produce a yellow/green light that does NOT resemble the color of the halogen bulbs they replaced. The light output of these 6 watt bulbs is fairly close to the 20w halogens I have been using. They are about 1/4" longer than my MR16s, so they won't work in my rail light fixtures that have a shallow glass reflector, but they do work in my can light ceiling fixtures. They dim just fine, but the dimming is not as linear as it is with a halogen bulb, and of course their color does not become warmer as the dimming level increases like halogens and incandescents do. The beam spread is about the same as the floods I use.

If you like the color of halogen lighting, these bulbs will disappoint you. If you don't care about the color quality of your lights, then these might work for you. You may be able to justify the up front expense of these bulbs through reduced electrical usage and lower heat output.

I purchased these lights for our 12v landscape lighting setup which we had initially planned to be over 500w over three different runs. However, after seeing the price of these go from almost $80 to $11.50 in the past 12 months I decided to opt for a dozen of these and pass on the 50w halogen bulbs. This allowed for a much smaller transformer which was $150 less, this that paid for the upgraded bulbs even before the energy saving was calculated in to the equation.

My initial concern was the color temperature of the lights. I spend most of my day in an office setting and find that any "cool" white temperature reminds me of work so I wanted our pool area to be as "warm" as possible. These lights are very close to as warm (see pictures) as a standard incandescent. We use them to light up 50-60 foot palm trees which they handle no problem. I have a few set up to bounce off of a stucco wall and throw light down and around the pool area which works very well.

My only...Read more