Westinghouse 03466 Nanolux 3-Watt G19 LED Bulb, White
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Westinghouse 03466 Nanolux 3-Watt G19 LED Bulb, White
Customer Review: LED replacement bulbs
Summary: 4 Stars
When selecting an LED bulb it is important to check the wattage of the bulb and compare that to how you intend to use the bulb. Most LED incandescent replacement bulbs are in two wattages:
3 Watt, which is about equivalent to a 20 Watt incandescent bulb
7 Watt, which is about equivalent to a 50 Watt incandescent bulb
If you are familiar with compact fluorescent bulbs then you may notice the wattage equivalence is not the same. There is a difference in light output between a 7 Watt fluorescent and a 7 Watt LED. On the whole, you will need many LED bulbs to replace incandescent or fluorescent bulbs in the same lighting situation. A typical light in a living room, for instance, may use a 150 Watt incandescent bulb. In order to get somewhere near the same amount of light, that living room need three LED bulbs to replace the incandescent bulb. Finally, the type of LED bulb needs to be chosen carefully unless you are OK with a very blue cast to the light rather than the light orange cast of incandescents or soft white of the more popular brands of compact fluorescents.
Customer Review: Very Dim and blue, but for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
Literally pennies on the dollar for where ever you need just enough light to walk, or for a reading lamp that is very close to your head as long as you don't mind blue light. (I don't, I actually find LEDs much better for reading in general though I have these particular bulbs in hallway and porch light...) If you are an energy minimalist, you can't possibly beat the quality of this almost unbreakable indoor/outdoor bulb *for the price*. (Yes, I dropped one from a ladder... unbreakable.) But I'll be more excited when true 60W white light replacements are available for under $10, because there are really only a very few places in the house where this makes any sense at all. (In fact, I bought three and wonder what to do with the third, since the other two will practically never need to be replaced!) Best use in outside fixtures and walkways that are on all night, all to help slow your meter down and get under baseline, not to mention never need to climb the ladder there again;-) They are rated to burn for almost 58 YEARS.Customer Review: very good
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought two of these for our Kenmore refrigerator that friends warned about having issues with the light switch breaking. They ended melting the interior and nearly burning their fridge when the light switch broke, and the two 60-watt bulbs stayed on for hours.
These LED bulbs fit well into the fixture inside the fridge, and even though at first they looked pretty dim compared to the overly bright 120 watt total of the factory bulbs, now I really don't notice it. I think putting two 60-watt incandescent bulbs into the fridge is insane, and Kenmore should be ashamed. What happened to the 25 watt appliance lights?
I wish the price of these LED lights was more affordable, but considering they last so long - I think it's worth it. As long as you don't expect them to provide bright illumination that you get from old styles bulbs or CFL, I think you will be happy with them.
Customer Review: Disappointed, but happy in the end
Summary: 3 Stars
I had great hopes for our first LED bulbs - I bought 2 - specifically targetting them for our most used zone, our breakfast nook.
Unfortunately, these are...dim bulbs. Too dim to replace the CFLs we use now. I did not object to the blue color.
I had a back up plan, and we tried a bulb in our motion-detector front door light (only 1 bulb) but that was also too dim, not enough light for this location either.
The final step in the plan (and last chance) was to put these bulbs in our refrigerator, replacing the 2 incandescents inside (inside!) the cooling compartment. Finally, success! Our fridge takes 2 bulbs, and the 2 I bought provide just enough light and Vastly Less heat inside.
Bottom Line: These are dim, dimmer then you would think. You can find a use for them, but be prepared to keep trying locations until you are satisified.
Customer Review: Good for a porch light
Summary: 4 Stars
Understand when you buy this -- it gives about the light output of a 15 W incandescent bulb.
That being said, I used it to replace a 15 W bulb as my front porch light and have been pleased with the results.
I previously had the 15 W bulb on a photoresist switch mount such that the light was only on when it was dark outside. This LED bulb was NOT happy with that switch (flickers on/off rapidly), so I removed the switch mount and the LED bulb is on 24/7. [That's still lower total power usage, so no problem.]
The bulb works well, even in sub-zero temps. It gives enough light to find the key hole on the door, but not so bright as to attract swarms of bugs in the summer -- exactly the right mix for a porch light!
It is bluish-white (compared to the deep yellow of its predecessor), but I don't mind that.