Westinghouse Lighting 03490 Nanolux 1-Watt S11 LED Bulb, White
by Westinghouse
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Westinghouse Lighting 03490 Nanolux 1-Watt S11 LED Bulb, White
Customer Review: It is what it is
Summary: 2 Stars
If you need a night light to dimly illuminate an otherwise pitch dark space, this tiny bulb will do it, with next to no discernible heat and no noticeable effect on your power bill. At less than $7 for a bulb which should last for over 5 years of continuous use, it's an ok deal.
But it is not suitable for anything else. It's not enough light to read by; it's barely enough light to type by. The light is a grayish purple. I use it to give enough light to a windowless hallway to find my way out when the other lights are off, and it does that job well enough.
If you need enough light to tell floor from wall, and if you want a bulb that isn't affected by vibration, doesn't produce heat, and will work for several years nonstop, then this bulb may do what you need. Anything else, it's hopeless. To put this in perspective, with my head by the bulb and my bared foot just over 6 feet away, I can see that it's a foot but I can't quite tell toe from toenail. To get five stars, it would need to put out about double the amount of light; then it could serve as a desk lamp bulb.
Addendum: taking away a star because I went to consider buying another, and the price has been raised to almost $11. That's no longer a good deal. Hint to manufacturers and resellers: the price of tech items goes down over time, not up. If it goes up, you're doing it wrong and deserve to lose sales.
Customer Review: Description is deficient
Summary: 4 Stars
This bulb works fine with two others as night lights in a passage next to the kitchen. Kitchen lighting is good when I need more light.
I didn't give this five stars because the description doesn't warn buyers that it will interfere with radios, televisions, remote controls, telephones etc. I first put one in a small lamp in my guest room to use as a night light. There was a little radio-controlled [so-called atomic] clock on the same night table. The bulb made the clock go nuts. Once I moved the bulb to its present location, the clock behaved normally and set itself to the right time. The warning about interference is in small print on the little box the bulbs come in. The shipper was very friendly when I had a problem (The first set they sent was yellow - mispackaged in boxes labeled white by Westinghouse. They immediately sent me a white set. That set actually arrived earlier than the promised time for the original set.) I suspect they would give a refund without restocking fee if the buyer found the interference to be a problem.
Customer Review: Too dim to be useful, unless you need a night-light.
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this light as a test to see if it would work as a refrigerator light. It was too dim, too blue, and the light seemed too thin. In fact, the Westinghouse 3-watt bulb that I purchased was too dim to be used in the refrigerator (though it was OK in the freezer).
IMHO, this light is too dim to be useful as lighting, unless you need a night-light with a full-sized base. Another purpose that it might be good for is if you need a pocket-sized device to tell if a particular light-socket is live -- it doesn't get hot, it seems durable, and it's definitely small. I used it this way while I was tightening the screws that hold a light-fixture, and it was dim enough and cool enough that I wasn't going to blind myself or burn myself while wrenching -- and it gave a nice visual indication as to the state of the light-switch. But I'd be hard-pressed to find a permanent application for this bulb, unless it had a nightlight-sized base.
Customer Review: Not worth it for a very low powered night light
Summary: 1 Stars
It gives less light than a very low power night light. Personally, I really don't like the illumination/light provided by led lighting.
Also, after buying I went to my local hardware store that had exceptionally inexpensive led lighting of all kinds subsidized by Southern California Edison.
A plug in night light with a brighter output than this bulb for .49 cents. Screw in CFC (or whatever they are called) florescent bulbs for like a dollar (again local power company subsidized) and not the cheap knock of type found in local dollar stores that only last a short time.
Don't bother with this bulb unless you really need virtually no light for some unimaginable personal reason/use.
Customer Review: Perfect replacement for 7-watt bulb of similar shape for stair lights
Summary: 5 Stars
This bulb was a perfect replacement for a 7-watt incandescent bulb of similar shape and size. I have 5 recessed stair lights that use a medium-size base like this one and I was using 7-watt traditional bulbs in them. Those were burning out after a couple of months at $2.49 a pop. I expect these new LED bulbs to last much much longer.
Please, consider that the light you get for 1 watt is NOT going to be very much, and this is really more of a night light than anything. We like the dim light on the stairs and these are PERFECT for that application. HIGHLY recommended in that case!!