Subject says all... stopped at Costco in Columbia, MD on the way back from Baltimore to get a few staples and since it was around lunchtime grab some snouts as well. They had a big display with these bulbs #1200258 which are a 2700K, 800 lumen, 8.8W A19 format bulb, and the similar 5000K daylight version. They were $12.99 for 6 but had a $10 "utility company incentive" on them (this is how I got my L-prize bulbs affordably back in the day before they disappeared, just at HD not Costco) so out the door these were $2.99 for 6 plus tax. Not bad.
Since I was out of LED "60W" bulbs, I didn't expect much but grabbed a pack anyway. The copy pushed all the right buttons on the box so what the heck.
So. These are definitely lighter in the hand but very similar in appearance to the Cree bulbs I've been using, the SA19-08127MDFD-12DE26-1 (I can't seem to get True Whites here on the east coast).
I put one in the dining room chandelier (it's a three bulb fixture) in place of a Cree. Works fine. Color is a little different but not objectionable. Cree looks a little purple next to the Feit. Actually may like the Feit better.
Then I put an L-prize in place of another Cree. Reset the dimmer, a Lutron Maestro, to test low level dimming. The combo of three different bulbs did not work well at all (all started to flicker). I replaced all bulbs with the Feit ones and WOW! these things will reliably go dim. Far, far dimmer than would the Cree bulbs. I reset the low level setting of the dimmer then walked away for 10 minutes and all three bulbs powered back on on the low setting. No perceptible buzz. Color me really impressed.
So specs are:
800 lumens (Cree is 815)
90+ CRI (Cree is 85)
8.8W (Cree 9.35W)
Both are dimmable but the dimming performance of the Feit is shockingly superior.
Feit is rated for enclosed fixtures. Cree is not.
Both are suitable for damp locations.
Feit is rated at 15,000 hours. Cree is 25,000. (this is what I want to see. I've already had some "Utilitech" 3000K bulbs fail but no others, so I'm a little sketchy about non major brand stuff. If these do last, Feit has got a winner on their hands.)
Soooo... assuming that my eyeball's impression is that the light quality isn't too bad, and also that these things last, these are winners given the quiet, superior dimming performance. Two thumbs (tentatively) up. And for the price what have you got to lose by trying them.
Since I was out of LED "60W" bulbs, I didn't expect much but grabbed a pack anyway. The copy pushed all the right buttons on the box so what the heck.
So. These are definitely lighter in the hand but very similar in appearance to the Cree bulbs I've been using, the SA19-08127MDFD-12DE26-1 (I can't seem to get True Whites here on the east coast).
I put one in the dining room chandelier (it's a three bulb fixture) in place of a Cree. Works fine. Color is a little different but not objectionable. Cree looks a little purple next to the Feit. Actually may like the Feit better.
Then I put an L-prize in place of another Cree. Reset the dimmer, a Lutron Maestro, to test low level dimming. The combo of three different bulbs did not work well at all (all started to flicker). I replaced all bulbs with the Feit ones and WOW! these things will reliably go dim. Far, far dimmer than would the Cree bulbs. I reset the low level setting of the dimmer then walked away for 10 minutes and all three bulbs powered back on on the low setting. No perceptible buzz. Color me really impressed.
So specs are:
800 lumens (Cree is 815)
90+ CRI (Cree is 85)
8.8W (Cree 9.35W)
Both are dimmable but the dimming performance of the Feit is shockingly superior.
Feit is rated for enclosed fixtures. Cree is not.
Both are suitable for damp locations.
Feit is rated at 15,000 hours. Cree is 25,000. (this is what I want to see. I've already had some "Utilitech" 3000K bulbs fail but no others, so I'm a little sketchy about non major brand stuff. If these do last, Feit has got a winner on their hands.)
Soooo... assuming that my eyeball's impression is that the light quality isn't too bad, and also that these things last, these are winners given the quiet, superior dimming performance. Two thumbs (tentatively) up. And for the price what have you got to lose by trying them.
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