Luxvista Dimmable R7S LED Bulb 118mm 30W J118 LED Bulbs 150-300W R7S Halogen Bulb Equivalent, Double Ended Base J118 Flood Lights for Household Lighting Floodlight Replacement Bulb, 3000K Warm White

After hearing my sibling complain for the N'th time about a high utility bill, I did a quick walk through the house and discovered most of the lighting fixtures were still using incandescent bulbs. By far the biggest surprise was in the kitchen, where there were a pair of stylized brushed aluminium ceiling fixtures bearing 300W halogen bulbs -- not unlike the kind you used to see in free-standing so-called torchiere lamps back in the 1990's.So I ordered a couple of these to replace them. I started with just one to see how it looked. Installation was trivial and trouble-free (and you don't need to wear gloves to do it). It wasn't quite as bright as the halogen bulb it replaced, but the color temperature was right (not too orange, not too blue). Satisfied it was going to meet his needs, I ordered a second.The only possible downside is that the LED's larger size has it sitting closer to the diffuser dome, so the fixture doesn't illuminate quite as evenly. Also, this particular celing fixture has an open back and sits away from the ceiling a few inches, allowing a halogen bulb's light to bounce off the ceiling and offer more diffuse light. Since all the LEDs in this "bulb" are down-firing, that extra diffusion doesn't really happen.Still, it's proved to be plenty bright for the kitchen. Would buy again.

Fit to a traditional floor torchiere was a bit poor and required deforming the reflective shield on the torchiere a bit. Brightness and color are good at full power, but dimming more than 30% or so results in flickering or shutoff. Device died completely after about 18 months. Opened it up to find a domed electrolytic capacitor. Unfortunately the PCB assembly is potted so replacing the cap is not feasible. And despite a substantial external heatsink, thermal coupling of the internals to the sink is poor, explaining the cap failure, although coupling to the LED panels is good. Given the short working life, not a good value for the price. Update: i've now had all three that i purchased fail within two years.

I changed most bulbs in my house to LED's years ago. I bought this 30 Watt bulb to replace the 300W halogen incandescent bulb that came in my old, nearly 6 foot tall, torchiere lamp in my living room, the last of the incandescence bulbs. I was worried about the fit of the larger LED bulb but seeing the photo's on the ad, with the electrode spindles low on the base, gave me hope this one would fit, and it did, perfectly. There was even some room to swivel it from side to side which worked out perfectly so that I could point the light more towards the wall and not in our eyes. I'm using a modern LED-compatible wall dimmer to control it, not the original non-compatible-dimmer that came with the torchiere lamp, so as not to damage the LED's. So far so good, plenty of light (wife's happy) and 1/10th the electrical power consumption (I'm happy). Very pleased I made the switch to this LED bulb!

I have now installed the bulb (30-watt, R7S 118MM LED,) in a floor-standing torchiere lamp that was built to use halogen T3 bulbs up to 300 watts.The first complication was an instruction on the side of the box the LED bulb came in: "Must remove or bypass the ballast before installation." I tried to contact the company, via their website and by email, to see if they had any advice about whether my lamp might actually have a ballast. (I sent pictures.) I only know ballasts from fluorescent bulbs, and saw no sign of of anything I could imagine would be one, but I'm no expert. After 20 hours of attempted communications, including "chats" with what turned out to be fairly unsophisticated bots, as well us emails, I gave up on them and just googled whether any halogen bulbs ever used a ballast. The answer is NO. So I just saved you some time. Don't ask me why they have those ballast-removal instructions on the box.So I put the bulb in my lamp. Yes, the LED bulb is rather larger than the halogen tube, but it is designed asymmetrically, with the bottom slim enough to fit into the fixture designed for the halogen tube. Lo and behold, it works! OK, not perfectly, but well enough.You should be aware that dimming the bulb (again, a dimmer made to work with a 300-watt Halogen T3) results in some flaring and flickering. In some dimmer position the light settles in to a steady reduced light, in other positions the flickering or flaring continues. There is NO flickering when turned up full. All-in-all not ideal, but livable. Yoiu should be aware, the 30-watt LED does not really produce the same amount of light as a 300 watt halogen.I've forgotten the Lumen ratings, but I knew this going in and determined this should be adequate for my needs. If maximum brightness is important to your application, you may want to consider alternatives -- either sticking with halogens or getting a light fixture built for the newest-brightest LEDs.So, to summarize, Plusses:1, Uses much less power2, Stays so-o much cooler3, Expected to last 10 to 15 times longer than a halogen4, You don't need disposable gloves to install it. (Skin oils shorten a halogen bulb's life span.)Minuses:1, Somewhat lower light output2, Less smooth response to dimmingOh, one other point: For me it would have been nice if I had been able to select the "Color Temperature" of the bulb I ordered. I am an artist, slightly handicapped by a kind of partial low-light color blindness. I use the lamp in question to provide additional light in my studio, so I can see colors better. I would have appreciated one of the higher temperature "daylight" versions of the bulb, but I couldn't find one on Amazon, and I'm not rushing out to shop for anything during the pandemic.Anyway, I expect this bulb to serve me fairly well, if not quite optimally. I'll add to the review if it turns out I'm wrong.

Pros:-Easy to install-Doesn't get as hot as a halogen bulb-Uses far less energy than a halogen bulb-Dimmable-Warm yellow colorCons:-Takes up far more space than a halogen bulb (if your lamp requires a cover)-About 1/2 dimmer than a 300W halogen bulb (3300 lumens vs 6000 lumens)-More suitable for direct lighting than reflected lighting (via ceiling-directed torchieres) if you need the lamp for reading.Haven't used the bulb long enough to evaluate its longevity compared to a halogen bulb yet.