Customer Reviews for CC.Vivid Plus 36-LED Light Bulb

CC.Vivid Plus 36-LED Light Bulb

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Tools and Hardware Reviews of CC.Vivid Plus 36-LED Light Bulb

Customer Review: I bought it for a garage door opener light
Summary: 4 Stars

I have a fairly old Sears chain garage door opener that was killing light bulbs about once/week. This light is immune (so far) to the vibration.

Even though this is very dim (60 lumens versus 1085 lumens in a 75 watt bulb), it at least puts some light in the garage until my other automatic lights go on when I get out of the car.

***1+ year update: Still hasn't burned out!

Customer Review: Just bright enough - very cool
Summary: 5 Stars

First of all, this is NOT your standard desk/floor/ceiling lamp-incandescent replacement. If you intend on lighting the area where you're working/playing/reading etc buy a compact fluorescent, or at least something with more LEDs and warmer color. It is simply not bright enough for these uses.

This is a very, very cool bulb, in every sense: the light color is almost blueish, it's so cool. It also doesn't get warm in temperature at all. And of course it's cool to show off to your friends the high-tech bulb.

It is also quite rugged. While I don't recommend you kick it around, it is hard plastic and will survive being dropped a couple feet onto concrete, something you cannot say about any other kind of bulb.

What it's not, is very bright. It's a rather dim bulb by most standards, but this is not necessarily a knock against it. Given how little power it draws, it's very ideal for anywhere you need a little bit of light, that's on all the time.

I placed it in our hallway - it is bright enough to make walking safe, dim enough to not wake up someone who's walking through the hall half-asleep, and also not shine excess light in people's bedrooms (like our 14 watt CFL did). The low power consumption also means we leave it on all night.

Customer Review: LED Output
Summary: 3 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: Mediocre
Summary: 3 Stars

This bulb uses the approach of "cram many small LEDs in a bulb" to get as much light as they can muster. It is not bright enough for room lighting but good for: desk; refrigerator; or a very bright night light. It could also be used to light the bathroom at night without bothering your eyes. I would not use it as a reading light.

Pros:

* Beautiful light; may be compared to about 10-15 watts regular light
* LED; no toxic mercury like fluorescent bulbs
* Very efficient; more so than fluorescents

Cons:

* Over priced
* Not very bright
* Not good for replacing regular bulbs

Additional Information:

I like LED lights, but a better way to get brightness is the use of high power 1 watt LEDs. Bulbs based on the 1 watt LEDs generate much more light and are better for lighting whole rooms. Unfortunately I have not found any on Amazon. They are available online however.