First Hand Report LED BR-30 Flood Bulb by Philips

I just received, by mail, 2 Philips BR 30 flood bulbs which are LED  “90 degree Flood”, long life, 25,000 hours, energy saving  10.5 watts for 60 watts equivalent light.  Warm White Light,  730 lumens, 2700 K.  Information written on the box:

1.     offers superior life, and low energy consumption

2.     supplies warm white light

3.     provides a wide beam for flood light applications

4.     emits virtually NO HEAT and will NOT FADE COLORS

5.     discharges virtually no UV/IR light in the beam

6.     contains no mercury

7.     dimmable when using leading and trailing edge dimmers, see website for compatible dimmers  www.phillips.com/ledtechguide

I purchased these for some old track lights (which have frosted glass shades) to light a bookcase wall in one of my home offices.  I have had the track lights for 25 years, starting with 60 watt bulbs, normal type, which put out minimal light, generated heat, and had to be changed often.  I replaced them a few years ago with miniature incandescent flood bulbs, also 60 watt, that had a long neck to work in the fixture.  They did better, but were normal type bulbs, and thus generated some heat, but burned longer before burn-out (perhaps because they ran cooler).

Tonight, I put in a pair of the new Philips LED bulbs described above. Spectacular difference! Much more light, still in the warm range, but much like real light bulbs, not the warm white you often see from CFL spiral type fluorescents.  They are obviously a huge improvement over conventional bulbs in just about every way.  They are well made and look better than normal LED floods as well. I can highly recommend them. 

I got them at a large discount from a special source, $16.50 each.  So the price was less than Staples store (they were $24 there on sale).  AirFlux is the technology,  logo printed on the box.