TCP9W LED Light Bulbs (60 Watt Equivalent), A19 - E26, Medium Screw Base, Non-Dimmable, Soft White (2700K) (Pack of 6)

These are the first LED bulbs that I've purchased, because I've been waiting for the price to come down. At about $3 a bulb, these are fairly affordable.I was a bit concerned at first, that we wouldn't find these bulbs bright enough. We live in an older house, with older light fixtures. I don't know about modern fixtures, but the older fixtures are rated for 60 Watt (incandescent) bulbs. We've had CFL's in these fixtures, and have been using the 100 Watt equivalent bulbs, because using only 25 Watts, they aren't going to overload the fixture. These LED bulbs are 60 Watt equivalent, so I was concerned that 4 of these LED bulbs versus the 4 CFL's we were used to would seem very dim. Surprisingly, this is not the case!I bought a box of the daylight bulbs as well as the soft white bulbs. I have a pole lamp with three cans on it, so it was the perfect way to test the light each bulb puts out without having to change the bulb and try to remember how much light there was between bulb changing. Although the color temperature of the two LED bulbs is different, (2700k for the soft white, and 5000k for the daylight) they both appear to put out the same amount of light, (which makes sense because they're both rated at 800 lumens...) the light just looks different. The daylight being a harsher, whitish/bluish light, similar to the LED headlights on newer cars. The CFL I used was roughly a 100 Watt equivalent bulb rated at 1620 lumens. I thought for sure that the LED bulbs, rated at 800 lumens would appear to be significantly dimmer than the CFL (name brand, GE bulb...) because the CFL is rated at just over double the lumens of the LED's. However, in a head to head test with all three bulbs easily switched on and off, the LED bulbs put out more light than the CFL, (perceived, not measured, as I don't have a light meter) even waiting a minute or so to ensure that the CFL was warmed up! I was very surprised at this. I don't know if it's due to GE erroneously reporting the lumens their bulbs put out, or just why this seems to be the case. At any rate, swapping out 4, 100 Watt equivalent CFL's with 4 of these LED bulbs doesn't result in a room that appears dimmer than we were used to. And the fact that these bulbs turn on instantly is a plus!As to the color temperature, as everyone is different, it comes down to personal taste, but I feel that the soft white bulbs are perfect for reading lamps and room lighting, while the harsher light of the daylight bulbs are perfect for utility rooms, hallways, or outside fixtures like a porch light. Someplace you want it to be very bright, but you aren't going to be spending enough time for your eyes to become fatigued by the harsher light.You can even mix and match! For example: our main bathroom has a ceiling fixture near the tub/shower, and a multi-bulb fixture above the vanity. I've placed a daylight bulb in the ceiling fixture, and it makes a dramatic difference in the amount of light you have coming through the shower curtain! However, since you are almost directly looking into the lights above the vanity when you are looking into the mirror, the daylight bulbs are just too harsh, making you want to squint, so the soft whites are perfect there.We also have a hallway that only has a single ceiling fixture, that we've always thought was a bit dim, even with the 1620 lumen CFL's. Just as a test, I threw one of the 5000k daylight LED's in there, and the hallway no longer feels dim. Huge difference!I also did a reading test with the daylight versus the soft white bulbs, and I did not like the daylight bulbs at all. The white of the book page was just too reflective, almost making you squint, which made reading very uncomfortable, so I'd also recommend putting the soft white bulbs in areas you are going to read in. Of course, this is just my opinion, so maybe a better recommendation would be to buy a box of of each and see which one you prefer!I had originally planned to slowly start replacing our existing CFL's with LED's as the CFL's burn out, but after doing my perceived light level tests, I've already swapped out 12 CFL's in some of our more often used fixtures in favor of these LED's, and have ordered another box of both the daylight and soft white bulbs to eventually replace the lesser used lights as the CFL's burn out.Edit: Just an FYI, if you have illuminated switches, these LED bulbs will glow slightly when the switch is off, due to the small amount of current still flowing through the circuit to illuminate the switch. Incandescent or CFL bulbs require more current to turn them on, so you won't be aware of the current still flowing through the fixture, but these LEDs require so little current to power them, that they'll glow slightly.

Over the last few months I have converted our entire home over to TCP LED bulbs by ordering a box or two every few weeks. Ive ordered TCP's 60 watt bulbs, 65w flood / can lights, 40w candelabra's and 40w globes / vanity lights. All have been 2700k's and they match the color of regular incandescent bulbs perfectly (no "blue light" with TCP's 2700k bulbs). The TCP bulbs are brighter (but in a good way) than the incandescents they replaced. In some light fixtures we had 2 incandescent bulbs that I replaced with just 1 TCP bulb).My son was very excited when I switched his room over, as he is a reader and these provided far better light for him. I was also pleased that these bulbs do not get hot at all, I have always worried about the heat incandescents put out, but LED bulbs do not generate much heat.Our electricity bill has already noticeably dropped, most likely due to our automatic front yard lights being on all night long, and my kids leaving lights on in empty rooms constantly. All of the bulbs we have received have worked perfectly, and none have failed. No weird flickering, and all are instant on at full brightness (no "slow warm up" other bulbs have). I don't have any dimming switches so I can't comment there.We are very pleased with these bulbs, and look forward to the energy savings over the years. I recommend these bulbs to friends and family, and recommend them to other amazon shoppers. If you plan to convert your home, I would recommend identifying which lights in your home are on the most, and replacing those bulbs first - and slowly work your way through the house over a few weeks / months. Its worth it! The only downside is now I have to figure out what to do with our old bulbs :)

I just installed these so I cannot comment on durability. However, based on performance alone, I am extremely pleased. I bought the 6 pack of soft white bulbs to replace the six lights we have over our bathroom sinks. They look great. probably a slightly cleaner white than a true incandescent but still very pleasant. The lights are rated for 800 lumens which is the same as the CFL Globes they replaced but they definitely seem brighter and don't have that 30 second warming up period. The light disbursement appears to be very even to my eyes with no noticeable dark spots. The appearance of the bulb itself is nice enough for any application you would use a non decorative traditional light bulb in: nothing fancy but no metal heat sinks or anything like that. Haven't checked for heat generation after prolonged use but after a few minutes they were only slightly warm to the touch.There are better bulbs in terms of pure light quality out there but these are very good and for the price, they can't be beat. 4.5 stars.***Update 11/24*** I'm still very happy with the bulbs but there are 3 things I wanted to add now that I've had some time with them. The first is heat. The ends of the bulbs themselves are only slightly warm to the tough but the opaque covering at the base of the bulbs gets very hot. I didn't actually measure the temperature but it was too hot to leave my finger there longer than a second. I would say nearly as hot as an incandescent bulb. This isn't a big deal but I'm sure there will be those that are curious about it. It is surprising though given the low energy consumption....which leads me to item 2Again, not a big deal but there appears to be inconsistent documentation on how much energy these bulbs use. the amazon site says 9.3 watts but the box they came in and the bulbs themselves say 8.7 watts....but when I tested them myself, they showed about 9.3 watts power consumption. not a big deal but still strangeThe final update, and I think the most important, is the light disbursement. Again there are no dark spots in the light coming from the bulb itself but it is not a true omni-directional bulb. The light does come out evenly in 360 degrees but only from the END of the bulb. That covering along the bases that I mentioned earlier, does not emit any light. So the think of them more like extremely wide angle flood lights, in terms of how the light spreads out. They will work great for any application on the ceiling or on a wall, as long as the end of the bulbs are pointing at the area you want to light. However, I would not recommend them for a floor or desk lamp as any area lower than the bulb itself, will not be getting much light as all. (again, think of a very wide angle flood light....not quite as bad as using an R20/R30 bulb in lamp on your nightstand but you get the idea).So because of that fact, I'm lowering my rating to 4 stars. They're great for certain places but being a poor choice for something as common as a table lamp has to cost them a star. Still, they're 100% recommended for any ceiling or wall mounting where the bulb's end will be pointing out in the direction you want to light. The specific application I'm using them for is in the down facing wall sconces that are mounted over our bathroom mirror, since they're pointing down at us, they're wide angle enough to completely light the sink and that half of the bathroom exceedingly well. But when I tested one out in a table lamp, I was very disappointed.