Pharox III DIMMABLE LED 6 Watt LED Light Bulb – 60 Watt Incandescent Replacement Bulb
- Bulb Shape: Standard Bulb
- Base Type: E26, E27, B22 standard screw-in base
- Brightness: 300 lumens
- Only 6 watts
- Comparable to a: 60 watt incandescent bulb
Product Description
This Pharox bulb from Lemnis Lighting offers light quality comparable to that of a traditional 60W light bulb. The Pharox bulb is 90% more energy efficient than an incandescent bulb, and is based on a breakthrough and patented technology that opens the lighting market to LED technology. The warm white lamp sheds a warm white sunset golden color, ideal for creating a warm atmosphere. This bulb is also dimmable. This light works wonderfully well for reading lights… More >>
Pharox III DIMMABLE LED 6 Watt LED Light Bulb – 60 Watt Incandescent Replacement Bulb
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First off, the Pharox60 is an impressive technological feat. Here we have an LED-based lamp (or “bulb”) that pushes out a brightness and illumination quality similar, but not identical, to a conventional 60 watt incandescent. Like an incandescent, it also turns on immediately. The build quality is impressive and appears to be much better than your average CFL.
Light distribution is biased somewhat towards the top of the diffuser globe. This makes the Pharox60 most useful in situations where it is pointing down: ceiling can lights and desk lamps. Installed in a conventional shaded table lamp, I measured the light intensity on the table as equivalent to a 10W GE Reveal CFL, which claims to be a 40W equivalent. Pointing down at the table in a desk lamp, I’m sure the Pharox60 would be similar to a 13W CFL/60W equivalent in brightness. I will measure that if I get a chance.
At first glance, color balance is towards the warm side, uncharacteristic of LED lamps I’ve tried before. The dimensions are similar to an incandescent “A” style bulb, so it should fit just about any fixture. It is also light in another way: weight. It is silent in operation, except when dimmed, when it may hum quietly depending on the dimmer used (as do some incandescent bulbs when the filament vibrates). Packaging is clever, distinctive, and a pleasure to open.
While this doesn’t have that “bluish” hue of cheaper LED units, the color rendering is not as good as the best compact fluorescents (CFL), and certainly doesn’t hold a candle to a tungsten or halogen incandescent. Full color photos and magazines look “flat” and bland when viewed under this light. Finished wood such as my hand-rubbed mission oak table looks like fake-wood plastic laminate instead of that warm golden glow and depth it has under incandescent illumination. My eye tells me the Pharox60 is weak in the pure red colors and is biased a bit towards green. However, I’m being a bit picky. I’m sure some number of people wouldn’t notice this in casual settings and depending on the furnishings and tasks at hand.
The aluminum base is apparently a heat sink for the power supply and LEDs. Heat is the enemy of LEDs. This aluminum base has small vents cut into it. The aluminum base does get warm to the touch during operation. Time will tell if it is effective. The Pharox60 appears to rely solely on convection to remove excess heat, so there are no moving parts such as a fan as in some other high-output LED lamps. As such, I wouldn’t use the Pharox60 in an enclosed fixture.
Dimming the Pharox60 with my plug in Leviton slide-dimmer cord-set is effective. There is a slight hum from the lamp during the dimming process, but that settles into a barely audible tone once the dimming level is stabilized depending on the light level selected. I’ve heard much worse from a clear incandescent bulb as the filament vibrates like a violin string.
The Pharox60 retains its “warm” white color balance when dimmed (including the slight green bias). That is certainly an improvement over dimmable CFLs which often turn a ghastly purple/green when dimmed. However, if you are expecting the cozy orange-red shift as when an incandescent is dimmed, the Pharox60 is not there.
In summary, the Pharox60 is a usable LED lamp at a brightness and packaging that sets a new bar for the competition, but we’re at the stage CFLs were at a few years ago: initially expensive and not quite “living room friendly” color balance. Very, very close, though.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’ve bought about 16 different types of LED home light bulbs for standard screw in sockets like this one.
This is by far the warmest, brightest, and most omnidirectional of the bunch.
If you buy LED bulbs to replace your standard ones, you know that these three qualities are very hard to find in this market.
Expensive as it may be, this one simply blows anything else I’ve tried away.
The one exception to what I’ve said in this review is that there are a few “floodlight” style bulbs that are brighter than this one, but not in a pleasant warm color like this, not omnidirectional like this one and none of them that I have seen fit into standard inexpensive lamp housings.
I haven’t even tried out the dimming feature, as this is one of very few LED bulbs to offer the ability to use a dimmer switch.
I haven’t heard any humming or noise of any kind, even with my ear pressed against the bulb (yes you can do that, it’s that cool and efficient) but I can’t speak to the possibility that it might make some noise while being dimmed. Most dimmable bulbs do make some noise when being dimmed, and I’m referring here to both compact florescent bulbs and the old hot burning incandescent bulbs, although often the “noise” can only be heard when it is picked up as buzzing or humming RF radio signals on amplified speakers plugged into the same circuit.
Yes I love this LED bulb, and no, I have nothing to do with this company, hopefully they are not too evil, because this is a pretty effusive review, but I’ve spent too much money on LED bulbs that are too dim, too cold looking, or too unidirectional to be useful for everyday household applications. They make great close up worklights and flashlights but most are not great roomlights or even lamplights. This one is just that.
It’s the bulb to buy if you want to demonstrate to an LED sceptic that LED’s don’t just get you 90% or greater savings in electricity use and even more in durability, but that LED bulbs can replace incandescents and compact florescent bulbs achieving similar quality bright, warm, omnidirectional, pleasant and natural looking light, using their existing lamps and fixtures.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m using this bulb to replace one out of 5 incandescents in the light fixture in our breakfast area. On full, this bulb is identical in brightness and color to the 60 watt incandescent bulb across from it.
When dimmed, there is a humming noise, not loud but noticable. I don’t know if this happens with all dimmers or not. Also when dimming, the color is not the same as other incandescents, but it is acceptable. Yes, the base is warm, but not nearly as hot as an incandescents.
This is the best LED bulb I have seen so far.
The only reason I rated it a “4″ was due to the humming noise at some (but not all) dimming positions.
Rating: 4 / 5
These are a wast of money if you want to use them with a dimmer. I have a Insteon System and these lights won’t come on till 30% power and then they come on at 30% light, between 50% and 80% the light makes a very loud buzzing. I bought five of them and they all act exactly the same. I have moved them to light fixtures that are switched not dimmed. But there are lights at half the price that are not dimmable that give off the same amount of light.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought a Pharox III bulb through an Amazon vendor. The size, shape, and mass of the bulb make it a good replacement for a regular bulb. It remains cool while functioning. The beam spread is biased slightly toward the top, but plenty of light spreads around for any application. An excellent bulb, but I dinged it a point because of the light quality- better than cfls I’ve tried, but with a greenish-golden cast. Most people probably wouldn’t notice it (it blends pretty well with incandescents), but it is there.
Rating: 4 / 5