Philips LED Frosted A19 Light Bulb, Non-Dimmable, 800 Lumen, Daylight (5000K), 9W=60W, E26 Base, 16-Pack

I'm weiting this review after 7 years, i finally had 2 bulbs burn out that I leave on 24/7 (outdoor) i still have 1 that's on 24/7 and still going along with the others that are regular indoor use so not on all the time. They're great and bright and last long.

I bought these bulbs in the daylight (5000k) non-dimmable option. So far I'm very pleased with them. We recently moved. Our old house had Sylvania brand 2700k soft white LEDs throughout, which we liked. After moving into the new house we learned that they had fitted the whole thing with incandescent bulbs. A brand new house built in 2017 with filament bulbs. Ridiculous, right? One of them burnt out the day after we moved. Obviously they had to go. Rather than buying 2700k again, I decided to go with 5000k this time since this house is much more modern-looking than our old one. I tested the first box in the bathroom just to see how they would look and was stunned by just how white they are. There's no hint of yellow or blue, just straight up, stark white. "Daylight" is an accurate description. I put them in half of the first floor to compare them to the incandescents and it made the old ones look yellow. Not just warm, I mean ugly urine-yellow, like a sepia filter on a camera. The stark white light gives everything in the house a truer color. The walls look especially better. The floor looks less brown and more like driftwood, which is what we were going for. The furniture looks newer. The bathrooms look cleaner. Everything just looks better. It actually took a couple of weeks to get used to, coming from 2700k bulbs, but now I can't imagine going back. As for the bulbs in general, time will tell how well they hold up. It's only been a month since we installed them so I can't attest to their long-term reliability. We had our old LEDs for years, though, so I'm expecting these to last the decade that they claim. The brightness description is accurate, although these are actually very slightly brighter than a 60W incandescent bulb and 8W LED bulbs (these are 8.5W). All 64 bulbs I ordered work. No duds.

These are fantastic A19 LED bulbs. They are super low wattage (8W), produce good, bright clean light (I did daylight but they offer soft white as well) and they are instant on. For that last part, if you don't know, some LED bulbs take a small fraction of a second to turn on after the switch is flipped. It's not a huge deal but I personally find it annoying. It also looks terrible in an situation where you are mixing LED bulbs with regular bulbs and everything is turning on at different times. I have been using these bulbs inside and outside and have had no issues thus far. I have few more to go before essentially every light bulb in my house will be converted over to LED. Not only am I saving money on the electricity used on the bulbs themselves, where the real money to be gained comes from is my reduced AC electricity needs due to the lack of heat these lights produce over other bulbs. That's where you can get some real energy savings, especially in hot climates like Florida. My personal preference is to use daylight bulbs in closets, laundry room and garages and soft white in livings spaces like the living room and bedrooms.

This review is the for the 16 pack, daylight bulbs I have been working to replace old bulbs as they go out with LED’s, for energy savings of course, but also because I don’t like the fact that the other bulbs have mercury in them and are hard to recycle and dispose. The box indicates on the outside that the bulbs are 60-watt equivalents. The bulbs have a bright blue/white light. They turn on instantly with no noise and have very little heat emitted, which is another benefit to LED’s. These particular bulbs are not dimmable. The bulbs have a plastic housing and plastic lenses which appears to be typical of LED bulbs. The bulbs appear to be sturdy with the metal socket solidly attached to the plastic housing. The bulbs fit in most standard sockets as they look like the standard older incandescent style bulbs. I use these in my recessed can lighting and my ceiling fan lights. One of the main reasons I like LED lighting is that they don’t contain mercury like CFL’s do. Like CFL’s these are more energy efficient than conventional bulbs. The boxes indicate that the bulbs have a 10-year lifespan, roughly 11,000 hours. In the fine print on the box, that is 3 hours a day. Realistically, these bulbs will last far less than 10 years and probably be in the 3-year range. It seems all brands of LEDS make this type of grand claims with their bulbs’ lifespan. I have tried a variety of brands of LEDS and none have made it past a couple years of regular use. These are priced slightly higher than the number of generics that are out there. I went with Philips because of the name brand and because these have a 3-year warranty on the bulbs. If I can get 3 years of use out of the bulbs, I will be satisfied. I will update my review with any durability issues. The bulbs seem to be good quality with good brightness. It remains to be seen how durable they will be long term and how difficult it will be to get them replaced under warranty. 4 stars