Lumiram Full Spectrum 3 Way 50/100/150 Watts Frosted Light Bulb

These light bulbs unsurpassed in quality. The new ones out hurt my eyes.

After the first one started to make scary noises after just a couple of months, I thought best to just replace it (it was black at the top when I removed it, not the regular grey tint of the new ones, blackish like it’s a good thing I replaced it before something bad happened) The replacement straight fresh new out of the box only worked on one of the three settings, of course it was the lowest setting so now my room is dim.

This bulb is a lifesaver. My office is cave-like and windowless, and it had been taking a toll on my energy, mental health, and sleeping habits. I bought this bulb with some trepidation after reading the mixed reviews (it's a lot of money to spend if the bulb is going to blow out one week in), and have had it in my desk lamp for about two months now with no issues. As some reviewers have mentioned (here and in reviews for other Lumiram bulbs on Amazon), the bulb does tend to get a bit hot, but it's not noticeable to me until I go to turn the lamp off at the end of the day - it doesn't seem to make much of an impact on my overall office temperature.In terms of its ability to alleviate the issues I'd been experiencing last winter, the bulb has performed very well. Two days after sticking it in the lamp, I had more energy and was less grumpy (to the point that some of my coworkers noticed and commented on it). I don't think it did much for the sleeping issues, but two out of three ain't bad. I liked this bulb so much that I bought others for four other lamps - another in my office, and three more at home. I don't notice the effect as much anymore, but the grumpiness and fatigue don't seem to have returned. To me, that means this bulb has done what it claims to do, and I don't think I can ask for anything more than that. If you're having problems with SAD and/or just have a dreary windowless office like mine, you should seriously consider getting one (or more) of these bulbs. I have no idea how they do it, but they work well for their stated purpose!

I love the light Chromalux bulbs give. For the last batch I ordered, Setting one is medium light, setting two is low light, and setting three is bright light. Very odd.

I like this 3-way bulb. Gives off a nice warm light. I miss incandescent light bulbs. This is too expensive but worth it to me to have a healthy light which is much more pleasant and gives a much nicer ambiance to a room. I hope it lasts long.

I used to buy these at local nutrition coop. I like them for reading. This one is different in that the first setting is the middle setting, then the low, then the high. Not really a problem but takes some getting used to.

I found a couple of these Chromalux Full Spectrum bulbs in a box of stuff recently, I'd bought them 3 decades ago or so. One of them worked. So I bought another one. I put one each where my sig. other reads - one in the living room and one on her night table. She commented the other day, "I can read my books now without turning another light on !"Yup, they work. You really notice the difference in light, much "smoother" no harshness. I had looked at the LED variety but one commenter said the LED's have a little way to go to match the incandescents, so I went with what I knew worked. I had originally got them for the "Dark Time of year" daylight savings end until the first snow when the sunsets are 4:13 in the north Northeast but the sun goes behind the mountain at 3. I don't get SAD -Seasonal Affective Disorder, but I do feel the difference with less daylight. Full spectrum bulbs really help.

This was a waste of money. I needed a new bulb for the light where is sit in the evenings and read or knit--bright light is essential. I thought I'd try this full-spectrum bulb to improve display of colors I work with so sprung for the higher price.What a disappointment!! I put it in and turned it up to highest and then started squinting because this is no where near the amount of light that I get from other bulbs. I switched it out with a traditional 3-way from another lamp and saw that I wasn't imaging it, it truly is inferior for how well it lights.Not sure what I'll do with it since it can't go in any of my lights where I actually need to see what I'm doing clearly.