Sunco 10 Pack BR40 LED Light Bulbs, Indoor Flood Lights, Dimmable, 1400 Lumens, 100W Equivalent 17W, 2700K Soft White, Indoor Residential Home Recessed Can Lights, E26 Base, CRI94, High Lumens - UL

The media could not be loaded.  07/20/2020Over a month or so ago I bought 2 10-packs of the BR40 LED bulbs to place in a home we had just purchased. I have installed all of one package and part of the second. The bulbs (exception noted below) have worked properly until suddenly today.Today, when the bulbs are turned on, they blink at a distinct on-off rate. (This is NOT a flicker, it is a definite flashing.) Not all do, some do not come on at all, blinking appears to be at different rates, successive activation will change which are working/not working/blinking.There is no dimmer involved with these lights. All that I have installed throughout the house are now doing this. Differing circuits, differing on/off switches, different rooms/hallways/etc.I checked the AC voltage using a VOM when the lights were flashing and it read 125volts.The exception noted above was one bulb in one hallway socket did this when first installed. It was changed out and second did the same. After a couple of activations, the blinking of that one location ceased and has been working properly up until today.See the video associated with this review.Edit to add (7/28,2020): I contacted Sunco and they effectively told me to go pound sand.

For high ceilings, these are my favorite LED indoor flood lights.They are light, plastic (un=breakable), and accurate.By accurate, I mean that the color and light intensity is constant, unlike other LED bulbs.This makes about 60 that I have bought (Home Depot and LOWES always run out)This is better than our local LIGHT store, which stocks all kinds of unique stuff.Get rid of your curly bulbs (CFLs) and incandescent lights now.Also, they are so much cooler and they dim pretty well.(Good dimmers are harder to find and bad ones make the lights flicker. Best used w/o dimmers).I have high ceilings, so the extra lumens are escential - I try to get 1000 lumens, where 650 is fine for 8 foot ceilings.I'm hardly an expert, but I did a lot of research, then purchased dozes of different bulbs.I compared light colors (2600 K - 6000 K). These are great and render colors accurately enough for photography work.Several things annoy me about other choices - some have a hole in the center or they are so rough you can use a sucker stick to install or remove them. Others have shadows, some create really bad glare.These don't have those bad qualities - they light up evenly, softly, and make reading a joy again.I hope I never see another CFL bulb !

Buy 1 to test first, even at additional cost.These bulbs work, and fit without incident, but their operation is very disappointing for three reasons. First, the dimmest setting is very bright... perhaps 3-4 times brighter than the incandescent bulbs they replaced, making them unusable in our dining room and family room/home theater. Second, they take quite a while to power up and turn on... sometimes a few seconds. We have 10 in a large room, 4 on one switch, 6 on another. Turning them on has the effect of each of the bulbs lighting individually across a few seconds. This effect seems to be reduced after the bulbs have been lit, but returns after a relatively short period of inactivity. This is very annoying. Every bulb in our house is now LED (approximately three dozen or more, counting candelabra bulbs in ceiling fans), and these are the only bulbs that don't turn on instantly. Third, I'm fairly confident (not entirely certain) there is a faint, but noticeable, buzz. (You'll need to test this issue yourself.) At first I thought this was the switch, because I didn't know LED bulbs could make noise, but it's not the switch. I have not tested comprehensively, so I'm not yet certain the noise isn't coming from the fixtures, but none of the other LED bulbs we have make this noise.

So I decided to give these bulbs a few days before I wrote a review to see how they performed. I bought both the 3000K and 4000K bulbs to see the difference in person. These went into a kitchen and dining area of an open concept floor plan. I have these bulbs operating on Lutron LED compatible dimmer switches for variable brightness. To be frank, I have to admit that I am a little disappointed after these past 4-5 days. Instead of going into a long diatribe about what I found dissapointing, I will succinctly describe in terms of pros and cons:Pros: Lights are very bright. The 4000K bulbs almost give a daylight feel at full but can feel a little cold due to the bluish tint. I must say that I much prefer the 3000K overall as they are very bright as well but provide just the right amount of warmness. In my personal opinion, I would stick with 3000K for most of your home lighting applications unless you absolutely need that sunlight appearance for color correctness applications.Cons: The lights have a 2.5 sec turn-on delay post switch activation (not ideal). I am also noticing a flicker present in the light at various levels of brightness. I know that it's not due to using the wrong dimmer because I do have the Lutron LED compatible version. It's most obvious at the lowest brightness setting, but can be perceived at higher brightness levels as well. At this point, I'm not sure if this is quite at the line frequency of 60Hz and it's not very drastic in the oscillation intensity, but it's definitely perceptible in the room and also when you stare at the bulb. To be honest, I did not notice this until a few days later so I'm not sure if this artifact has just presented itself.Main verdict: If you're looking to make the leap to LED, I'd say spring for a higher level, i.e., higher cost, LED bulb if you can. If you're looking for the energy savings on the cheap and are willing to put up with the aforementioned cons, I'd say go for it. However, the jury is still out on the longevity of these bulbs, but if this flicker gets any worse, I'd say it's a total loss in terms of usefulness. If this is the case, then choosing the LED bulb based on price will prove to be a moot point.

We wanted to be able to adjust the kitchen lighting and these did the trick. We also wanted the savings these LEDs can provide.

Worked great

Second order of these. Good value.

If the power consumption can be lower, it would be perfect.

It's very good stock