Short version: Both me and my pets were happier thanks to this light during the coldest winter months.
PROS:
- Great value for the price. The amount of time spent NOT running our heaters (about 800 watts on the low setting) almost certainly resulted in much lower bills.
- Bright, warm light color is especially good for those cold, gray, overcast months.
- Much easier to manage (and less of a fire hazard) than our space heater. Also less likely to trip the breaker and the exterior of the bulb (outside of the front-facing light) never gets that hot.
CONS:
- It uses around 70% more electricity than an equivalent LED so definitely swap to a different bulb when you can just put a jacket on.
- Take note of the sizing -- the bulb is larger and more unwieldy than I expected -- which is also part of why I broke it about 4 months into using.
RECOMMENDATIONS
- Ideal in open spaces that are hard to provide heat (basements and garages) or where you need specific heat for short periods.
- Put the bulb on some kind of timer or remote on/off switch so that it doesn't run 24/7. You lose much of the value versus other heaters if it's running continuously e.g. a space heater that's only on 10 mins per hour.
- Look for a sturdy and strong lamp or housing, ideally something you can point in different directions. Or at least something with a protective guard in front.
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Used for IR Photography, Quite Happy
I bought this to use as a light in infrared photography. It works really well so far, especially when combined with a couple other lights. I typically use this and a halogen bulb on a couple work lamps clipped to whatever's available (sometimes my tripod if I'm desperate), and it's yet to fail me. It gets hot, but that's kind of the point, and that means more IR, so I'm happy.Photography Technical Stuff: I shot with an unconverted T3i, 760nm filter, and the Canon EF 50mm F/1.8 lens. The pictures were produced for infrared false-color (IRFC) photographic analysis in a museum conservation context, so slightly different usage, but the exposures processed very nicely when put through both the process for conservation IRFC and artistic IRFC. I took them in a conservation lab with non-IR-producing lights, so this bulb and the Sylvania 14502 50 Watt halogen bulb were the only sources of IR light. You can see with the attached picture (unprocessed) that I captured quite a bit of IR off the costume piece I was studying. In visible light, it's emerald green silk with white lace at the collar.
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