Review Detail

I've tried just about every variant of energy efficient lighting and can say unequivocally that this is the best solution currently on the market if you have a 6" can and want a retrofit. Why?

Lets start with the underlying technology of this light because while it is an LED light source, it's unlike any LED you've ever seen. Most of us know LEDs as the little button lights that have a plastic bulb that serves as a lens. LEDs, or Light Emitting Diodes, generate light through the electro-luminescence of a phosphor inside the bulb. Historically, it has been very hard for LED lights to generate "white" and as a consequence, most of us have had to suffer with a very "cold" blue-ish light.

These lights use a novel phosphor designed by a company called Intematix that effectively reproduces the color temperatures we're accustomed to in traditional incandescent light bulbs. They also use a large disk of phosphor that luminesces instead of multiple little points. These two factors combine to produce a light quality unlike any I've seen from energy efficient lighting. They even feel brighter than their rated lumens, matching (and possibly exceeding) the perceived light output of an adjacent 80W Halogen light I had on while testing them.

Finally, these are pretty darn good looking lights! Really, they have a much cleaner look than a recessed can and after putting them into one room, I'm now ready to swap out the entire house.