Diode and light quality wise? No it isnt.
Here is the glowing review:
And it blows the eff out of the competitor who lost on all ground except his massive heatsink:
Sure, it is not stellar, but there are no alternatives at the same price, especially in Russia, for example, where people dont have buying capacity as much as you, people in EU.
You mean the same guy, who 1-2 years ago tried (but failed) to “monopolize” the “sunlike market” and to whom Remez production is basically a death sentence on the post-soviet marketspace? Yeah, no shit, if I was him in such business I would shit on it too, regardless if it was bad or good.
I’m not buying it for the lifespan of the product, I’m buying for the quality of the light.
Okay, you like math, lets do math - how many bulbs you would pick as top quality sun-alike spectrum for your home, for the environment where you need best light? 5 on average? Say Remez will serve 1 years max, that means, you have to pay 5x7$ each year on worst case to swap.
Do you know how much it costs to cure progressing macular dystrophy after the blue peak had its way with your retina? There is no price because cure does not exist and wont for many-many generations. Eyesight and eye diseases is one of the medical fields where humankind barely knows anything.
And before you come screaming strawman - no, there is none, that was my argument from the ground up - you 50$ a years is a very good compromise for keeping your eyes as long as possible. Especially if you are in the risk group (severe myopia, hereditary myopia and god forbid progressing myopia)