As far as I can tell, nothing like this has been posted here before. I could be wrong, there is just SO MUCH stuff here it is very possible it got by me. If it got by anybody else, well here it is again.
I had never heard of these, it was wife that pointed me towards them. Somehow she knew about them and asked me to look into it.
Well, I did and ordered a couple. They came in about a week for Christmas and I must say, they exceeded my expectations.
The “Flame” effect is quit nice. My camera doesn’t depict the effect very well so I will just link some YouTube videos that are much better than anything I could put together. The first one from “BigClive”
After I saw how well they worked, I went out and found a used light fixture for it.
My wife LOVES it
Happy wife, happy life
Here is the link to where I ordered mine:
The price has already gone down since then, I paid $12 something each
I’m glad you posted this. I saw an ad for those a couple of months ago and meant to look into them. This will sure make fake fire props for school plays much easier :+1:
It looks pretty cool for the price… Not sure what i’m gonna do with it or if i’ll order more. I could certainly swap all my outdoor lights for those, but i don’t think they put out much useful light. I’ll see when i get it.
In a promo email i got today from GB or BG there are half a dozen such lights from different brands and about the same price ($6). Some seem to have some sort of flame like filaments inside… Not sure. The one i ordered doesn’t seem to have those - or maybe the picts have been doctored.
Yeah, when I was looking around for any source of 1800K LEDs, or at least 2000K LEDs, I came across these back in November. Seemed a sin to grind up one of those just for the chips…
That was my biggest fear as I ordered mine. I tried to get the same one BigClive had. It seems I was able to do that.
As is usually the case, other companies come out with clones that may or may not work as well. The ones I recieved not show individual LED’s. They are diffused enough that they can not be seen.
Here is the link again. Even so, there is no guarantee you will receive stock I did. Things change, the price already has…………
As a matter of fact, when I go to my order history at the top of the page I get this message
“The listing below has been updated by the seller, but you can see the item you purchased.”
In other words, they no longer sell the same exact item that I received. More and more I have come to realize that it is just about impossible to know what I will get when I order something on eBay.
I just spent 2 months trying to get a low profile (half height) USB3.0 card. First time I ordered the low profile from TomTop but received a full height card. They apologized and refunded me. Then I ordered the same card from another vendor and received the same wrong card, fulfilled by TomTop. Got another refund and now 2 months later I still don’t have the low profile card I need.
I would like to get more of these bulbs, but I don’t know if I can get the ones I want
If the transparent part can be unscrewed or otherwise taken apart you may be able to tape some tracing/transfer paper inside. You can also try to ‘frost’ it with sand paper… Now if you use the light inside an appliance where you dont see the bulb directly it would not matter much.
Here are some pics of the actual bulb and the box it came in. It was the 6.5W version. Notice the vent holes.
I was lucky also in that this bulb has the “break away” as described the comparison video posted here.
Here is a short video shot against an open window during the day. With my cell phone it was the only way I could get a video of how the effect looks in real life.
And here is another tear down by someone explaining why some bulbs diffuse better than others
That last video was very helpful, and a nifty handyman should be able to create some kind of additional diffusion if required in a bulb.
I have seen a “flame bulb” in our local garden store and it, albeit diffused properly, didn’t look like an actual flame at all. There wasn’t enough “randomness” and “warmth” a natural flame would give. Also wasn’t very bright. I wouldn’t be interested in paying 6-7 bucks for something unrealistic and low-lumen.
I ordered one weeks ago, intended it for a Christmas present but it still hasn’t arrived. Was hoping it would be as advertised, paid about $20 for it and didn’t know it was out there at so many other places.
