The first truly LIVING GRADE replacement for GU10 halogen spots

What this LED spotlight is mainly differs from most other high color rendering index of> 90 Ra and the special reflector design with only one light source. Both contribute significantly to a more pleasant and halogen ähnlicherem light. "Normal" is now in LEDs have a color rendering index of Ra 80, the CIVILIGHT Haled spots a good deal with Ra 92 to come even closer to the balanced representation of color approach, as they have light bulbs and halogen lamps (Ra 100). Human skin looks healthy and not so pale, food, photos, etc. are displayed as usual. Actually, a color rendering index of at least Ra is in the EU since 2013 for all bulbs indoors 80 prescribed, yet are commercially still sporadically LEDs with Ra 70 or even lower. Here, then, necessarily exactly it make ...

The reflector design also corresponds rather the standard GU10 halogen spotlights, viewed from the side one is blinded less than LED spots directly in front dozens of small SMD chips have distributed or even less than 3 to 6 front mounted single LEDs, such as in the "Osram LED Superstar PAR16 50 advanced 7.5W" LED Spot (bestseller on Amazon). Another advantage of Haled spots: Since there is only one light source, there are only a shadow, not overlapping as multiple LED light sources in a spotlight.

At full luminosity looks to me the cone of light, the light color and brightness actually almost exactly the same as with a 50W halogen spot. Where there is probably the latter differences, some are given as 330 lm, while others with more than 500. Just missing the diffuse light emission to the rear (as with halogen). The light color affects Osram despite the name "extra warm tone" and also much cooler than 2700K at the spots of CIVILIGHT.

Dims to the Haled spots is the contrast to halogen or incandescent bulbs of course apparent: While halogen spots deliver an ever rötlicheres light the lower the brightness, the light color of LEDs remains the same even in low light and has therefore dimmed significantly "cooler" than Halogen. Ah yes, the "first version" of CIVILIGHT Haled spots was incidentally produced with 2580K color temperature that was some but seemingly reddish, now CIVILIGHT is to 2700K switched (it refers also my review).

The theme dimming of LEDs is also another thing: I have a Busch-Jaeger 6593U, which requires a minimum load of rich 60 W / VA. So with four 7W Haled spots to get to 28 watts consumption - is this too little dimmer. Only the simultaneous use of one or more halogen light sources to increase the load (have a ceiling light which additionally 4 small G9 lamp has) so worked with me the Haled spots - they could then but just like halogen lamps wonderful on a very low brightness (like a candle flame) down dim. The Osram LED Superstar PAR16 50 advanced 7.5W previously mentioned I could with this dimmer the brightness felt only about 30-40% down dim - the Osram also have here a humming noise that given while I was absolutely at the CIVILIGHT Spots could not hear anything. With current LED dimmers that require only a small minimum load, even 1 or 2 of the spots should be able to be used alone without problems.

The light is immediately after being switched because (some other LEDs have a short delay of 0.5 or 1 second) and not smoldering after being switched off after (that's more than 30 seconds at the Philips Master LED of the case).

What here in the product description is still missing: The number of cycles is given as 100,000, the length of the spots is 56 mm (ie minimally more than normal halogen spots).

Conclusion:
The significantly more pleasant light reproduction compared to other LED's is worth the higher purchase price in my opinion, especially in living rooms - you want to feel at home here, yes. For a storage room, a hallway, etc., so in all the rooms where the light duration and the light color is rather small secondary, the whole thing but of course not profitable at the high purchase price. Here I would either remain in halogen bulbs, or use cheaper LEDs.