The lamp is well made and makes a stable impression. The luminance ranges around a 4x5m large room full of atmosphere to dive in color. To read but still not be enough. (No wonder with 5W power). If you want to illuminate the room properly one would certainly need 3 of these bulbs. For listening to music ... That's enough! - The remote works very well, also - the "fade" permits the constant, gentle, over dazzling color change
I use it in a milk glass ball of 25cm diameter (Villeroy & Boch - "Vancouver" Villeroy Boch u 96212 Table Lamp VANCOUVER -. Ø 25cm / height 16cm). The ideal is so "exposed". :-) I have read the reviews before buying here and can understand not the criticisms of the negative reviews.