big crap - do not buy!

I had a lamp for our table wanted, which was to replace a normal matte 100W bulb. Halogen lamps, available as a substitute for it, have no more frosted glass and blinded by much more than the mats. Since we often harm the light at the dining table, keep ordinary incandescent only about a year. For long I had waited until it finally gave LED lamps with comparable light output as a 100W incandescent lamp at reasonable prices. Therefore, I have now decided to use the Baxxtar.

However, the angle is considerably smaller than in the case of an incandescent lamp (only about 180 Grand instead of about 300 degrees), with the result that although the same light power is radiated in a smaller solid angle. This results in significantly higher lighting levels than in the bulb. At our table, it is now a lot brighter than before. However, since the LEDs over time lose intensity that fits well soon.

The unpleasant glare of clear glass bulbs is now no longer available.

The color temperature of 3000K I can not judge, but I could see no difference to a normal light bulb. As described in some other posts, the scattering is probably quite high in this lamp. Maybe I caught a lamp that is at the bottom of the color temperature.

The Color Rendering Index (CRI) seems to be very high. Anyway, so far I could not detect any color deviations. And that at the dinner table, where the eye with food and drinks is very sensitive to color variations. I had made here in the past, with energy-saving lamps have negative experiences and was therefore switched back to incandescent lamps.

Somewhat optimistic is an indication of the life of 50,000 hours. The LEDs themselves may probably make it, but certainly not the other electronic components. Especially when electrolytic capacitors are installed, which is probably the case here. This is now known enough. I'd rather go out here by realistic 7,000 to 8,000 hours, provided a sound internal control electronics.

The lamp comes in a package of the company. Patona and has only one Baxxtar sticker. Made is the lamp in China (PRC).

Addendum on 7 March 2015:

I have the lamp now since 3.5 months in operation at about 6 hours a day. So about 650 hours. Today the lamp is easily fallen apart and was thus defective. The white casing material was so brittle in the short time that it was cracked and broke the lie inside two screw domes and thus fell apart the housing. And without that the lamp has been touched or has been mechanically stressed. This means that the housing material is unsuitable for this application. I have completely open operating the lamp at the dinner table. Temperature problems caused by an excessive encapsulation can therefore be ruled out. Even at low temperatures are not an option. It could also be that the blue spectrum has (with slight UV component) is added to the housing material.
But this lamp in any case is a bad design and all who bought this lamp will probably sooner or later have this problem. So this is not an isolated case. So: Stay away from buying! Longer than a normal 100 watt light bulb This LED lamp will not hold.

After the lamp now in their individual parts lay before me, I've also looked at the innards. The structure of the board (FR4 board) is performed quite simply. Cheap capacitors and normal solder joints. The cable on the socket are soldered by hand. A yellow tape that is stuck halfway very unprofessional on the board towards the LEDs, is well shielded somewhat from the heat. So even if the material of the housing should be improved, the electrolytic capacitors and the soldering will ensure that after a few thousand hours of operation the lights go out.

I'm going to spend in the future for an LED lamp prefer some extra cash.