Hudson LED Halloween Bulbs - Flame Effect, 4‑Mode Upside Down & 3W Flicker - E26/E27 Orange Fire - 2‑Pack for Indoor/Outdoor - Flame Light

Wow, do I love this light they look like real gas lights! I have them on both garage structures and my guest home the yard look amazing, with them on!

The media could not be loaded. AppearanceHudson Lighting rates the bulbs at 200 lumens (equivalent to 13 watts incandescent) which is in line with my observations. They are great for mood lighting, but I would recommend something brighter for activities like reading. The bulbs give a pleasant and realistic flicker. If your light fixture has no or minimal frosting, the flickering is more pronounced like a wood flame. Heavier frosting mutes the flickers causing a more candle-like appearance. I installed my bulbs in a torch lamp with open top globes which also creates a pleasant flicker on the ceiling. I have attached a video showing three frosting levels on my lamp (bottom to top): just the globe frosting, the globe frosting plus one sheet of copy paper inside the globe, and the globe frosting plus two sheets of copy paper inside the globe. I feel safe doing this because the bulbs do not get hot. (I printed clipart on the copy paper for fun.)SafetyIn a 73-degree Fahrenheit room in the torch-style lamp, the hottest part of the bulb reached 117 degrees after 90 minutes. The bulb quickly cooled to 96 degrees when held for 15 seconds. I tried the same experiment with a completely enclosed globe with zero ventilation. After 90 minutes the hottest part of the bulb was 119 and cooled to 98 degrees after being held for 15 seconds. It takes about a 5-minute exposure to 120 degrees to receive a first-degree burn, so I doubt these bulbs could ever cause a burn. I used a non-contact infrared thermometer to measure all temperatures.Energy Efficiency and CostLED bulbs generally have a Luminous Efficacy (Lumens/Watts) of 30-90. These bulbs are middle of the road at 67 (200 lumens/3 watts). Operating a bulb 24/7/365 would use 26.28 kWh/year costing $3.34/year at the current national average price of $0.127/kWh.Only IssueI ordered three boxes of two for six bulbs in total. I noticed two of the six bulbs took about a half second longer to come on. I only notice this if I am staring directly at the lamp when I turn it on. I emailed Hudson Lighting asking if they were defective. Tim at Hudson Lighting responded saying the slight delay in coming on was just a variance in manufacturing. Tim added Hudson Bay covered the bulbs for up to two years. I was quite pleased with the response, but it was nothing compared to the response time. I emailed at 7:23 PM EDT on Saturday and received a response in 3 hours and 7 minutes. I did not expect a weekend response, especially such a quick one, from a lighting company.

This is a great light bulb for really capturing a flame effect. Given our house was built in 1880, with the fixture shown, the bulb really does give a 19th century gas light feel to the place. The slightly frosted glass in the fixture helps as well, and the pattern of the "flames" is not obviously overly repetitive, unlike some of the solar torches we've gotten that output a similar color.https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B088BHLBSJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1If there is only one drawback it is that it is not terribly bright. 200 lumens will only get you so far. So while it is big on atmosphere - and perhaps several of them in relative proximity would give a larger effective illumination collectively, as a single bulb it won't do much for security around the house. To remedy that we added these Edison style bulbs - one on the back porch and another in a motion activated light should anyone come on the porch or into the yard. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B088BHLBSJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_ahttps://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B088BHLBSJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1sin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 With 100 watts of illumination for only 18.5 watts of consumption, we have both the best of atmosphere and reasonable yard lighting.I can't answer the longevity question about the Hudson fire bulb as we've had it only a short while. If I don' come back and update this review with bad news about it, consider no news to be good news in this respect.

I have been doing reviews on the flame lights (that's why i bought them), and i will say that they are very good compared to the cheap china ones, to be honest your bulb is number 2 out of 4 brand that i like.My only advice for your bulbs is to reprogram the level drop on the down flame of the led from turning (almost) fully off on the down flicker, the reason why is that the way they are at the moment, they give to hard of a flicker and the result of it makes the bulb feel more like a raging fire instead of just a playful gas flame, you can also try and slightly slow down the flame flicker profile, and that might help as wellThe reason why i bring this up is that when this was installed inside an over hang light, the effect was said to have an almost strobe like effect (and then installing two at the same time made that feeling worst)Note: This was tested in a blacked out room with it being the only source of lightI will say this effect is not felt as hard outside, in fact i will say they look wonderful outside light fixtures and are very bright for what they are at 3wOther then that, they seem well made and I'm at the moment running them though longevity test and how they handle

The media could not be loaded. Well, I am very happy with them. I bought a few boxes and i use them in different places of the house, even indoor.One of my client has true gaslight, just like they have in New Orleans and Savannah and the likes cities. his lights, although have a good flame, show the entrance but do not brighten the entrance as a regular lightbulb can. So, even though i would have like my entrance a bit brighter I must recognize that the glow is very realistic in the way it mimics a gas light. I'll compensate by adding sconces to add more light,.I've seen people slowing down their car to look at them. A friend of mine tried a different model/brand, and although the store picture looked the same we can both tell that this brand is far superior, and not even the most expensive of all.The ones I used inside the house on the mantle look fantastic due to the nature of the lamp and shade they are in. You judge for yourself.