G E Lighting #21710 15W R30 White Flood Light
- G E Lighting #21710 15W R30 White Flood Light
- G E LIGHTING
Product Description
FLE15/2DV/R30/SW/CD, 15W,120V, 65W Incandescent Equivalent, Soft White, Dimmable Reflector Flood Light, Compact Fluorescent Bulb, R30 Shape, Energy Star Rated, 720 Lumens, 6000 Hour Life, 2700 Kelvin Color Temperature, Carded.
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G E Lighting #21710 15W R30 White Flood Light
- Publisher: G E LIGHTING
- Label: G E LIGHTING
- Studio: G E LIGHTING
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 7 reviews
- Sales Rank in Tools: #96098
Avg. Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: good but don't dim 2008-08-17
Comment: I really like the clean, crisp light that these produce and the delay is not really noticable and can be overlooked. NOTE: package says "dimmable - works with most dimming switches". I have high end Lutron "designer" dimmer switches - the GE 21710 does not dim on this switch AT ALL. 20% would be acceptable but I am at 100%. Unfortunately looks like I am stuck with regular incandescents to get my dimming feature which I use all the time.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: unacceptable delay and warmup time 2007-12-23
Comment: I have reviewed this bulb for a similar listing on Amazon, but my basic points are as follows:
I am a huge fan of CFLs. We use them all over our house. You should, too. There is really no reason to go incandescent anymore. You may actually be better off throwing out your incandescents BEFORE they burn out, and replacing them with CFLs. CFLs work equivalently to incandescents; you just have to know what to look for: low color temperature (on the order of 2700K), a bulb to match the application. Two years ago, after burning multiple incandescents out in our garage door opener, I installed CFLs. They are sturdy enough to withstand the vibrations and have been going strong for a couple of years.
This bulb is unacceptable. It has the drawbacks of CFLs that I bought in the mid-90s: a delay when you switch them on, and a long warmup period (some reviewers say that it is 1 minute; it took my bulb 2-3 minutes. These are the qualities that made it hard for me to convert my wife and my parents to CFLs.
I would recommend trying different brands of dimmables until you find one that is compatible with your dimmers and doesn't have any significant drawbacks. i can't believe that GE let this bulb hit the market with such a switching delay and long warmup time. Reminds me of the disappointment I felt with the early generation CFLs, but I believe that these dimmable bulbs will eventually get the rough spots ironed out.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Work well 2007-10-21
Comment: While these bulbs do not dim as much as you may be used to with incandescent bulbs, I find they provide a light that is plenty "warm" enough. I have experienced no flickering at all. I prefer these bulbs to the incandescent bulbs I had before, which were too intense. Overall, I'm very happy with them!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Get Regular rather Dimmable Compact Florescent Bulbs 2007-10-17
Comment: Dimmable CFLs only dim about 20% (Sylvania 10%, Philips 20%, GE20%) so don't buy expecting them to dim like incandescent bulbs. Also the way they dim is by producing harmonic distortion (changing the waveform to one where less light is produced) which can cause flickering and even without noticable flickering possibly even headaches or eye strain in some people. So go with the nondimmable CFLs instead.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Dimmable CFL but it doesn't really, uhhh.... dim... 2007-09-28
Comment: I'm a major fan of CFLs. I have them all over my house. I finally installed a dimmer with my newly installed recessed lights in my living room and looked all over the place to find these hard-to-find dimmable CFLs. I bought them and tried them along side my soft white incandescents. At full brightness, it is clearly whiter and brighter hands down. Unfortunately when I started dimming, these GEs barely dimmed at all. I would be generous to say that they dim to 50% brightness. What good is a light that's advertised to be dimmable but doesn't really dim? I'm going to return them in hopes that GE or some other company will develop one that actually dims as well as incandescents.
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G E Lighting #21710 15W R30 White Flood Light
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