GE Grow Lights for Indoor Plants, BR30 Indoor Floodlight, LED Light Bulbs for Flowers and Fruit, Advanced Red Light Spectrum, 25,000 Hours Lifespan, 15 PPF, 1 Pack (Packaging May Vary)

This bulb is keeping some of my plants alive this winter! The light is bright and although its in the red spectrum its white enough so you can read by it. I will get more of these bulbs for next winter.

UPDATE: 1 month of use & my Bougainvillea is now blooming as if it were a poinsettia with the light & bit of Knox gelatin! I highly recommend this light, will update again IF that changes.I'll update after my Bougainvillea has been under it a few weeks, but for now, I'm pleased with this light! While bright white, from across the room, the light has a pink/purple tint. As I haven't felt 'heat', I prefer not to rate that, and will update if needed! So far, so good, as my bougainvillea is doing OK under it; however, I changed its dirt right before I brought it in, and it's still adjusting to lower light than the SW exposure it enjoys in the summer, so it'll take a few weeks to see how or if it benefits! IF you're on the fence, if I needed another, I'd buy another one of these, and had NO problem screwing it into the 'arm' used for reading on my floor lamp. I thought it may've been used/returned given the poor tape job, (see pics), it wasn't, nor is there any cosmetic damages as others have reported.

These are an important addition for the health of my plants. They add much needed light for my plants and they add additional light to my home in the evening.

Works for me

I grew up surrounded my forest and now I live in LA so I try to surround myself with as many plants as possible. Unfortunately, I've been unlucky with having decent lighting and it was showing with my plants. I hung a few of these around and they just brought all my plants to life and I never have any trouble with any of them! It doesn't seem to matter if it's low-light plants like Dracaena or full-light plants like chili peppers! They all share the same timer and they all thrive! I also don't think its too glaring or gross looking like some of these other grow lights (typically giving off a purple/red glow). It's a nice clear daylight color. And, best part, being LED it hardly gives off any warmth and doesn't even make a dent on my electric bill (I have them on 12 hour automatic timers).

I know they work well in the winter (live in a northern state with <10 hours of daylight in the winter) because my plants start to lean towards them (as opposed to the direction of the sun. My little garden is now thriving. I have them plugged into an automatic switch and are on 13 hours a day and I wouldn't change anything. I have 2, for the different levels of my shelves, and they fit great inside my lamp (which has bendy necks for easy redirection).

I can’t speak for the effectiveness of this bulb, one because I just got it and two because I don’t know if I will use it. It’s marketed as a natural white light but that’s a flat lie… it’s pink. The light is pink. The room it’s in is now glowing pink. I bought this one specifically because it said it was natural white glow and the details show pics of it as if it’s natural white. So now I’m mad because I have to either buy a different brand or deal with my white dining room now being pink!Update: I have been using the light for a few weeks and have seen an increase in the health of my plants which is great. The pink is still annoying, but at least it’s working.

I was shocked when my Phalaenopsis orchid, which had two buds remaining to open, started blooming five days after I cranked this up and turned it on. I noticed the day before yesterday that apparently the bud had started to swell; it opened this morning.Additionally for years and years and years I have tried to grow gardenias. I have two blooms on my current plants. The room is the right temperature, and now that I have the light, I’m keeping my fingers crossed they continue to bloom.I never expected this kind of result, especially so quickly. I have ordered two more and plan to put them in my living room next to two macho ferns, which have declined significantly over the winter.