Explux Commercial-Grade LED PAR38, 120W Equivalent, 1400 Lumens, 40000 Hours, Classic Full Glass Flood Light Bulbs, Dimmable, Waterproof & Anti-Ageing, Bright White 3000K Spotlight, 6-Pack

My apartment came with 75W incandescents. It's not a great look - the bulbs are ugly. As they expired, I replaced them with 90W halogens. Much nicer bulbs. They lasted pretty good too - a couple of years of 7 hours a day. Later I found first gen 100W CFLs (23W). These are rated at 1300 lumens and give out a very good light and are a genuine PAR38. The bulbs themselves are a bit ugly - you can see the CFL inside and the base is thin rounded glass. But once they are on you can't see the bulb in any case. They take a minute or so to warm up which is a minor annoyance. Next, I found a CFL made of thick glass - like a halogen - a more attractive bulb, but with pretty much the same characteristics. When these became unavailable - at least at a decent price - I tried out LEDs.These were all plastic units. They were 3000K, which was too white for me, so I used them for my garage motion lights and returned the rest. Later, they did them in 2700K and I got some more. Supposedly 1200 lumens (15W), but more like 1000 IMO and not a true PAR38 either. Perfectly serviceable but not great.These ones are an all glass construction (like halogens) and rated at 1300 lumens (14W). I love the look of these bulbs, the light is great, the color seems right, it appears to be a true PAR38. These will be my go-to bulbs from now on...until they disappear as these things tend to.

Very happy. Much brighter than the old bulbs we had. They also light up a much wider area of our patio.

Seemed like great bulbs. Unfortunately my new house recessed cans don't fit PAR38 size by a few millimeters, although my old ones did.

Excellent led lighting

Bulb is great, but This is my fault- note the diameter of the cylinder of your fixture before buying. They didn’t fit my uplighting sconce.

My old outdoor floolights had shades and wasps were always getting in to build nests. I got rid of the shades but then the white plastic bulbs looked bad, so I replaced them with these glass bulbs. They are great- being glass they won't discolor and show dirt like the white bulbs. I got the 4000K which is a nice color balance between yellow and blue.

I bought these to change out 2700K 65W 720 lumens led floods. Thought they would fit the bill since they are a little bit more than double the lumens then the 65W's but unfortunately they are not. Don't get me wrong, they are brighter but more of a 1000 lumens or 100W. I think it is because they are 2700K so the lumens are actually less to get that yellow incandescent effect. The quality was definitely high end. I'm going to use them anyways in the hall I added them too, better than what was in there, and next year I'll upgrade to the 300W 2900 lumens to get the effect I'm looking for. My advice.... the lower the Kelvin the higher the lumens you need. The higher the Kelvin, 4000K and above, you can get what they say they are.

Like the brightness

I was going to give them a 4 star rating because of the high unit price, but I'm the one who made the choice to pay about twice the comparable product available at Walmart/can tire/home hardware. I gave them 5 stars because I cannot find a comparable product in the stores (all Glass). The five star is only good if the floodlights are true to the rated lifespan. I bought a couple of Philips Flood lights with the same power and colour rating (5000K). The Phillips are rated at half the Explux lifespan and have a plastic type front cover. But: the Philips are half the cost and have a brighter light. So I would buy the Eplux for locations that hard to replace and are more industrial/commercial. But for a homeowner I recommend the Philips Floodlights.