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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2017
I bought this lamp to try to replace a 300Watt Halogen lamp. This lamp definitely does it, it is a superb product, assembly was trivial.
The eyeballed light output, at the initial power on setting, equals or exceeds the Halogen lamp. The Brightech lamp has three light level settings and off, all controlled by a capacitive touch switch built into the pole. Even the second level almost equals the light output of an aged Halogen. The lamp always starts at the highest power level. The lamp can be connected to a standard wall switched or un-switched power socket, and I have been running it on an X10 light control module without any issue. You will notice a second or two delay from turning the power on and seeing the light if using a switch. If you are not using some sort of power switch you'll need up to three taps on the capacitive switch to turn the lamp off. The touch switch does work well, requiring barely a brush of the finger to operate.
Power is provided by a power brick which outputs 24v @ 1.6A. So the power output maximum from the brick is 38.4Watts. The lamp is advertised at 30Watts so this is very reasonable. Dropping from 300Watts to 30Watts with the same or better light output is just what I was looking for. The light color is a medium warm 3000K color, 2700K is a typical warm white (yellow tinted color) So it is just a little bit more white than the Halogen, but it is not that harsh white you get from 5000K lights. The 'color' is quite nice.
The lamp is not tall enough in my opinion, it needs another 6-7 inches of height. For me the light is about right at eye level, and the Brightech lamp is 6.5 inches shorter than my Halogen lamp. So if you are over 6' you'll probably want to put the lamp on something to raise it up. I'm going to try to procure a pole extension. The pole pieces just screw together and while the power does goes through the pole it does not prevent adding a piece between the base and the first pole where the power enters from the side.
The power brick is nice but the power prongs are built into it which means the brick hangs on the wall, and can't be plugged into an X10 box directly. I had to use an extension cord. When plugging it directly into the wall socket it hangs down but did not seem to block use of the top socket. I suppose it depends on what you need to plug into the top socket.
The best recommendation information I can provide is that I will be buying a second one later this year.
The eyeballed light output, at the initial power on setting, equals or exceeds the Halogen lamp. The Brightech lamp has three light level settings and off, all controlled by a capacitive touch switch built into the pole. Even the second level almost equals the light output of an aged Halogen. The lamp always starts at the highest power level. The lamp can be connected to a standard wall switched or un-switched power socket, and I have been running it on an X10 light control module without any issue. You will notice a second or two delay from turning the power on and seeing the light if using a switch. If you are not using some sort of power switch you'll need up to three taps on the capacitive switch to turn the lamp off. The touch switch does work well, requiring barely a brush of the finger to operate.
Power is provided by a power brick which outputs 24v @ 1.6A. So the power output maximum from the brick is 38.4Watts. The lamp is advertised at 30Watts so this is very reasonable. Dropping from 300Watts to 30Watts with the same or better light output is just what I was looking for. The light color is a medium warm 3000K color, 2700K is a typical warm white (yellow tinted color) So it is just a little bit more white than the Halogen, but it is not that harsh white you get from 5000K lights. The 'color' is quite nice.
The lamp is not tall enough in my opinion, it needs another 6-7 inches of height. For me the light is about right at eye level, and the Brightech lamp is 6.5 inches shorter than my Halogen lamp. So if you are over 6' you'll probably want to put the lamp on something to raise it up. I'm going to try to procure a pole extension. The pole pieces just screw together and while the power does goes through the pole it does not prevent adding a piece between the base and the first pole where the power enters from the side.
The power brick is nice but the power prongs are built into it which means the brick hangs on the wall, and can't be plugged into an X10 box directly. I had to use an extension cord. When plugging it directly into the wall socket it hangs down but did not seem to block use of the top socket. I suppose it depends on what you need to plug into the top socket.
The best recommendation information I can provide is that I will be buying a second one later this year.
