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Pros & Cons

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Pros

These are very nice. They are well packed and all look to work right. First time ordering a studio bulb. Provides the additional lighting i needed for portraits.

Light is bright, but additional lighting is still needed shooting at higher shutter speeds and/or unless you have a feature on your camera that allows for exposure compensation. When not photographing subjects, i use it to illuminate a room in my hous...  Read More



Cons

It didn't make any noticeable humming noise or flicker during its short life. One of the bulbs was broken in the packaging. It appears that when the bulb was placed in the styrofoam it was forced and not seated correctly. This leaves me a little conce...  Read More

I am not sure how the lumens output is, but the actual wattage is lower than advertised. All five cfl bulbs arrived ok, however they are not 85-watt. I have an 18 watt led bulb (100 watt equivalent) that produces considerably more light. Small but per...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Very satisfied with the quality of the item


I purchased this to replace a bulb that came with the esddi soft box kit


I prefer continuous light for the wysiwyg comfort

Price


I am using these rather than the lights that cost upwards of 60

Packaging/appearance


I emailed the seller whose email was on the packaging

Competitiveness


However this actually is an 85w bulb


As others have noted it is larger than similarly rated bulbs

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    bright, great, good, two and soft.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 650 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 15 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I use them for my art studio hasnt been near as hot as the ones i got from square one


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As others have noted it is larger than similarly rated bulbs


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    However this actually is an 85w bulb


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It peaked around 86w during warmup and settled in around 83w


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I tested the other lamp from the kit and it only uses about 55w and is noticeably less bright


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have only had the lamp running for a couple days and will update this review if it fails prematurely


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its ok though because they are much more brighter than the 45w that i originally have


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought the lamp for lighting up the office for ambient lightphotography but the full spectrum daylight ishaving a positive effect on my sad seasonal affective disorder soi leave it on all the time

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