TORCHSTAR 6-Pack MR16 LED Bulb Dimmable, Aluminum, 12V, UL Listed, 3000K

With a modern city loft, I have a lot of these fixtures. In years past I've tried various LED models and always gone back to the halogens. This year I purchased batches of a half dozen models here on Amazon, both less and more expensive, tried them all. Within days I tossed out the others and purchased several more boxes of these. The almost 500 lumen brightness beats the halogens they replaced, both brighter and a better beam shape. The color is just a shade whiter than most halogens, probably because they're 3000K versus 2800K, and the color rendering index (CRI) appears dramatically superior to the other models. It's not GE Reveal blue, it's still a warm white, just not orange-yellow. All other models I tried either buzzed or flickered or both. These are dead quiet, suitable for high humidity such as in bathroom ceilings, and dimmable to go well with smart home switches. Heavy solid construction, cool thanks to excellent heat dissipation, mounts easily in fixtures. You won't find better MR16 GU5.3 for several times the price.

Works great, does not flicker with my leviton electronic dimmers. Previous LED bulbs I had flickered at low dim setting and also was never completely "off". These work and look exactly like 50w halogens except now I have energy savings, with brighter and wide angle dispersion of light.

Were fine for about 7 years but now they flicker all the time. These dimmable bulbs are on a light strip that I'm guessing only gets used around 100 hours a year because they only light up our hearth when decorated during Christmas. Since they are LED, I expected a longer lifespan. I'm trying a different brand when replacing these bulbs.

Make sure they fit in your fixture. They are a little longer than the standard halogen MR16. If you have a bezel in front of the bulb it may not fit. Otherwise they work great. Using them on DC in an RV.

The bulbs are great so far. Perfect fit in the fixture. The color is a good match for traditional soft white (yellowish). The bulbs are dimmable, and have a decent range of brightness, not as good as a traditional bulb, but they do dim unlike other LEDs that claim to be dimmable but do not dim. The only item to be aware of is the lights are bright, as are most LEDs. These will outshine traditional bulbs. For us, this is what we wanted and we rotated some of the halogens to make certain parts of the room brighter and other parts less bright. Good luck with your bulb research. We like these so far.

These are great! They provide a nice bright, clear, but not overly cold, white light, and dim perfectly smoothly. They are more conical than the halogen bulbs I had, but otherwise, they are an awesome, energy-saving replacement!

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My order arrived timely, as expected. Before today, my track light was only able to power 3 of the 4 halogen lights it came with. It seems that, because of the decreased power draw required for the LEDs, it now powers all 4 lights, which makes me a very happy customer. The lights are noticably different from the halogens, which glow a bit more as you can see from the photo. The LEDs are more directed light, which is fine for my little kitchen. The halogens also emit a great deal more heat, another big plus come summer.

Brighter than the 7.5 W units they replaced, but seem to be better for our dimmable system.