Reddit reviews GE Halogen Light Bulbs, T2.5 Light Bulb, 300-Watt, 5950 Lumen, R7 Base, Clear, 1-Pack Halogen Light Bulbs
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ILLUMINATE YOUR HOME WITH HALOGEN LIGHT BULBS: These 300-Watt T2.5 bulbs output 5950 Lumens.WHITE LIGHT BULBS: The clear light bulbs illuminate your home with white light. These light bulbs are perfect for specialty fixtures needing R7 bases.HIGH QUALITY LIGHT BULBS: The T2.5 light bulbs are rated to last 1.8 years based on 3 hours of daily use. These GE halogen light bulbs will not disappoint.
Question for you - why do you think that's similar? I need to figure out how to convey that to people. You're the third person to google that lamp and show it. It would really help me out if you told me exactly what made you think they were comparable.
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To respond to your question:
It is not the same, at all. It's like comparing a night light to a light bulb. Or it's like a single lightbulb vs opening a window on a bright day.
That lamp is 3000 lumens, this one is 7000 lumens, and when you experience it, it feels like much more than twice the light. It has no dimming options really, pretty much just on and off. And the lighting casts shadows and is uneven. I have that lamp, it broke and I had to tape it together.
That lamp is compared in the page I linked to, take a look. It's hard to clearly convey through an image.
The 6000 lumen halogen lamps were the most popular floor lamps ever. When they were banned in the mid-90s, they were allowed to have a 3000 lumen halogen bulb. No one bought those, because they provided very little light, like the one you're showing. No lamp has gone over 3000 lumens for 20 years.
Try it yourself - buy a 180w halogen floor lamp with a legal 3000 lumen bulb, and then buy a 300w, 6000 lumen bulb, and compare. Anyone who experienced those lamps in the mid-90s would know what I'm talking about. Many people wondered where they went.
*Read this article from Forbes:
https://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/1998/0921/148.html
On the home depot website I only see T3, T4 and T5 under "Light Bulb Shape Code". Does that mean if I bring it in to Home Depot they'll say that they don't have anything which matches?
I just searched Amazon for type T2.5 and it gave me a type T2.5 at 300 watts at https://www.amazon.com/GE-19379-300-Watt-5950-Lumen-Recessed/dp/B00006IBF4/ , but when I pick the "100 watt" or "150 watt" options then the product changes into "Type T3" instead. Does this mean that Type T2.5 becomes T3 at low wattage? Or are they different types of bulb such that T3 will not work in place of a T2.5?
thanks.