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hey I'm Sina threat Crist you might remember Phillips slim style LED with a flat design and a unique bulb shape well Philips actually has a new bulb coming up this month it's taking the same approach the Philips Slim style Bea Arthur T is going to work as a floodlight to cast light in one direction as opposed to the omnidirectional light you get from the original sim style so this is good for recessed lighting setups overhead lighting things like that the slim style BR 30 LED uses nine and a half watts of power to put out 650 lumens of light now in our test we found it was a little less than 650 close but not quite so kind of on the inefficient side it's about 68 lumens per watt maybe a little less if our readings are correct but still 16 it's not bad and this bulb does fine it's gonna save you money compared to an incandescent BR 30 or even a CFL BR 30 however just like the original sim style LED we found that this bulb buzzes and flickers quite a bit when you use it with dimming setups take a look at what I'm talking about right here we've got a dimming setup using a dimmer switch that's designed especially for LEDs even there you can notice some flicker with the BR 30 and if I hold my microphone up to it you'll hear a little bit of buzz - now watch what happens when I switch over to this rotary dial dimmer switch from about 10 years ago this model is designed for incandescent only and it works with the slim style but the flicker gets really bad even worse than before almost looks like a strobe light in the end though it might just come down to the price the philips loo style BR 30 only cost $13 and that's a lot less than you'll pay for other comparable VR 30 LEDs from brands like Cree and GE so if you're looking for a good value that's gonna cost a little less and you're not using it with a dimmer switch I think this could be a good bulb for seeing that I'm right Crist