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hey I'm seen that's right Chris standing here in front of the Walmart great value 60 watt equivalent bulb this is a 10 watt LED that puts out well over 800 lumens of light almost 900 lumens so a very good 60 watt equivalent now this is the soft white 2700 K version of the bulb you can also get it in a daylight variety that shines closer to 5000 K kind of that hot blue light both versions cost less than five dollars and are fully dimmable now these bulbs are brighter than almost all of the other 60 watt replacements we've tested and they're also more efficient than a lot of the low cost options out there more efficient than the G bright stick and the cree 4 flow LED not quite as efficient as the philips 60 watt LED though with plenty of brightness in a very nice price tag we'll of 5 bucks I like these bulbs a lot but I have some qualms with their dimming capabilities neither one dimmed down much further than 20% at minimum settings that's not very good you really want your bulbs to dim at least below 10 percent if you compare it to this Ostrom bulb here that dims down a lot lower you can see the difference another key dimming difference these bulbs flicker a little bit at low settings on certain dimmers not every dimmer we've tested but enough of them take a look at it here next to the Ostrom bulb again you can see it flickering I do the same thing with the Osman bulb you can't see that same flicker awesomes got a better dimming bulb there I prefer a bulb wipeout Osram one or maybe the Cree for flow LED I wanted a dimmable bulb for less than ten dollars that does a nice job getting down to those little levels without flickering but if I'm not so concerned with dimming these live up to their name they're a great value and if you don't need dimming at all they've got a non dimmable version that is even less expensive only cost about three bucks per bulb that's a very good value my problems with the dimming aside these are still a no-brainer upgrade over incandescent an incandescent light bulb will cost you about seven dollars a year if you're using it's three hours a day use one of these bulbs for the same amount of time and it'll cost you about a dollar 20 add that to the $5 price point it's still a cheaper option so even for a free incandescent this is a better value for my full rundown of these bulbs check out the full review at cnn.com along with the rest of our lighting coverage for CNET appliances I'm right Chris you