6W dimmable GU10 packshot

I broke my anglepoise that I'd been using with my 7W "cool" LED, finding the light volume from my 3W Livarno not always enough, and being slightly concerned about lots of research and media reports about bluer colours disrupting sleep when used (for work) in the evening, I decided to try an upgrade to the new 6W/380lm GUI (36-5094) lamp from Clas Ohlson 2012-09-05.

(I am especially happy to buy from Clas Ohlson as one of only two retailers in my town that is currently happy to take back WEEE (failed/expired electronics) and which may save me a long walk to the 'official'/legal disposal point here.)

The light volume and colour is good. I am finding it most comfortable to use the light indirectly, bounced off ceiling and wall, as sideways leakage from my unshielded gooseneck desktop is otherwise a little distracting.

I don't have any way to test the dimming, and would have preferred a version without to save a bit of money and presumably improve overall efficiency though >60lm/W is fine as-is.

The white apparently-ceramic body gets quite hot, though not burning hot, which presumably indicates good conduction of heat away from the LEDs which may help prolong the lamp's life.

The pack is interesting in indicating a lifetime in power cycles (15000) as well as on-time (25000h) when generally LED lamps are not thought of as cycle-limited.

Failed (went very dim) 2016-05-30: Clas Ohlson exchanged in store for equivalent without fuss (old 36-5094, new 36-3600 345lm/6.5W). I suspect that the new spec is equivalent to the old, with the prevalent naughty 10% "fudge factor" taken out on both sides.

Device dated 2018-05-30 failed 2021-03-29. It may have been unused for a while, though having shuffled lamps around after a failure a few days ago I'm not sure. Also went very dim. Minded to drop rating from 5 to 3 given short working life.