Ritek LED bulb RKB-7W-60000K - Review and First Look

This is a first look and mini review of Ritek LED bulb RKB-7W-60000K.  This LED bulb brand is available in CD-R King and currently sold with a promo price of P188 (about $4.27 US) and is the one that is very bright in the 7watt line on their display window.

I already bought about 3 units, and so far they work as advertised.  The brightness is a bit lower than a 14 watt CFL (compact florescent lamp), but is sufficient enough as a light source.  If you need a brighter light I would suggest a higher watt LED, or just go with a CFL.  I noticed that a higher LED watt does only a little increase in lumen.  Lumen is the the unit used to measure brightness from a source.

In LED packages, I see a 7 watt LED typically produces 450-500 lumen, while a 9 watt LED bulb produces only 550 lumen, highest I saw was I think 600 lumen.  Brighter CFL such as 14-15 watt, produces about 700-850 lumen.  So if you don't need your room to be bright, a 7 watt LED will do on a 45 sq. ft room.  But ideal room size for a single 7watt LED bulb should only be 33 sq. ft.

The Ritek LED bulb RKB-7W-60000K, has a silver aluminum body, that can absorb the heat produced by the LEDs.  At first I thought it was made of plastic with color of silver.  Dome is made of glass, that emits the LED light much brighter than it can previously can in older LED versions.

Pros and cons of this LED light product:

Pros

• Energy Saver (less energy for same lumen)
• Long life (3 yrs according to the package with 1 yr warranty)
• Light is immediately bright (unlike CFL that needs to warm up a bit before light is optimal)
• No Mercury content according to their package, so environmentally friendly.

Cons

• Cost more than a typical CFL (2 times more expensive than ordinary CFL)
• Light is less brighter since the direction it has more light is directly below is fixed on top.

This product is still available from the last time I checked in a CDR King branch in Cubao on April 26, 2014.  Product has a 1 year service warranty, but according to the sales personnel it will just be replaced since no one fixes LED anyway.  Just keep the receipt and box to avail of the warranty in any of the CDR King branches in the Philippines.

Product link on CDR-King website: http://www.cdrking.com/index.php?mod=products&type=view&sid=14387&main=158#.U10dQfmSzK0