Hmm still haven't gotten mine. May have to resend mine considering all the damaged envelopes.
Quoted from Crash:Hmm still haven't gotten mine. May have to resend mine considering all the damaged envelopes.
Yours went out in a box actually. By the time your samples were requested I stopped using envelopes.
If anyone got a lovely chewed up envelope and would like samples resent please shoot me a message and I'm happy to get sent back out. Sorry about that!
Quoted from dsuperbee:My sample arrived today, as did an order from pinball life. I will be taking some pics and doing a short write-up here tomorrow. Gotta get up early for work tomorrow.
Thank you again for the sample!
Ok...
So first off, no pics. All I have at the moment is a camera phone, and all the pics just came out looking like bright light.
What I noticed right away:
The warm-white frosteds look good! In my opinion they are not bright enough for GI work, but diffuses nicely and will look GREAT behind any BG where cool white washes out the colors (or you prefer warm white!) I can see using these in older EM games for sure, and will probably use them in my bowler BG when I get that fixed.
Colored frosted bulbs: Again, look VERY nice. I was very much impressed with the Orange I got (which looks MUCH better than the current frosted Orange in my GnR)
I also really liked how the frosted purple stood out. Been hunting for a few of those for a friend's MC, but haven't found any that he liked yet.
The frosted red, yellow, and green looked just as bright as the ones I have from CT.
The super-bright ones that I got were not frosted, and were SUPER bright (at least to me. I wouldn't use these except for spot lights. Just too bright for me.) But for some of the people on here, brighter is what they want!
Overall, these are great bulbs! Thank you again for the sample pack. I will be placing an order when I need more LEDs. (Which should be soon, as I have 2 projects getting close to completion)
Quoted from dsuperbee:Ok...
So first off, no pics. All I have at the moment is a camera phone, and all the pics just came out looking like bright light.
What I noticed right away:
The warm-white frosteds look good! In my opinion they are not bright enough for GI work, but diffuses nicely and will look GREAT behind any BG where cool white washes out the colors (or you prefer warm white!) I can see using these in older EM games for sure, and will probably use them in my bowler BG when I get that fixed.
Colored frosted bulbs: Again, look VERY nice. I was very much impressed with the Orange I got (which looks MUCH better than the current frosted Orange in my GnR)
I also really liked how the frosted purple stood out. Been hunting for a few of those for a friend's MC, but haven't found any that he liked yet.
The frosted red, yellow, and green looked just as bright as the ones I have from CT.
The super-bright ones that I got were not frosted, and were SUPER bright (at least to me. I wouldn't use these except for spot lights. Just too bright for me.) But for some of the people on here, brighter is what they want!
Overall, these are great bulbs! Thank you again for the sample pack. I will be placing an order when I need more LEDs. (Which should be soon, as I have 2 projects getting close to completion)
Thanks for the review, very thorough!
Quoted from pinwillie:My free sample envelope didnt seem to survive the trip as well. bummer!! and i didnt even get a key or a note
Ooh, I sorta feel special now.
Quoted from Magicmike0:Order 127
Hope I picked right shipping to get em by Saturday. I picked first class.
First class with the post ofice is actually the slower option than priority mail at times. The post office is all confused
Either way, got the order and it shipped out today. Right in time for when I went to mail them off!
The LED strips are in and we have added them! We currently have 1 LED strip style, but it is the best. They are the easy to work with 300LED/roll and RGB rolls.
You can check them out at http://pinballbulbs.com/products/rgb-color-changing-led-strip-300ledroll
That's cool, that's kind of why I was thinking. Oh well. Maybe ill get them anyways ))) if not, thanks for shipping so fast dang!!! I just ordered like an hour ago. How did you get that order together and shipped so fast!!??
Quoted from PinballBulbs:First class with the post ofice is actually the slower option than priority mail at times. The post office is all confused
Either way, got the order and it shipped out today. Right in time for when I went to mail them off!
Quoted from Magicmike0:That's cool, that's kind of why I was thinking. Oh well. Maybe ill get them anyways ))) if not, thanks for shipping so fast dang!!! I just ordered like an hour ago. How did you get that order together and shipped so fast!!??
I was in the middle of order processing and the order got printed and packed and in the drop box!
Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:Do you have the Cyan colored bulbs?
No Cyans at the moment.
Quoted from beatmaster:damn those letters look bad, i hope mine will be ok, it's going through custom.
Yeah, they really do! I only sent the first batch of free samples like this. Someone let me know theres was pretty rough so I started using our regular shipping boxes for the last set. If yours is in a box it'll be just fine. If not, we may have to resend because I'm sure customs will eat that envelope right up!
So I think the shipping conformation number you sent me is a bit wacky.
Shows that the package shipped from California back in 2012 and arrived in North Carolina on June 8th of 2012.
Maybe stamps.com is on the fritz?
Quoted from Ranhorton:So I think the shipping conformation number you sent me is a bit wacky.
Shows that the package shipped from California back in 2012 and arrived in North Carolina on June 8th of 2012.
Maybe stamps.com is on the fritz?
Once it is scanned into the computer it will update. The USPS reuses tracking numbers.
Quoted from PinballBulbs:Once it is scanned into the computer it will update. The USPS reuses tracking numbers.
Interesting. Good to know.
And Thanks so much. Can't wait to try out the new bulbs!
Can I pick some up live ? I will be coming up from the coast on Tuesday I need about 70 bulbs ... The Oregon coast Manzinita ... Thanks
Looking forward to getting the sample pack I ordered last night. Looking forward to comparing them to the other's on the market.
Quoted from Dawson:Can I pick some up live ? I will be coming up from the coast on Tuesday I need about 70 bulbs ... The Oregon coast Manzinita ... Thanks
I can get them shipped out for you, not a problem. The local pickup on the site is for 2 of the local ops who I deliver them to since they order such large quantities and quite close to me.
So my first free sample got lost in the mail and the op was cool enough to send me another batch. This second batch was really well packed, and arrived super quickly.
I tried to take pictures comparing his bulbs with CT's when lit and found it difficult to find the right camera setting, but I've attached a photo anyway.
As someone has previously said, they are very similar to CT's bright bulbs in appearance, color, brightness and size. It may not show well in the photo, but the lights are nearly identical. The difference being the clear dome on the Pinball bulbs LED's. I've attached another photo of the two side by side after removing the dome.
Good product, and that's important because imho his competition has a good product as well.
I wish him success and will be a customer of his in the future...thank you.
Quoted from Lermods:Do they ghost? I'm thinking of giving them a shot. Cointakers do not ghost and work really well!
These currently ghost. Cointakers that are comparable to These ghost as well. Their non-ghosting are about 1.59 or so a piece.
We will be adding non-ghosting shortly!
Quoted from Crash:They look just like CoinTakers, haven't gotten a chance to install them yet.
These frosted are brighter than cointakers. Cointakers have a double underneath the cap and these have the equivalent if cointakers super underneath the cap. You can pop off a cap from each brand and see.
Quoted from zippydapinhead:Was very happy with the samples I reviewed and put in another order tonight. Good stuff!
Just got that order - that was FAST!! Thanks!
Well looks like I got some work to do today. Goons bling out the ole Tomcat
Thanks PinballBulbs for the quick and cheeeeeap shipping. Ordered Wednesday and picked first class( cheapest ) and got them today (Saturday)
Quoted from SKILL_SHOT:I hope mine come today! Does the resistor on CT's bulbs make it Non-ghosting?
You have to order the non-ghosting to get that. Yeah, they do have the extra Component. If you take off the base off you can see the differences.
Hmmm,
reading this thread Im wondering if my samples got eaten by the mail sorting machine... I had just written them off as ignored/forgotten/new-seller-overwhelmed/etc.
Quoted from Magicmike0:Almost forgot... Heheh
Nice!! Glad they got their in time for you! Post up pics of your final led job!
I really like the idea of pulling the cap off of the frosted, it works really well for inserts!!!!
Thanks pinballbulbs !!!
Quoted from SKILL_SHOT:I hope mine come today! Does the resistor on CT's bulbs make it Non-ghosting?
It's a capacitor. The resistor prevents the LED from burning out at 6.3v. The capacitor smooths out the current flow so that the LED doesn't flicker.
Quoted from Iamdarras:I really like the idea of pulling the cap off of the frosted, it works really well for inserts!!!!
Thanks pinballbulbs !!!
Hey. Just so I don't break them. I do want to try with clear caps off too and compare bright and super bright. How do I go about doing it? Just twist... An do they go back on if I don't like super ? Thanks.
Quoted from indypinhead:Those LEDs look like the fatter ones that cointaker has been selling lately.
If so, they won't fit into the holes on the playfield for the GI.
I beg to differ, I converted all of the GI on a game using these LEDs and didn't have a problem.
Quoted from Magicmike0:Hey. Just so I don't break them. I do want to try with clear caps off too and compare bright and super bright. How do I go about doing it? Just twist... An do they go back on if I don't like super ? Thanks.
Quoted from indypinhead:Those LEDs look like the fatter ones that cointaker has been selling lately.
If so, they won't fit into the holes on the playfield for the GI.
Not true. I have only had one person let me know they are tight on older gottliebs. They slightly shaved the colored ring and they fit perfectly.
They fit just fine in all other games including EMs which we have tested.
Quoted from luch:us your back teeth
I wouldnt officially recommend this, but we have been known to do the same.
Got my sample pack today! You can't beat it for the price! I got 53 bulbs total! Gonna try them out tomorrow and ill report back.
Thanks Pinballbulbs!
Ok guys here's my f-14 in all pinball bulb led's.
-All color matched clear cap inserts except for the green which is frosted
-all GI is cool white frosted caps except for a few red and blue frosted
Thanks pinball bulbs for the quick shipping and a sweet product.
This is my first led job, I maybe should have chose warm white but I just figured I'd go bright with the cools to pop with the rest of the inserts. I am already used to it and it looks clean in person. Post a pic and a vid. Thanks again to all you guys who got me this far. I gotta give big props to Crash for listening to me day after day on my jacked up flippers(wrong parts from the start from previous owner)
Enjoy...
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