Magical flood light at Lowe's

Just plain old bulbs. They do last longer because they never reach full brightness, thus the filaments don't burn out as fast.

I bought one a few weeks ago for my driveway. It light up when I want it to, same as the other lights I've had there. My only complaint is the motion sensors seem to die after a few years. This time I may actually save the receipt and folder from the box.

Thanks.

I just discovered that the feature is called "soft start". Here's a link. My original model number was wrong.

I like that feature especially with floodlights. It uses regular bulbs (works just like a light dimmer) and they last a long time because of the soft start which is less shock on the filaments.

Mine actually work that way, however, they are hooked to X10 wall switches. An X10 motion detector turns them on if it is not daytime. Otherwise, 24/7 it rings an inside chime.

Soft-start is fine for incandescent bilbs, will likely burn out fluorescent spot/flood lights.

Just to be sure, you mean that the motion detector will ring the chime when it detects motion, whether it is daytime or not. Rather than the chime rings 24/7. I guess I just read that the wrong way at first.