Why is one bulb blue? What is the difference?
1725751
I am sorry a friend of mine asked me to buy it for her, so i don't know the difference
1725752
My makeup mirror has Day, Home, Evening, and Office, lighting and the bulbs work together to create the lighting selected for makeup application depending on the environment.
1725753
The blue bulb gives off a different light effect. You most likely will only want the clear bulb. This is an odd size bulb, difficult to find, and they are able to package it with a second bulb which will most likely go in the trash.
1725754
I use both bulbs in my mirror. I believe the blue one is used for the night/evening effects & the clear one is for daytime lighting. My mirror has 4 settings.
1725755
There are 4 different settings - Evening, Home, Office and Day. The Office setting uses the blue bulb to simulate flourescent lighting. Use both bulbs - don't throw the second bulb away as one answer suggests. Both bulbs are needed for the four settings.
133338
It is one single light and one single bulb that fits into the light, very bright!
914094
I am not able to upload an image unfortunately. I do though have one of these bulbs on a planted better system on my office desk. It is a very crisp yet cool white color. The blue tint is not very visible or overpowering and makes the white light appear softer while still showing a crisp white rather than a blue or yellow tinge. You may be able to view my particular system on our company (That Fish Place - That Pet Place) facebook page. I hope this information helps you.
984658
I bought one of these units and loved it. Bought another, and it arrived just as your did. I fixed the red flashing by holding it down for a reset, but the blue flashing means that the u/v bulb needs replacing. The bulb is EXPENSIVE, however ($80 or so, if I remember correctly) -- there is no way I was going to eat the cost of the bulb because they shipped a faulty product. You'll have to return it, I expect.
1385143
This bulb only has 1 color. It is a soft hue and very much like the incandescent bulbs. The hardware necessary to alter the color of the led is NOT part of this bulb. However this is a really nice product and we have put them in all our lamps. Quality product!
285098
It's one bulb per dome and a WORLD of improvement. Smart purchase. Hope this helps. Happy motorin'.
1332316
I purchased this bulb to see the color it would give. I found it to have a blue cast. Not what I was looking for.
208660
This specific one you're looking at, is blue. If you look at the images of each one when you're searching through their keyboards you can see the difference. Hope this helps!
2104665
The bulbs vary in price according the the wattage. I believe the cheaper one ($16 to $18) is a 6 watt bulb. I bought the 8.1 watt version for more light. The ads are a little vague on the equivalent incandescent wattage, but I saw one of the 6 watt bulb ads claiming a 60 watt equivalence. I'm assuming the 8 watt (or 8.1) is supposed to be a 75 watt equivalence, but it looks a bit dim to me. It does, however, perform exactly as advertised, so I'm happy I bought it. I believe that ChiChin also advertises a 4 watt version, but I'd guess that it would be VERY dim (40 watt equivalence?). Hope this helps... The bulbs vary in price according the the wattage. I believe the cheaper one ($16 to $18) is a 6 watt bulb. I bought the 8.1 watt version for more light. The ads are a little vague on the equivalent incandescent wattage, but I saw one of the 6 watt bulb ads claiming a 60 watt equivalence. I'm assuming the 8 watt (or 8.1) is supposed to be a 75 watt equivalence, but it looks a bit dim to me. It does, however, perform exactly as advertised, so I'm happy I bought it. I believe that ChiChin also advertises a 4 watt version, but I'd guess that it would be VERY dim (40 watt equivalence?). Hope... » Read More The bulbs vary in price according the the wattage. I believe the cheaper one ($16 to $18) is a 6 watt bulb. I bought the 8.1 watt version for more light. The ads are a little vague on the equivalent incandescent wattage, but I saw one of the 6 watt bulb ads claiming a 60 watt equivalence. I'm assuming the 8 watt (or 8.1) is supposed to be a 75 watt equivalence, but it looks a bit dim to me. It does, however, perform exactly as advertised, so I'm happy I bought it. I believe that ChiChin also advertises a 4 watt version, but I'd guess that it would be VERY dim (40 watt equivalence?). Hope this helps... « Show Less
2283649
It's due to the color temperature of 18K. The lower the number the more white/yellowish it becomes. Just like car xenon bulbs. 4k yellowish. 6k white. 8k cool. 10k cool blue and so on.
15149
There is just one bulb, but the bulb loops back and looks like several.It zaps bugs; but, I can't say that it is effective against mosquitos... even with the chemical patches.
1726187
The blue coating is to offset the natural orange from the halogen. The net result is a whiter light. The light is not pure white - it's still on the warm side, definitely not blue. You're not going to get pure white unless you go with HID (High-Intensity Discharge) lights. These require a converter due to the high voltage required to create the light-emitting arc.
185976
The blue tint in them is barely noticeable. In fact you can really only tell if you park it next to a car with standard headlights. Then you would definitely notice that there is in fact a very light blue tint in the light. But again it's barely noticeable. Due to that I find that they are in fact brighter than standard bulbs. Simply cause blue light tends to be brighter than yellow light. I find I can see much clearer at night and I won't go back to standard bulbs cause I hate the yellowish tint in them. These cool blues are definitely much whiter lights than stock bulbs. And def brighter too. The blue tint in them is barely noticeable. In fact you can really only tell if you park it next to a car with standard headlights. Then you would definitely notice that there is in fact a very light blue tint in the light. But again it's barely noticeable. Due to that I find that they are in fact brighter than standard bulbs. Simply cause blue light tends to be brighter than yellow light. I find I can see much clearer at night and I won't go back to standard bulbs cause I hate the yellowish tint in them. These cool blues are definitely much whiter lights than stock bulbs. And def brighter... » Read More The blue tint in them is barely noticeable. In fact you can really only tell if you park it next to a car with standard headlights. Then you would definitely notice that there is in fact a very light blue tint in the light. But again it's barely noticeable. Due to that I find that they are in fact brighter than standard bulbs. Simply cause blue light tends to be brighter than yellow light. I find I can see much clearer at night and I won't go back to standard bulbs cause I hate the yellowish tint in them. These cool blues are definitely much whiter lights than stock bulbs. And def brighter too. « Show Less
423152
If it's the same bulb type and wattage this should work. I didn't realize initially, but one bulb is blue because of the different lighting condition settings on the Conair mirror. If your Sharper Image mirror has daylight, evening, and some other setting (it's my girlfriend's mirror, I can't remember exactly what they were), these bulbs could be exactly what you need.
700404
I have 2 sets of 6k bulbs and both sets has a hint of blue. Perhaps check to make sure you have a 6k bulb and take them out of the headlight housing when you turn them on before checking for the lighting color. If they are blue then, perhaps it's something in the housing that changed the color to green.
1161278
NO IT IS NOT- I received only ONE bulb, after expecting 10 from all the other answers.
1184674
That's most likely because there's only a blue LED in it. If you're handy with a soldering iron, you can change the LED to what ever color you like.