Not for brightening up the area, its more subdued like mood lighting so I was hoping they would be a tad brighter. I couldn't read by this light but it works for the 5 light floor lamp because I can use different lamps with each switch and great if you just need a bit of light to break up the darkness. I have regular bulbs in 2 sockets and these in the other 3.  My only concern, the bulb cups are some kind of plastic or silicone maybe and these bulbs seem to burn hot. Just set it up so I will be keeping an eye on that.