The lamps arrive well packaged  and protected and at a heavily reduced cost price.  If anything, the luminous intensity is too much!  Inference was a gentle glow, actuality is a bright filament emission tantamount to squinting if one is to look at the open filament.  All that aside, there is nothing wrong technically,, merely assumption based upon the promotional material beforehand. Due to durability and luminosity, I would buy again, but not for artistic gentle glow needs!