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Originally Posted by vdubr928
They are usually brighter but they don't broadcast like an incandescent which is what the reflector is designed for.
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That depends. This type is highly directional, and will typically not give a uniform light in a lamp designed for a standard bulb, and instead show a spot or a dotted pattern:
The designs with LEDs on the side, however, emits light in a way that somewhat resembles a conventional bulb, and gives a nice, uniform illumination:
(I say "resembles", because although this lamp does emit light mostly to the sides, just like a conventional bulb, it is not from a single point (the filament), so the light from the reflector will be less focussed. For some applications, that is acceptable.)