How do the Minions Web Ultra-bright all purpose LED Spot light bulbs compare to off the shelf incandescent spot bulbs?

You can compare them to the general incandescent bulbs available from what measurements we could find.

Our actual measurements of some 70 and 100 watt Spot lights on hand yielded surprising results - they measured within 10% of what we consider comparable bulbs.
The one piece of information is that no lighting company wants to declare at what distance the lumens are being measured.
This has led me to believe that the "lumens" cited on most incandescent spot light bulbs available are not remotely accurate.
That "information" is posted in a table below our LED data table.

We have provided 5 distances, and lumens stated on the table are at 1 meter distance.

Please use this table to see the measurements we obtained in bulb testing.
Glean from this data what you may.

All bulbs in this table are 110vAC with an E26 Base (Medium Screw-in) and a 14-22° Beam Angle

Bulb Color	Wave length	Bulb Type	Lux  1'	Lux 1 Meter	Lux  6'	Lux  25'	Lux  40'	Lumen/ Sq Ft**	Field Width @40'	Throw^	Watts	Amps	Field Angle	Test Image
12 LED 5mm
UV	375-395nm	E27
Purple	395-410nm	E27	106	15				10			0.96	0.009
Blue	470nm	E27	530	68				49			0.96	0.009
Green	525nm	E27	960	135				89			0.9	0.008
Yellow	590nm	E27	260	35				24			1.03	0.009
Orange	605nm	E27	460	60				43			1.03	0.009
Red	624nm	E27	489	63				45			1.03	0.009
Warm White	4000K	E27	827	103				77			0.96	0.009
Cool White	8000K	E27	870	108				81			0.96	0.009
18 LED 5mm
UV	375-395nm	E27	34	4				3			0.77	0.007
Purple	395-410nm	E27	12	2				1			0.77	0.007
Blue	470nm	E27	570	75				53			0.83	0.008
Green	525nm	E27	580	76				54			0.83	0.008
Yellow	590nm	E27	390	50				36			0.9	0.008
Orange	605nm	E27	850	105				79			1.03	0.009
Red	624nm	E27	660	82				61			0.9	0.008
Warm White	4000K	E27	1321	162				123			0.83	0.008
Cool White	8000K	E27	1390	170				129			0.83	0.008
36 LED 5 mm
Duo UV	375-410nm	PAR20	43	8				4			1.22	0.011
UV	375-395nm	PAR20	25	6				2			1.28	0.012
Purple	395-410nm	PAR20	65	11				6			1.22	0.011
Blue	470nm	PAR20	315	43				29			1.28	0.012
Green	525nm	PAR20	541	75				50			1.41	0.013
Yellow	590nm	PAR20	395	53				37			1.54	0.014
Orange	605nm	PAR20	252	32				23			1.47	0.013
Red	624nm	PAR20	475	65				44			1.54	0.014
Warm White	4000K	PAR20	1102	135				102			1.67	0.015
Cool White	8000K	PAR20	1160	142				108			1.67	0.015
Infrared	840nm	PAR20						0			1.73	0.016
50 LED 5 mm
UV	375-395nm	PAR30	87	13	5	1	n//a	8	20		2.82	0.026
Purple	395-410nm	PAR30						0			0	0.000	-
Blue	470nm	PAR30	1820	230	72	5	3	169	25+	16	2.89	0.026
Green	525nm	PAR30	2060	250	70	5	3	191	~30	18	2.95	0.027
Yellow	590nm	PAR30	1030	136	35	3	2	96	20+	11	3.78	0.034
Orange	605nm	PAR30	1310	166	40	3	2	122	20+	14	2.12	0.019
Red	624nm	PAR30	2240	325	60	5	3	208	20+	18	3.66	0.033
Warm White	4000K	PAR30	4028	494	109	8	4	374	25+	23	3.08	0.028
Cool White	8000K	PAR30	4240	520	115	8	4	394	25+	23	3.08	0.028
72 LED 5mm
Duo UV	375-410nm	PAR38	183	29	7			17	30	4.5	2.76	0.025
UV	375-395nm	PAR38						0			0	0.000	-
Purple	395-410nm	PAR38	408	65	16			38	25+	8.5	2.89	0.026
Blue	470nm	PAR38	1730	264	56	4	2	161	30+	15	3.01	0.027
Green	525nm	PAR38	3555	520	125	8	5	330	30	23	3.01	0.027
Yellow	590nm	PAR38	1140	189	47	4	3	106	25+	15	3.53	0.032
Orange	605nm	PAR38	1600	213	60	4	3	149	~25	16	3.85	0.035
Red	624nm	PAR38	2070	293	74	4	3	192	25+	16	3.72	0.034
Warm White	4000K	PAR38	3880	399	152	5	3	361	30	20	3.08	0.028
Cool White	8000K	PAR38	4080	340	93	5	3	379	30	26
Infrared	840nm	PAR38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.23	0.038
120 LED 5 mm
Duo UV	375-410nm	PAR38	340	52	11			32	30*	7	5.9	0.054
UV	375-395nm	PAR38	63	13	3			6	30*	2.5	4.36	0.040
Purple	395-410nm	PAR38	228	30	7			21	30*	4.5	5.71	0.052
Blue	470nm	PAR38	2490	370	95	5	4	231	30+	19	6.03	0.055
Green	525nm	PAR38	5850	865	225	11	6	543	35	26	6.03	0.055
Yellow	590nm	PAR38	1580	210	58	4	3	147	30+	17	7.05	0.064
Orange	605nm	PAR38	1735	185	50	4	3	161	30+	16	7.12	0.065
Red	624nm	PAR38	3510	488	125	5	4	326	30+	21	7.12	0.065
Warm White	4000K	PAR38	6650	807.5	237.5	11.4	5.7	617.5			6.16	0.056
Cool White	8000K	PAR38	7000	850	250	12	6	650	30+	30	6.16	0.056
Infrared	840nm	PAR38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.02	0.073

How was the LED Bulb testing accomplished?

I do not have a highly sophisticated testing rig, a search on the internet puts the only certified LED testing rig at GE.
I used to do software there, wonder if I can go knock on the door and ask to test bulbs!

For the PAR30 and PAR38 bulbs I took a handy dandy extension cord and stake light to the front yard, with a 33 foot tape measure placed the stake so each bulb face would be 25' from the base of my front steps.

The distance from the steps to the front door under my portico (you can see the layout in the 72 & 120 LED bulb pictures) is another 15' for a toal distance of ~40', not accounting for the slight elevation angle.

I then placed a 1 meter/1 yard (flip side) stick at the bulb face and ticked off 1', 1 meter and then measured out to a 6' point, to create the 5 reference points in the table.

Each bulb was then placed in the socket, powered up, and measured with an Model CT-1334A Digital Lux Meter at the 5 points. I additionally measured for 10 lux drop off along the measuring tape (or further back if need be) for the Throw reading.

Next I would measure off the width of the illumination on the house frontage to provide the Field Angle and Beam Width @ 40', since it is a known length of 42' ( I was a civil designer and have a complete CAD rendering of my property).

I did a number of spot reads and averaged them out for each bulb in each distance to get a fairy accurate read on the LEDs

Tidbit - My property has 6 streetlights within 250 of the property centerline that produce an ambient 3 lux read at the stake placement. This produces more additional undesired light than most properties experience. The 72 and 120 LED bulb pictures show how the bulbs at a 40' distance overcome the ambient light.

Halogen Bulb Test Results

The local Home Depot ONLY carries Halogen spots and flood for outdoor use.
These are brighter and extremely hot compared to standard filimant incandescents that I have from past displays.
I hope to acquire more regular incandescents to test with asap.
All the bulbs tested in this table are warm white and Philips brand.

How was the Halogen Bulb testing accomplished?

To save time I am at my desk with a lamp on the floor.
Each bulb is placed in the lamp and I measure 1' from the face and take a reading, then another reading at 1 meter.
I also entered some observations regarding field width or other comments as I thought they may be pertinent. Since the Halogen light is very very hot in spots I did not bother to average the readings, I went for the highest reading I could obtain and used it for this data.
It is astounding at how erratic the results are, the LEDs were muchg easier to predict by comparison.

Conclusions

People have asked repeatedly for a 1:1 relationship of LED Bulbs to Incandescent.
It just is not possible - LEDs are overall dimmer than Incadescents but in dark environments such as halloween displays and night time holiday yard displays serve the purpose extremly well, as they are.
I recommend this breakdown:

120 LED	100 - 150 watt
70 LED	70 - 90 watt
50 LED	45 - 60 watt
36 LED	30 - 45 watt
18 LED	15 - 20 watt
12 LED	5 - 15 watt

Keep in mind LEDS will be on averge 25% less intense than Incandescents.

Errata

Basic measuring unit:
lumen, which is an energy of 1/683 joules per second, measured at a wavelength of 555 nanometers.

Illumination of a surface by a point source:
lux = lumens per square meter.

^Throw = The distance at which Lux drops below 10.

*We could not accurately access the actual Field Width of the UV bulbs simply due to time constraints - we have provided an estimate based on the beam angle meeting the same criteria of the similar bulbs in each array size.

**For Lumen/SQ. Meter - use the Lux @ 1' measure.