SYLVANIA - 194 T10 W5W LED White Mini Bulb - Bright LED Bulb, Ideal for Interior Lighting - Map, Dome, Cargo and License Plate (Contains 2 Bulbs)

Easy to install, nice and bright

Installed probably 30 of these in various applications, always bright and easy install.

LED bulbs were installed in the tag lights on my 2019 Tundra. They fit perfectly in the shallow housings and give off just the right amount of light to really light up my tag. Looks more modern now. The thing I like most about them is that they aren’t too bright like some on the market that interfere with the backup camera by being too bright. Perfect for my application!

Best quality LED upgrade for my car interior so far. Bright but not too bright.

One of the license plate lights on my 2017 Toyota Yaris iA burned out, so I thought I'd swap both with these nifty LED replacements. The manual calls for W5W bulbs (and there's a whole list of equivalent bulb numbers, but the most common is the 168). These LED bulbs certainly fit perfectly, but there's not enough resistance for the bulbs to function. I didn't feel like adding load resistors, so instead just swapped them out with Sylvania 168 incandescent bulbs. I'll hang onto these and see if they'll work elsewhere.

I bought these for the interior cockpit lights in my Toyota. The others I installed in the passenger and cargo area are super bright. These are perfect for my purposes, distinguished but not overwhelming.

These bulbs are excellent, because…1. Much brighter than incandescent2. Excellent uniform beam output3. Good quality light (high CRI)4. Low power consumption - only 0.7W @ 14VBrightness: It is much brighter than an incandescent bulb, but it’s not a crazy bright LED that is blinding. Despite popular belief, it is not good to get a high power LED that blinds people - it can actually be dangerous. This bulb is not too bright. I would estimate 70-80 lumens based on typical lumen per watt ratios of 100 to 115 lumens per watt. It could be higher. If you want an LED that blinds people, this is not for you. If you want responsibly higher light output than incandescent with all he benefits of a quality LED, then this is a great choice.Beam Pattern: the light output is very uniform and evenly dispersed with a full 180 degrees (360 degrees around). No bright hotspots.Good quality light color with high CRI. I didn’t measure the CRI, but I have compared enough LED bulbs to know the difference of a high CRI rating. It makes nice light.Power Consumption: I confirmed it draws 0.050A (49.6 mA) with an amperage meter. This means it consumes 0.7W @ 14V (typical running voltage), even though the package says “0.5W”. The electrical current draw (0.05A) is constant, and the power consumption (Watts) will vary with changes in voltage. Oddly, the package also says 12.8V, which doesn’t make sense. A healthy car or motorcycle battery is 12.6V with the engine off. During normal operation with the engine running, the vehicle’s electrical system voltage is typically around 13.5 ~ 14.5V. Published Watt and lumen figures are typically at 13.5V or 14V.I used this to replace a W5W incandescent bulb. I measured its amperage to be 360mA, which aligns with the incandescent bulb spec of 5W @ 13.5V. The LED only uses 14% of the power. It doesn’t get hot light the incandescent and makes many more lumens.Like many of the common automotive wedge LED bulbs, this is advertised to replace multiple incandescent bulbs. This bulb, and all the bulbs it replaces, have a W2.1x9.5d base type. “W” = wedge, 2.1 = base thickness in mm, and 9.5d is the length of the contact surfaces in mm.• W3W, W5W, 194, 168, 2821, 2825 all use same wedge base, W2.1x9.5d.• 2821 ≈ W3W ≈ 194. They all use about 3W and all output about 20-25 lumens.• 2825 ≈ W5W ≈ 168. They all use about 5W and output around 40-50 lumens.

It is better to pay a little extra for the Sylvania bulbs that buying the cheaper led bulbs and having to replace them on by one when they start flickering after a couple of years. I have not had any issues with these bulbs after 6 years so far!