http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j913s2fKU64It starts with a split second delay then the light comes on at 80% brightness with 4500K colour and after a while becomes brighter like a 250W mercury and then the colour shifts to daylight colour. The heat sink at the base of the bulb is HOT! After lighting the thing for about 15min and letting it cool down for about the same time the heatsink is still so HOT! I don't think it will last very long not with the sticky tape coil..LOL.