Overall a nice bulb. Good, warm light, powerful and concentrated beam
Once corrected by barndoor, it shows a little fit of a grid pattern, but I assume if you do not need it very narrow and do not use barndoor, it works fine. You could also use some kind of frost in front if needed to soften it even more.
It behaves nicely when dimmed too.
Cant comment on lifespan yet, but It served all the Christmas events that it was needed for without any issues - so far so good.