http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/ Engadget Comments for The Home Depot takes LED lighting mainstream with $20 bulbs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/1) lumens
2) watts
3) color
4) price

Home Depot already has a myriad of CFL bulbs that outperform this LED. Buying a different tech for the sake of tech is teh lame. Results matter.]]>May 11th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
What they have likely done here is grouped a crapton of cheapo LEDs into a clusterf*ck, hidden it behind that nice diffuser pingpong ball and slapped it on the shelves for cheap.

The low output, high powerdraw, and low cost are giveaways. ]]>May 11th 2010 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
Read the press release. It says that it is 9W]]>May 11th 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
Read the press release. It says it is 9W]]>May 11th 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/I actually work for a large lighting control company and we recently tested this bulb out. I don't have all the numbers myself, but I can say it outperforms every LED bulb on the market, and even ones that haven't hit yet. Has great color to it, they say it's a 40W equivilent but looks more like 60W (yay), only takes an actual 8W, and has excellent dimming performance.

I've seen about two dozen LED fixtures, so I can say with confidence this is a great one. ]]>May 11th 2010 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
The whole light bulb industry is a gimmic. Your average incandescent lasts a few months. When we built my house 8 years ago, we installed commercial grade bulbs - not the walmart stuff. While we have replaced many with CFL's since then - it wasn't because they burned out. The commercial bulbs LAST. And, our CFL's go out in a steady stream - never approaching the promised lifetimes. At 10x the cost per bulb, the CFL's often don't payoff. At 100x cost per bulb, it doesn't take many LED bulbs going out to make the costs outweigh the gains.]]>May 11th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
No one is getting rid of incandescents because they don't last. We want to get rid of them because they use so much god damn electricity. ]]>May 11th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
The CFL lamp itself usually doesn't die, it the electronics in the base of the lamp (the ballast) that dies. You'll find they die a lot quicker used upside down because the electronics get hotter, thus decreasing their life span. Typically it's cheaper to run a halogen bulb a 85% dimmed (almost not noticeably lower light output) than run a cfl bulb when you factor lifetime and cost of the bulb. ]]>May 11th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/Yep - folks need to check their house voltage. In my county it runs 120 to 122V ! County says it's due to outdated equipment. We buy higher voltage bulbs, but they are hard to find. Regular bulbs don't last.]]>May 11th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/And LED bulbs don't contain mercury either.
]]>May 11th 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/You wrote
1) lumens
2) watts
3) color
4) price

1. Yup, couldn't agree more
2. LED will use lower W at same lumens
3. You mean "color temperature"?
4. As in initial cost or over the life of the bulb?]]>May 11th 2010 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
That may explain why my CFLs last so long; all are in horizontal sockets.

Personally, I use fluorescents first for lower heat output (I live in the south), and secondarily for energy savings.]]>May 11th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
I'm with you on this. It's all a joke. I have had so many lighbulbs (incandescent and fluorescent) burn out well short of their promised life spans.
The 'catch' here, Engadget? These $20 will not last you 50k hours. Sorry.]]>May 11th 2010 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.37161
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We've got a large home - well over 5,00 sq feet - and we've got a *lot* of CFLs. There are no incandescents anywhere. We've been running CFLs for years, and let me tell you -- the lifetimes on them are FAR less than advertised with ONE exception, and that is in places where they don't get turned on and off. There, they tend to last even longer than specified, which is interesting, but not the common application. LED lamps are very likely to follow the same lifespan character, and for the same reason: To make these bulbs affordable, they use cheap components, and they skimp on things like surge protection.

While I'm delighted with the change in power consumption the new technologies offer, with all the benefits of that to the house's infrastructure, the constant replacement of the bulbs is a real hit to the financial part of the picture. Lifespan is very important. I'd rate it as critical.]]>May 11th 2010 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/60 and 120Hz fatigue my eyes and tend to cause headaches.]]>May 13th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
This means that things won't look the colour that they actually are. It's exactly the same as how you can't see colours under a low pressure sodium street light. That has a single horrible orange peak, so everything looks orange. Four peaks are much better, but still not great.

Fortunately LEDs have a much better spectrum that is fairly smooth:

http://web.ncf.ca/jim/misc/cfl/index.html]]>May 11th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
I'm with you 100%. CCFLs are fine for porch lights or whatever, but if I'm going to spend any time near a light, I want full-spectrum bulbs. Halogens are my current bulb of choice, though if LED bulbs can actually come close to their spectrum, I might switch.]]>May 11th 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
You know what can replicate the warmth of an incandescent bulb without using any electricity at all?

Burning whale oil. ]]>May 11th 2010 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
there are the options to get 'warm' leds, but they are less efficient. and trying out the cold ones is really worth it. so far people all enjoy the light, after the first "urgh wtf?".

the other big thing about led lights is the instant-on-ness. never turn on a light and even wait a second till you see something. just walk into the room, and while walking, turn on the light. it will be instantly on and you see where you walk to. you get pissed at every other light once you get used to that (similar to ssds).

so yeah, you can chose. but you should chose wisely.]]>May 11th 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
I cannot stand the warm incandescent glow now.]]>May 11th 2010 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
I like my skin pig-rose.

(What's pig-rose?)]]>May 11th 2010 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/Think about this way; now the hospital will feel like your own bedroom, how lovely!]]>May 11th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
Man, you just gave me my laugh for the day, thank you kind sir!]]>May 11th 2010 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
As for the color, I got really white CFLs and they are great. Super bright, really white, much better than incandescents. I don't understand people who say they prefer incandescent bulbs, the color is totally not natural.]]>May 11th 2010 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/People don't like the white color. I find it very ugly.]]>May 11th 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
"their light spectrum is very similar to full-moon light, which is a light we normally enjoy very much"

You and the other lycanthropes? ;D]]>May 11th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/
No, it's a lightbulb, not a blender.

I don't think they even make LED blenders.]]>May 11th 2010 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/I guess you are not getting the joke?]]>May 11th 2010 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/11/the-home-depot-takes-led-lighting-mainstream-with-20-bulbs/May 11th 2010 4:31AM