Comments for Cree LED Light Bulb Hits Milestone Price Point at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://ecogeek.org Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-48215 LED light as long life span and high lumen efficiency can with 60% energy saving, one day CFL would be replaced all and missed. Love CREE, love LED and love technology. - Jim Tam Thu, 02 May 2013 23:38:08 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-48163 These new Cree bulbs are almost as good as the L-Prize Philips bulbs and look much more "normal" in an open enclosure. My testing shows that these are about 10-30% more efficient than the CFL equivalent while generating better light than the CFL. The "60W" soft-white Cree draws 10W while the equivalent CFL draws 11-13W. The "40W" Cree draws 6W while the equivalent CFL draws 8-9W. Not quite good enough to justify the replacement of functional CFLs, but good enough to replace dead CFLs with Cree bulbs. The instant on and being dimmable is another plus as well. - Dave R Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:57:05 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-48104 LED lighting is gaining wide popularity these days. You'll see LED flood lights in outdoors and LED tube lights in indoors at almost every place you visit. This is basically because of the energy saving feature of these LED lights which is encouraging their use. Also, these lights create a soothing effect in the environment which is why it is being liked by people. I think the prices will continue to drop down if the popularity grows like this or no alternative comes to the market. - Jennifer Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:08:45 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-48041 I understand that LED lights have a long life. They must have a very large supply of photons inside them if they can last so long. This brings me to my question. If one disposes of these LEDs in say a land-fill before all the photons are used up will this become an environmental hazard? I am thinking that the photons could become free and cause pollution. - Carl Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:16:44 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-48012 Agree completely. I try to limit my light usage to the room I am in anyway. The amount of energy that I am using compared to one streetlight, that is on form dusk until dawn, is minimal. Imagine how much could be saved in just transforming street lights into LEDs. As well as reducing the light pollution in a city such as Chicago. There are numerous benefits. - Bill Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:38:39 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47994 Every time I see a new article about CFLs, I recall what one researcher stated. If we converted all the lights in all the parking lots across the country to solar powered unit with rechargeable battery capability -- it would save MORE electricity then changing every bloody light bulb in every home in America. Cheaper CFLs are nice but still seem like a wrong way to 'go' for trying to curb electricity hungry areas. - Kol Drake Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:33:59 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47991 what took the so long?? I've been using CFL, ecosmart and G7 900lumen LED bulb for months, and i detest the yellowness of edison bulbs. Cree is best in the world, an excellent price and MADE IN AMERICA, HELL YEAH! I WILLBE AT HOME DEPOT, get me some! - Leo Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:36:27 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47990 Hi there, I'd just like to link people to a cool infographic I saw a while back that compares incandescent, CFL and LED lighting. http://www.lamps.com/resources/infographics/cost-of-lighting.html Particular points of interest are that CFL's contain toxic mercury levels, have a higher carbon dioxide emission rate and cost more to run than do LED's. Cheers, Kev - Kev Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:56:00 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47989 always good to see prices getting lower, but the $10 price level for a 40w equiv LED bulb has already been reached by home depot ecosmart LED and its been like that for many months as far as i can remember. I think the same goes for the one sold at lowes too... - lance Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:05:56 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47981 These LED bulbs are not more efficient than CFLs. The are pretty much the same in efficiency. The problem with these LEDs is 1) The price and 2) The deliberately misleading power ratings. - Susan Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:14:38 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/3850-cree-led-light-bulb-hits-milestone-price-point-#comment-47980 This is awesome! Until now, I thought that the CFL's were a necessary evil, and the best thing we had to replace incandescent lighting. I always thought I would just have to put up with their washed-out color (although some have gotten better), and their imposed health risks. It's such a relief that LED's, which are far more efficient, safe, and versatile, are finally cheap enough to become a contender! - Luke P Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:10:14 +0100