LED lighting question

[RossMAN]

I own one of them, which I use in a recessed lighting canister in my kitchen. It is a vast improvement over the LED light it replaced, which made my kitchen look like a morgue.

The bulb itself is a bit odd to look at, so I would not use it in a location where it would be exposed. The light does diffuse fairly well, though it is not as good as a CFL, halogen, or traditional bulb.

One thing that irritates me is the lumen ratings on LED bulb packaging are not accurate. 800 lumens from a LED bulb does not look anywhere near as bright to me as 800 from a halogen/standard bulb.

Thank you for the great suggestion and reminder, I knew about this bulb before but never seriously considered it. Over the weekend we visited Home Depot and I found it for $24.97, unfortunately no local utility subsidy. We installed it in one of our recessed can lights and WOW.

First of all instant on, compared to the old cheapie $2 FEIT CFL where it takes a good 5 minutes to reach optimum brightness.
Secondly it's not a clinical white bright light, it's got some yellow.
Third and most importantly unlike most LED's the light isn't directional.

It's not perfect compared to the previous CFL but it's a step in the right direction. If these were closer to $15 less $5 utility subsidy, I would seriously consider buying another 6-10.

Since it's in a recessed can, would it be beneficial to use an extender so the bulb is more exposed and maybe more light will reach the surrounding area? If that would work, what is the correct extender I need to buy? I think we used PAR30 CFL bulbs if that helps any?

 

[XJustMeX21]

We've started to use LED's in our office complex. ( unlike most of you millionaires i'm just a lowly maintenance guy) To say their is a difference between manufactures in a huge understatement. We just installed 50 Cree LR6s in our lobby, they are rated at 2700k and put off a very warm light. I highly recommend these.

We have also used philips lamps, both mr-16s which were rated at 3000k but look more like 4100k and their A19 lamp which is the L award winner and looks very nice and so far has lasted a year without being shut off.

GE is our normal supplier of the standard florescent we use in the building, we have tried their LEDs, the mr-16's look great and their a19 energy smart (claw) lamps have worked great. I do not recommend their par 20 led replacement we have had a roughly 20 percent failure rate in under two years.

If anyone has any questions about LED lamps i may be able to help we have used even more then I have listed here.

 

[RossMAN]

We just installed 50 Cree LR6s in our lobby, they are rated at 2700k and put off a very warm light. I highly recommend these.

Looks great and this review has me sold but $100???

 

[Wreckem]

I have a 40 watt equivalent led running 24/7 for 1 year now. The bulb is always cool to touch. Before anyone asks it used for the cat so he can poop without missing his litter box.

Off topic, but you do realize cats have excellent night vision and can see in almost 100% total darkness, which your house is not going to be anywhere that dark.

 

[XJustMeX21]

Price is about what we paid, We have to look at the energy saving also as these lamps burn 24 hours a day for us. the old fixtures were rated at 900 lumans. we gained an average of 10 foot candles while also removing ten fixtures.

 

[RossMAN]

Price is about what we paid, We have to look at the energy saving also as these lamps burn 24 hours a day for us. the old fixtures were rated at 900 lumans. we gained an average of 10 foot candles while also removing ten fixtures.

Amazon.com is about $85 including shipping, I wonder how long until it hits $50 shipped?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MT8N1O/

Edit: According to CamelCamelCamel it was $49 around July 4, 2012 - I guess I'll wait
http://camelcamelcamel.com/Cree-LR6-LED-Dimmable-Screw-In/product/B003MT8N1O