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so Phillips put out a $60 LED light bulb (60w and 100w equivalents) that will last (on avg) 20 years. Would you buy them?

Posted by tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) (aka Truman) Apr 25 '12, 09:04

Some stores are got deals to sell them for less (the 60w is $50 at home depot, etc).

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would have to see how the light quality is before I committed to it. -- nm - znufrii Apr 25, 09:21
That would make me want to take the lights with me if I ever moved :) -- nm - Capstern Apr 25, 09:19 2
- me too but I'd likely forget. Also - I'm never moving. ever. UGH. - Epiphany Apr 25, 09:31 1
  - Its soooo nice -- nm - Capstern Apr 25, 17:21
I'd try one somewhere it'd get a lot of use, but wouldn't enrage me if it sucked, and go from there. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 09:14
Only if they had a warranty of some kind. I get pissed when CFLs blow after less than a year - TWuG Apr 25, 09:13 1
- yeah they don't seem to last nearly as long as they should. we use them at the theater and even the ones at home don't seem to last -- nm - sycor Apr 25, 09:21
I'm happy with CFLs. And I have yet to have to replace any of them. We'll see... -- nm - con_carne Apr 25, 09:12 10
- I can't stand the color of the cfl's generally. I mostly only use them for closets and such. -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 09:13 9
  - me too. I hate them for doing artwork. The color and brightness are abysmal. -- nm - loosilu Apr 25, 09:37
  - I find I need to get the right kind. my living room cfl is like a hospital, but my bedroom is actually very nice. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 09:15 6
    - I'm generally frustrated that the models/tech changes so frequently with the bulbs that by the time you go to replace one you can't buy the same kind - oblique Apr 25, 09:18 5
      - now that I think about it this problem existed with incandescents too, it just didn't bother me because they only cost a dollar. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 09:24 1
        
        the differences were not nearly as significant then. -- nm - zork Apr 25, 09:45
      - This is part of the problem. Also, I find it very hard to use them to replace bulbs because you wind up getting different light from different bulbs - pmb Apr 25, 09:21
      - and you have to buy extras and replace nearby ones to match the lumens and colour of the new one. -- nm - zork Apr 25, 09:20
      - all the ones in my house have been here since I moved in a little over a year ago. I'm hoping the living room goes soon. -- nm - mafic Apr 25, 09:19
  - The Reveal ones are much better in this regard. I had the same issue until I found them -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 09:14
is it guranteed? How do they know it will last 20 years? -- nm - decline Apr 25, 09:09 1
- they've been testing them for 20 years obviously! - oblique Apr 25, 09:12
That's pretty steep. My question mostly still is how bright they are. I seem to have a hard time finding LED light bulbs that actually throw off the - pmb Apr 25, 09:08 2
- yeah, most are only 11 or 13 watts at best. I had a 23 watt (supposedly equiv. to 150W) but it burned out quickly. -- nm - zork Apr 25, 09:15
- hmm, true. the original ones i got a couple years back take a few seconds to reach full light - tRuMaN, (not a knock off version) Apr 25, 09:11
No, because I feel like I'm changing CFLs as fast as incandescent and they cost way more -- nm - oblique Apr 25, 09:07 1
- CFLs have heat issues and just will not work well in some areas. - TWuG Apr 25, 09:18
Nah, the other ones don't last as long as they should, I wouldn't expect these to either -- nm - Epiphany Apr 25, 09:07
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- I tried a couple for my outdoor bulbs since they're pretty much on all the time. We'll see. -- nm - pmb Apr 25, 09:09

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