Bought first LED bulbs

Geo-TH,In · Aug 14, 2015

Menards has a sale, $5 for two Feit electric LED 60w replacement, 9.8w. 800 lumens 3000k. I put an LED next to an old 60 w incandescent. LED is a brighter white, old is more dull yellow.

Will they really last 9 years? Compact florescent don't seem to last as long as advertised.

I thought I would take a chance.

Jim in Ma. · Aug 14, 2015

I can't say yet but I have changed over most of the lights in the house to led.
it's only been a few months so I'm not sure about the life of them. I really like the light they put out. As for saving on the elect. bill - I don't think I see any.

Paul from MI · Aug 14, 2015

Contrary to popular political belief, they have their place. Especially good in hard to reach areas or where the light is on for long periods. Old incandescents are the choice for other applications, as where they are not on long or frequently. Just my opinion.

Gambles · Aug 14, 2015

They probably won't last as long as what is written on the package, but LED bulbs are good and I'm slowly switching most of my bulbs over to LED.
Unlike the CFL bulbs which really are, for the most part, junk.

onefarmer · Aug 14, 2015

LEDs work great outside where CFs won't light up due to cold. I've been using leds since they came out with the superbrites. None have gone bad except for the one I killed with a ladder, WHACK.

I put 12v leds in our landscape lights. I was replacing the old ones twice a year and the leds have lasted three years now.

RJ Keith · Aug 14, 2015

The 9 years depend on how much you use them, most LEDs are rated for either 25,000 hours or 50,000 hours. But that also depends on a number of factors, the most important being heat and how efficiently the light gets rid of it. They would probably last longer than you in your freezer, but put them in a bulb in a jar fixture in your attic, and the probably would not last the summer. Use LED bulbs in open fixtures with good airflow for long life.

jeffcat · Aug 14, 2015

One problem we have at work is the way you place them. Like a table lamp they can cool and last very long. Upside down like a bathroom fixture they stay hot and can fail. Good air flow is your best friend. I use the 6000k bulbs where I want "day light" color. If you want "warm" like an old style bulb then go 32 or 34k color.

K Effective · Aug 14, 2015

We just replaced some bulbs at work, in four specific pump rooms- the former incandescents had been replaced by CFLs which rarely lasted a year (constant on, inside vapor glass/cage enclosures). They also found LED bulbs to replace the larger metal halide bulbs directly, with no change to the fixtures. These also have glass enclosures with cages. MUCH brighter, and no where near the heat from the metal halides. Looking forward to observing the lifespan of the LEDS, I understand engineering is working on total plant replacements. We are hard on all bulbs, with an inherent vibration and higher average voltage than normal (132ish)

paul · Aug 14, 2015

I like the led bulbs.

Those squiggly things the govt tried to foist upon us are a joke, they are not as bright as advertised and don't last as long as a good incadecent for me. Blah!

But the led seem to be pretty good. True energy savings at the low wattage they use, and seem to last a long time, good light from them.

I put a rated at 15-20 watt one in the basement where the cat hangs out a lot, it uses an actual 2-3 watts, it's been plugged in and on 24/7 for over 2 years now. For the low wattage I can just leave it on. And it lights up enough I maneuver in the basement now myself without turning a real light on. Pretty good. I've used more for real lighting, like them too, but this low watt one has run a lot of hours.

Paul

hrRoss · Aug 14, 2015

i just put a row of led lights above my workbench, replacing 4ft flourescence fixtures. they are 5ft integreted fixtures, it plugs into the next fixture end to end. impressed so far, really bright, white light

Dick2 · Aug 15, 2015

We took the CFL's out of our recessed lights and replaced them with focused LED's that light up the floor area better than the CFL's did. Wife really likes them.

T in NE · Aug 15, 2015

The apartment I moved into isn't allowed incandescent bulbs. So I pulled most of the 13 watt cfl and put in 11 watt LED. The "soft white" are noticeably brighter, but the "daylight" ones, wow. Its like having a hundred or hundred 25 watt incandescent.

Fluorescent bulbs put out a lot of UV light and they kill my eyes.

Bruce from Can. · Aug 15, 2015

I like the "instant " on they give. You can change over your old florescent fixtures to LED ,. Ballast has to come out, and get anew guts, and bulbs.

Russ from MN · Aug 15, 2015

We have had great luck with cfl's, only lost a couple in the 15 years they have been out, but will switch to led's as the price comes down. In the garage at the cabin I will probably stick to incandecents for awhile, need to be able to see to skin a deer when it's 0 F in there!

MarkB_MI · Aug 15, 2015

I'm slowly replacing incandescent and halogen bulbs with LEDs now that prices are dropping. I don't LEDs are cost-effective compared to CFLs; you can buy a lot of CFLs for what it costs to buy an single LED and LEDs aren't that much cheaper to operate.

I'm mainly using the LEDs for applications where you can't use CFLs: Lights on dimmers and lights in cold spaces. I also have a couple of light strips that have halogen mini-floods; the halogens burn out quickly and use a lot of power. The LED replacement floods are expensive but should last forever.

JBDyer · Aug 15, 2015

Since these new fangled bulbs came out, when I replace any bulb, I write the date on them with a "sharpie" on the base of the bulb, I was surprised how quickly they burn out. Not impressed at all JB

Fatjay · Aug 15, 2015

I bought into the whole CFL craze when they came out. Replaced every bulb in the house. "Longer lasting" my posterior end. Within 6 months I had replaced nearly half of them, and by the 2nd year I'd replaced them all. 60w regular bulbs went back in and lasted the same, if not longer, but were now around 40 cents a piece at that point.

Now that LED has come out, I was treading carefully. I started off with 4, in the main rooms where they'd be used most. That was about 3-4 months ago and no issues yet. Hopefully they last. One nice thing is I can put them in places where I couldn't put a standard bulb due to heat, like the front porch fixture. Max 40w due to small enclosed space, vs 60w equivilent at 11 watts doesn't make any heat and is cool to the touch. That's where the next ones I buy will go.

Jon Hagen · Aug 15, 2015

Thats a great price. I bought enough for every light fixture in my new house last fall at around $5 for EACH bulb. They make the LED's in 2700 K if you want the yellow color of the old incandescent bulbs. I have about 1/2 2700 and 1/2 3000-3500, Mostly Cree brand depending on what color I perfer in each room.

NoNewParts · Aug 15, 2015

great deal
I am working on converting to LED...hate those squiggly ones..it's always cold here..squiggly+cold=useless

I have to wait for a sale to get a 60w LED for $5 apiece.
Hopefully the bigger ones will come down soon..$15-$20 apiece is too much.
My house is old and dark...I need the bigger ones.

K Effective · Aug 15, 2015

I needed to replace one of eleven 65W bulbs in our kitchen recessed fixtures today. Local ACE had two 65W incandescent bulbs for $9.49 ($4.75 each). A two pack of LED equivalents was $24.99 on sale for $19.99 with ACE card (9.99 each). OR, a contractor box of 6 LED for $49.99 ($8.33 each). I bought the box of six, replaced the dark one in the kitchen, then asked my wife to identify the only LED of the eleven- she could not spot it!

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