$7.97 CREE LED bulbs at Home Depot

[ultrarunner]

I've been buying CREE "Soft and Natural" TW series mostly in 60W that use 13.5W

Box reads 93 CRI, 10 year warranty, assembled in USA and no mercury...

Don't remember what the single indoor flood is over the dining room table.

All the fixtures in Mom's home date from the 1950's which is another savings being able to have a bulb that simply screws in. As a child I remember putting 100W in just about everything... that meant 3 100W in the bedroom ceiling fixtures and 4 in the bathroom fixtures plus 3 or 4 in each fixture in the family room, kitchen, etc... it was even pointed out when they bought that the home had builder upgraded light fixtures with 3 bulbs EACH

Years ago, I did install a Home Depot Lithia T8 ceiling fixture in the Kitchen and both my parents really liked it with the premium spectrum bulbs... 64W replaced 600W

As to heat... they will be slightly warm to the touch... never hot... still remember touching a pole lamp with a 100W bulb as a child and burning my forearm... probably could have fried an egg it got so hot...

The place in Olympia is all electric and with many can fixtures and other lamps... I imagine the savings would be huge dumping all the incandescents for LED... of course the initial cost would be high.

 

[JPRambo]

"Daylight" bulbs are a whiter light, not a brighter bulb.

 

[k0ua]

And these, apparently put out less heat than incandescent?

Is soft white or daylight brighter?

To my aging eyes I think the daylight is much brighter. The soft white looks just like an incandescent lamp. In other words, somewhat yellow looking in the 60 watt range at least. The daylight is very white, kinda like a very white florescent tube. And yes they put out much less heat.

 

[sixdogs]

Thank you all. I'm going to give these a try.

 

[ultrarunner]

I started with one about 18 months ago... then, I bought a bunch to give out at Christmas when we had an extended family get together... since then, I've replace almost all the bulbs in my home and at the folks...

Still have a few incandescents in the basement, attic and guest room...

 

[LD1]

I replaced all the bulb in my house with LED. All daylight versions. Mostly the Cree 60w versions. Some 40w versions and some 75w versions. Just depends on what I wanted. My dining room is small and has a 5-bulb ceiling fan, so went with 40w versions there. LR is rather large and only a 2-bulb fixture. 75w ones for that. Most of the rest were 60w.

I also bought some of the phillips flat ones. Tad cheaper, but light is just as good IMO.

I was actually disappointed to see the $7.97 price. AEP has been subsidizing them at HomeDepot for awhile. 2 months ago when I bought all of them, the 60w crees were $4.97/bulb and the daylight ones were like 50 cents more.

I added some new fixtures in the basement and picked up some more bulbs last week. Was shocked when I seen them for $7.97 each. The new 4-flow or whatever was about a buck less. Didnt even know what they were and havent had a chance to read anything about them so I went with the standard Cree's.

My only note is they dont preform well in a recessed light where you would normally use a flood. But I did anyway as the kitchen/bar has pleanty of fixtures so there is no lack of light. I didnt want to pay $15-$20 per bulb for a PAR-type LED light when the cree A19's were $5

 

[ultrarunner]

6 pack pricing is a little less... never been able to buy cheaper here... I think it must depend on local utility promotions

Cree 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb with 4Flow Filament Design (6-Pack)-BA19-08027OMF-12DE26-3U100 - The Home Depot

The par bulb was pricey... just bought one... no regrets since Mom uses it all the time for reading.

 

[LD1]

Buying just 1 wouldnt have been an issue. But I was replacing 8 or 9 PAR bulbs in a small ~12x12 kitchen/bar area. It is still plenty of light with standard A19 bulbs. But if you have a recessed light in a closet or something, where you need all the light you can get out of the fixture, buying a PAR bulb is the only answer.

 

[California]

never been able to buy cheaper here... I think it must depend on local utility promotions

Yep.

How does $4.22/bulb sound? 70 miles east of you...


As for heat: heat is directly proportional to watts. You get the same 800 lumens of light from a 9.5 watt Cree or a 60 watt incandescent 'soft white' but the incandescent throws off 6 times as much heat. Considered another way, each incandescent makes 50.5 watts of unnecessary heat that your A/C has to work harder to overcome in summer. Per bulb, x the number of incandescents in use when the A/C is running.

 

[bcp]

But if you use LED's in the winter, you have to turn up the heat to compensate.



Bruce