Eternaleds LED Light Bulbs Go Beyond CFLs - But Are They Ready For Prime-Time?
Posted February 14th, 2008 by JPDD
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You just switched all your lights over to CFLs because you want to live sustainably and save money, but new LED bulbs last five times longer, contain no mercury and they're twice as efficient. Should you switch again? I got my hands on these LEDs from Eternaleds to see if they live up to the hype. Find out what I thought in this video review:
I liked the Eternaleds bulbs and the light they produced, but the restrictive floodlight form-factor and high initial cost weren't suffcient to convince me to make the switch. Here's how I rated them:
Have you invested in LED bulbs yet? Let us know why or why not in the comments!
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Anonymous 25 weeks 6 days 5 hours 19 min ago
I use LED light myself, and I really think that it is a good way to save energy and money for the same result!
Anonymous 1 year 22 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago
[...] LEDs Go Beyond CFLs - But Are They Ready for Prime-Time? - (greendealsdaily.com) “You just switched all your lights over to CFLs because you want to live sustainably and save money, but new LED bulbs last five times longer, contain no mercury and they’re twice as efficient. Should you switch again?“ [...]
Anonymous 1 year 25 weeks 21 hours 34 min ago
[...] were reviewed by LED Museum. Yay!
Anonymous 1 year 51 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago
Looks like they have some good bulbs, but they're still way too expensive...
if you're just trying LED bulbs, you should check out:
http://weloveleds.com/index.php
they also have a more detailed explanation of the mercury issue.
Anonymous 2 years 2 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago
Hi,
I just found your website and I really like it!
FYI-
You might also want to note that CFL Bulbs contain mercury and should be disposed of properly. Here's a recent post of mine discussing it.
http://greenerpastures-lisamarie.blogspot.com/2008/02/mad-hatter-story-m...
Lisa
Anonymous 2 years 3 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
The article is in error when it says LED lighting is "twice as efficient" as fluorescent. CFL bulbs run 45-60 lumens/watt; the larger tube fluorescents go up to 100 lumens/watt.
LED lighting at present runs about 60-75 lumens/watt...slightly better than a CFL, but worse than tubes.
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