light bulbs

There was an add in the paper today by National Grid, our electric company in Rhode Island. National Grid is offerering the Cree 60 watt and Cree 40 watt bulbs through HD in the National Grid service area. http://rebate.creebulb.com/ri

Hank MI wrote:
..,. A 3 way is only 2 light sources, not 3. ...

:S brain fart ... Thanks, you are right.

Gene&Ginny wrote:
A LED 3 way would be interesting but it would probably be too expensive to build in 3 seperate power supplies for the 3 sections, each would need a seperate one. There probably isn't as much call for a 3 way bulb compaired to a single.


I checked HD again and the Phillips and Cree are still on sale. If you put in zip code 02816 and select Coventry #4279 store you get:

Philips 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb $4.97 / each LINK (This one looks like the mini flood light bulb picture that was posted earlier)


and

Cree 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb $7.97 / each LINK

The Warwick RI store shows a higher price online.

I guess HD knows us Rhode Island Swamp Yankees ain't gonna pay $13 for a bulb. ;)

A 3 way is only 2 light sources, not 3. It's one or the other or both to give 3 levels of light. Still more expensive than a single level output though. For those with a Costco membership they have some pretty decent prices on led and cfl lights.

checked at the local Home Depot today. Cree 60 watt eq. $12.97.
bumpy

Gene&Ginny wrote:
(This one looks like the mini flood light bulb picture that was posted earlier)

Quite a few LED bulbs look like they are flood lights because of their shape but they actually provide reasonably uniform light distribution. You can't judge a bulb by its shape anymore.

A LED 3 way would be interesting but it would probably be too expensive to build in 3 seperate power supplies for the 3 sections, each would need a seperate one. There probably isn't as much call for a 3 way bulb compaired to a single.


I checked HD again and the Phillips and Cree are still on sale. If you put in zip code 02816 and select Coventry #4279 store you get:

Philips 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb $4.97 / each LINK (This one looks like the mini flood light bulb picture that was posted earlier)

and

Cree 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb $7.97 / each LINK

The Warwick RI store shows a higher price online.

I guess HD knows us Rhode Island Swamp Yankees ain't gonna pay $13 for a bulb. ;)

When will we see an LED 3-way bulb? It's hard enough to find a 100W max CFL 3-way and thus far, impossible to find an LED version. While I know nothing about the technology, it seems it would be easier to do 3-way than dimmable but then, what the heck do I know!

I was in Home Depot today so I checked their pricing. They now have two different 60W equiv. soft white Cree bulbs. One (same one as previously linked by Gene&Ginny) uses 9.5W and is 12.97 both on web site and in store. I did previously buy this same bulb for 9.97 just a few weeks ago. The other Cree 60W equiv. they now have uses 13.5W and it is 9.97 both in store and on web site. Cree 40W bulbs were 7.97. All of these bulbs are dimmable. There is also a new Phillips 60W bright white bulb that is not dimmable for 9.97.

I am in both Home Depot and Lowes several times a week. In my case they are very close to each other and I like them both for different things. I can't recall the exact prices for bulbs at Lowes but when I last compared they were higher. I did notice today that sales of the bulbs at HD seem to have picked up considerably.

I just looked at Lowes in my area... the LEDs below $10 are 25w equivalent lights. The 60w and 75w equivalent LEDs look to be $10-$15 each.

shakyjay wrote:
Have you checked the store? I know in my case the web site lists the price as 12.97 but the price is less in the actual store.

Yes, I was there last Thursday and the price was the $12.97, way to expensive for a ROI in my lifetime.