Cheap LED bulbs: TCP 60W Soft white 2700k 3 pack

[BenJeremy]

2-Pack of 480 lumen, 40W equivalent, dimmable LED bulbs.

$5.97 for a 2-pack @ Home Depot

You have to use a specific zip - 98383 - and select the Silverdale location and use PayPal to checkout.

Buy 8 pairs and get free shipping. Cost me $50.63 shipped to Michigan for 16 bulbs.

 

[killster1]

2-Pack of 480 lumen, 40W equivalent, dimmable LED bulbs.

$5.97 for a 2-pack @ Home Depot

You have to use a specific zip - 98383 - and select the Silverdale location and use PayPal to checkout.

Buy 8 pairs and get free shipping. Cost me $50.63 shipped to Michigan for 16 bulbs.

3$ a bulb good deal.. to bad it cant be duplicated by me even if search manually with information inputted.. Oh well I TRIED! maybe someone else can try etc

 

[BenJeremy]

3$ a bulb good deal.. to bad it cant be duplicated by me even if search manually with information inputted.. Oh well I TRIED! maybe someone else can try etc

Did you use the zip code to set your "home" location?

It has to be the Silverdale location, and you need to pay with PayPal so it doesn't lose that location's pricing.

UPDATE: Looks like they are out of stock again. Keep checking, this has happened several times.

 

[dehemke]

There are some on amazon (search [US]: 100w led e26;search [UK]: led e27 <1000> lumen), though they're pretty pricey. A 100w incandescent is typically ~1400-1700 lumens (US) and ~1300-1500 (UK).
Perceived brightness will be related to color temperature.

The "100w" leds (a26) are bigger than normal bulbs (a19).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-series_light_bulb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature
examples of various color temperatures

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls_lumens
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/lumen/overview/howtochoose/packaging/packaging_en.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb#Electrical_characteristics
lumens of 100w bulb

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Spiffy 3M video advertisement of what's in their bulbs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-84Hq-NsYsQ&feature=player_embedded

Great info. Thanks.

 

[killster1]

Did you use the zip code to set your "home" location?

It has to be the Silverdale location, and you need to pay with PayPal so it doesn't lose that location's pricing.

UPDATE: Looks like they are out of stock again. Keep checking, this has happened several times.

says wont ship now but is instock.. haaaaa great

 

[Plugers]

says wont ship now but is instock.. haaaaa great

Yea, I was refreshing all day yesterday and it wouldn't ship at all.

 

[BenJeremy]

says wont ship now but is instock.. haaaaa great

Yeah, they canceled my order

 

[dchristian]

You guys can correct me if I am wrong ...

You realize this is the Internet. That's about half of what we do here.

 

[TheSlamma]

CREE has pretty much the best bulbs, too. I have a friend who works for Osram and according to him everyone in the LED industry trails CREE (many vendor just opt to use CREE LED's instead of trying to compete with them)

I've had some generic bulbs fail (flickering or blinking off and on) but so far my Philips and CREE bulbs have all been solid.

As killster said, Home depot sells CREE bulbs for around $8 regularly (for the 40w) and I noticed has Philips 60w on clearance (at least by me) for $10, both better choices than a generic bulb. CREE bulbs dim, use less power, have a likely honorable warranty, solid R&D and the materials are excellent (real frosted glass)

Cause they are made in USA.

The other junk is from China and it doesn't last. Their incandescents don't even last, if you go incandescent you buy Poland made, but LED you go Cree, they are by far the best quality.