dessa

April 14, 2010 at 8:55am

I just saw a very similar product from Philips at my local Home Depot.  40 W light-equivalent LED for < $50.

TheJalAbides

April 13, 2010 at 10:40pm

I'm calling shenanigans on that funky white orb cradle being some sort of light directing apparatus.  High brightness LEDs need substantial heatsinks to keep their dies cool (unlike incandescent filaments), so my bet is that cradle is actually a cleverly disguised heatsink.

mls067

April 13, 2010 at 8:43pm

the starting price is actually pretty good. I have seen others that go for over $100. So if the GE bulbs start to sell then hopefully the price will drop fast..or we'll have a massive led shortage and anything led will be super expensive.

KNFrH2O

April 13, 2010 at 6:13pm

The bulbs will still use your 120V (60Hz) power (normal US household), but they'll use less amperage.   This will enable them to operate in lamps/sockets you already own or have installed and still produce less wattage. 

As for the appearance of the bulb... who cares what it looks like if it works and saves you money?  Most people don't stare into lightbulbs.  I try not to, anyway.  :)

violian

April 13, 2010 at 6:11pm

Well, these bulbs would definately pay off for industrial/commercial uses. I used to work in a hospital - knowing many custodian/maintenance personnels. And currently, they have to change about 500 flourescent lights per month. It costs roughly $25 per flourescent replacement (factoring in cost of wages to go around and change the lights). So that's roughly $12,000 per month just to change lights. Their new initiative right now is to replace all flourescent bulbs with LED's by 2012 or something because they last so much longer and will save them money in the long run.  

jgrimoldy

April 13, 2010 at 5:01pm

A 17-year low-power light bulb is nice, but: $40-$50 is an awful lot to spend in one shot on just 1 light bulb. 

Currently, my monthly light-bulb budget is not really killing me.

MRrelabled

April 13, 2010 at 4:53pm

yeah, you can't measure in wattage for these lights because of their low power you use luminance. But yes they haven't really been to bright as of yet but once mass productions starts or at least you can find them at the store then you should see better technology.

Neufeldt2002

April 13, 2010 at 4:24pm

Hope this comes in different wattages.

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