October 2016: Anyone still holding out and using 'standard' 60W incandescent bulbs? (how much, appliance)

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by hbdwihdh378y9

funny how i'm so unlucky then. My failed philips led was not in an enclosed fixture.

And i think users will know a bit more about the product's actual performance than a distributor.

not at all .we have to deal with the defectives . most are are warranted when they fail for quite a long time. we sell thousands of them and have very few issues . we sell many to industrial and commercial users who would return any that fail .

realize too that rated hours are the midpoint where equal numbers of lamps failed and are still going .

[BostonMike7]

I swapped my entire house out to those Cree 60W and 65w recessed light bulbs. Under $3...why not?


My electric bill went from around $60/month, to $35-40/month. I have a LOT of recessed lights through the house, and usually the kiddos leave them all on.


I spent roughly $300 on the LED bulbs, and in the year since install, have almost paid for that in what I've saved. Not a single one has failed either.


I kept the incandescent bulbs though.

[slyfox2]

My brother in law. But I bought 5 LED's for 5 bucks at walmart the other day. MY BIL wants instant on, and so he may go directly to LEDs.

[mathjak107]

a lot of these cheap led's are crap

[damba]

Originally Posted by mathjak107

a lot of these cheap led's are crap

Since you are in the industry, which LEDs would you recommend? Even some of the 'better looking' Sylvania's I have purchased from Home Creepo don't really look nice (color temp). No idea about longevity of course

thanks

[mathjak107]

I like cree and maxlite . Philips and Sylvania are good too but sometimes are priced higher . green creative has a good reputation too

[robr2]

I've been upgrading all my incandescent and CFL to LED as they burn out. I did upgrade all the recessed cans with the LED/trim kit for my family room and kitchen. Those 13 can lights were on all the time and we've saved lots of electricity with them. I did buy LED floods for the cans in the bedroom but have to change out the dimmers in order to use those.

[Heterojunction]

All LEDs. Incandescent bulbs are inefficient and obsolete.

[jtab4994]

Originally Posted by selhars

Just curious…..

I know prices of LED and other bulbs have come down. But I have a stash of incandescents I'm still using.

I also have a stash that Al Gore doesn't know about.

I am replacing incandescent bulbs strategically with LED's.

But I have two old 40-watt bulbs that say "HALCO" and "POLAND" on them that will probably never burn out. The came with the house, and that was in 1993.

[riaelise]

I still use incandescent light bulbs for most fixtures. Don't care for LED light. What kills my electricity bill isn't light bulbs that's for sure...