LED bulbs: Does anyone have recommendations for high-intensity LED bulbs that will fit into a standard light socket? Thanks...

Mike Adams Loc: Connecticut

Does anyone have recommendations for high-intensity LED bulbs that will fit into a standard light socket?

Thanks

JFO Loc: Oregon

Mike Adams wrote:

Does anyone have recommendations for high-intensity LED bulbs that will fit into a standard light socket?

Thanks

They are available everywhere now, Mike; Home Depot, Lowe's, most hardware stores, etc. Prices are coming down. There is hardly a lamp in my home any more that isn't an LED. I never did like those compact fluorescents. If you convert just a few at a time, the sticker shock won't be so bad. There is even greater savings when you can find two-packs and four-packs. Make sure you get lamps labeled as dim-able if that is the application such as in a dining-room chandelier or a range hood that usually has several brightness levels. A 40 watt equivalent LED usually uses about 7.5 watts and the 65 watt equivalent, about 13. Also I've noticed that a 40 watt equivalent LED actually seems a bit brighter than a 40 watt incandescent. Most of the LEDs claim to have a CT of about 2700 degrees K. I even saw small candelabra-size bulbs this week that can be used in night lights and in washers and dryers. John O.

TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

Just make sure you get what you want ....or take them back for a swap-out!
I bought some "Daylight" bulbs thinking "I like daylight".....but OMG.....these LED Daylight bulbs are way to harsh for me.....greenish or blueish tinge ....yuck !

MACT Loc: Connecticut

I am really looking for high intensity bulbs 500W equivalent, or close to it. I can get fluorescent bulbs but figure if there are LED bulbs I would prefer them.

TucsonCoyote Loc: Tucson AZ

MACT wrote:

I am really looking for high intensity bulbs 500W equivalent, or close to it. I can get fluorescent bulbs but figure if there are LED bulbs I would prefer them.

I don't think technology has caught up with your needs just yet! lol :XD:

JFO Loc: Oregon

TucsonCoyote wrote:

I don't think technology has caught up with your needs just yet! lol :XD:

I agree with TC. I haven't seen or heard of any LEDs that big. You should start thinking in lumens. Find out what the brightest 500w incandescent provides in lumens, figure out how many of the brightest available LEDs it will take to duplicate that, cobble together, or buy, a multiple-lamp fixture and live with a somewhat broader and softer light source. John O.

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

The biggest LED bulbs Batteries Plus carries is a 90 watt equivalent R40 flood. The brightest they carry is a 100 watt equivalent of the standard household style. Batteries Plus is about the only place that the warranty is covered IN STORE. Most other places, Sam's Club, Costco, Walmart, Home Depot, & Lowe's included, make you keep the package & your receipt and mail the bulb back to the manufacturer. On the back of the package, it says "Do not return the bulb to the store". At Batteries Plus, you don't even have to keep your receipt. Disclaimer -- Yes, I work for Batteries Plus. :) :) :)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Mike Adams wrote:

Does anyone have recommendations for high-intensity LED bulbs that will fit into a standard light socket?

Thanks

Consumer Reports has a review of them in their latest issue.

60W equivalent
Samsung and Feit Electric tie at a rating of 99 $16 and $15
3M 97 $20
Philips A19 95 $18

100W equivalent
Switch 100 99 $50
Sylvania Ultra-LED 95 $50
Philips A21 92 $25

These have a rating of 23 years!

I bought some outdoor LED spotlights that would not fit into my outdoor sockets, so I returned them and finally found ones that fit. The first ones I bought were too think in the neck area.

coondog Loc: Lost in Vermont

I stay away from ones that are made in China..heard that they've been known to start fires.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

coondog wrote:

I stay away from ones that are made in China..heard that they've been known to start fires.

You're thinking of matches. :D

Cykdelic Loc: Now outside of Chiraq & Santa Fe, NM

Mike Adams wrote:

Does anyone have recommendations for high-intensity LED bulbs that will fit into a standard light socket?

Thanks

I would to with CREE bulbs....they have bulbs along the range, hot to cold (white to blue) along with a new one that replicates the yellowish cast of incandescent.

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

JFO wrote:

They are available everywhere now, Mike; Home Depo... (show quote)

I prefer incandescent, but . . . I also don't like CFLs. They don't give enough light, take too long to turn on and have mercury in them. They can't just be thrown away like the old light bulbs. They have to be taken somewhere that will accept them. For those reasons, I've been buy a few LED bulbs at a time. Replacing incandescent when needed. Just for the heck of it, I write the date the bulb is installed to see how long it will last.

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

Collie lover wrote:

I prefer incandescent, but . . . I also don't like CFLs. They don't give enough light, take too long to turn on and have mercury in them. They can't just be thrown away like the old light bulbs. They have to be taken somewhere that will accept them. For those reasons, I've been buy a few LED bulbs at a time. Replacing incandescent when needed. Just for the heck of it, I write the date the bulb is installed to see how long it will last.

One of the nice things about LED is that if it burns out after the warranty, you can just throw it away. There's nothing in it that is hazardous to the environment. Most of them have a plastic globe that can be recycled.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

nicksr1125 wrote:

One of the nice things about LED is that if it burns out after the warranty, you can just throw it away. There's nothing in it that is hazardous to the environment. Most of them have a plastic globe that can be recycled.

I hope I see one of my LEDs burn out - after 23 years. I'd be 93! :D

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

jerryc41 wrote:

I hope I see one of my LEDs burn out - after 23 years. I'd be 93! :D

I'm not far behind you, Jerry. The warranty at Batteries Plus is only 5 years. They're rated to last almost 23 years. We've had a couple returned that burned out prematurely but only a couple.
It's a rare day our store doesn't sell at least a dozen & sometimes several dozen. AEP, 1 of our energy companies here in Ohio, is offering some outstanding rebates on the 60 watt equivalent bulbs.