LED Light bulbs?

[Horatio]

I've only tried out a couple of LED bulbs (bought at Canadian Tire and I don't recall the brand). My only nitpicky complaint with them is that they make a bit of noise. Has anyone else found this?

[rage2]

Originally posted by bspot
I thought Samsung was a local company?

Samsung Headquarters: Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea

Yea, they're not allowed to sell them locally so other South Korean LED companies can catch up. I believe the ban extends to LG as well.

Originally posted by Horatio
I've only tried out a couple of LED bulbs (bought at Canadian Tire and I don't recall the brand). My only nitpicky complaint with them is that they make a bit of noise. Has anyone else found this?

Nope, dead silent. They're supposed to emit RF noise, but I haven't seen any signs of it. Wifi is fast, FM radio is clear.

[Tik-Tok]

I bought 6 of those Costco ones today. My only complaint is that because only half of the bulb is actually lit up, you only get half the light coming from it.

It looks better in my living room lamps, because they are supposed to look candle-light, but now it's noticeably darker in there.

[D'z Nutz]

Are you guys buying the Costco ones locally? I went to have a look and they didn't have LED, just CFL.

[Khyron]

Got 3 more floods for the kitchen (6 total all done) - the phillips from HD are expensive but good light, no noise and have a cover or not depending if you want to see the little leds or not. Still mad money.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz
Are you guys buying the Costco ones locally? I went to have a look and they didn't have LED, just CFL.

Yep, the one in Deerfoot Meadows has them. They are in the same aisle as the CFL's, but are easy to miss. Bottom shelf, kind of to the right of the middle of the isle.

[D'z Nutz]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


Yep, the one in Deerfoot Meadows has them. They are in the same aisle as the CFL's, but are easy to miss. Bottom shelf, kind of to the right of the middle of the isle.

Fuck, I was just there yesterday. Okay, I'll check again.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz


Fuck, I was just there yesterday. Okay, I'll check again.

Mind you that was when I bought them several weeks ago, maybe they ran out, because they only had one box.

[sillysod]

I have dimmers on almost every switch in the house and most of the stuff has remote controls.

I tried the dimmable CFL's and they are horrible. I spent a lot of $$$ on them and ended up throwing them all away as they tend to flicker on lw settings.

I switched everything back to incandescent after and am not looking back.

[codetrap]

Has anyone seen stock for LED replacements on the GU20 bulbs? I can feel the heat from the my current 50W & 75W bulbs in the kitchen on my head when I walk by..

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by codetrap
Has anyone seen stock for LED replacements on the GU20 bulbs? I can feel the heat from the my current 50W & 75W bulbs in the kitchen on my head when I walk by..

I've got the same in my kitchen track lighting. Crazy expensive for one or two bulbs, but not too bad if you buy a 16 pack (can't remember if it was Totem or Home Depot for the 16 pack).

You'll need a 16 pack not just for the major unit price decrease, but because just like CFL's, Halogen life span claims are BULLSHIT.

I also call BS on CFL claims such as "13W=60W Incandescent". Even if the lumens are advertised as equivalent, a 13W CFL doesn't seem to match the light output of a 60W Incandescent.

EDIT: Accidentally wrote LED instead of Halogen.

[Stealth22]

Thanks for all the info, guys! I definitely need to pick up at least two LED's, cause we've got 2 hard-to-reach sockets, and if they're on a good price, I'll pick up even more.

I'm like rage, I really hate having to change light bulbs.

[Ven]

Originally posted by codetrap
Has anyone seen stock for LED replacements on the GU20 bulbs? I can feel the heat from the my current 50W & 75W bulbs in the kitchen on my head when I walk by..

I have a set of 6 in a hanging fixture above the kitchen table. Got tired of changing out the shitty halogens, and with the heat they throw off I can just imagine the power they suck. The LED's have similar light, run cool, but do create a bit of hum. After the lights have been on for a couple hours you hear what sounds like a small PC fan running. I can deal with that.

[rage2]

Hosted a dinner at my place and took some pics this weekend, LED bulbs are awesome for photography. Colors are so natural and vibrant. Zero color editing, just noise reduction.

[codetrap]

I checked out CT and they wanted $29/bulb for the LED. Lowes didn't have any stock for the LED, so I thought I'd try the CFL. Wow, absolutely horrible. Transformed our warm vibrant kitchen into a dim moonlit depressing hole. Back to Lowes those will go. I guess I'll just have to wait a while till I see them go on sale. Just not willing to spend $280 on bulbs at this time.

[Mibz]

You're buying the wrong CFLs then. They come in various brightnesses and colours.

[codetrap]

Mibz.. for GU10's. They only had one type.

[Seth1968]

Codetrap, are your GU10 halogens 50 watt? How many watts were the cfl's you purchased? Curious as I've got the GU10's and might try the cfl's.

[Mibz]

Oh crap, I missed the GU10 bit. Yeah I can't imagine there's much variety there, my bad.

[codetrap]

I've got a mix of 50 and 35w in the kitchen right now. Not super bright but definitely cheerful. Did 9 lights, and I have to say even after letting them sit for 20 minutes, it was dark and dingy. The 4 20w incandescents I have in my ceiling fan on the other side of the room were brighter. The color temperature was nowhere near the 3000k that was on the box, probably much closer to 5-6000k. Very dim, and very purplish light.

I bought them from the Lowes by CrossIron, and will be returning them today after work.

They're the same as this.. Bulbs