LED Light bulbs?

[blitz]

Soft white. The daylight ones seem very hospital like to me.

[BigDL]

I have daylight for the kitchen pot lights. Where I don't need a dimmer I would probably go with the bright white 3000k non dimmable ones.

[JustinMCS]

soft white. the daylight is too white and stark for me.

[schocker]

Maybe I will pick up the soft white then as I was going to start off in my room with those, maybe day light would be best suited for the kitchen. I supposed over time one could get used to the daylight all over the house, would keep me more alert around the house

[schocker]

I bough 3 slimstyle soft white to try in my bedroom. They replaced 3 60w bulbs and they are significantly brighter. I can see why you guys don't get the daylight, it would be like the sun in your room

[sputnik]

Soft white.

Daylight bulbs look terrible in a house. However I do like them in the garage.

[eblend]

Being in Japan at the moment I can't check, but can anyone give me the base size for a standard bulb? They have a ton of them here from Phillips, Toshiba, Sanyo ect and saw some for about $7 on sale, so want to pick some up but not sure of the size.

[The_Penguin]

Originally posted by eblend
Being in Japan at the moment I can't check, but can anyone give me the base size for a standard bulb? They have a ton of them here from Phillips, Toshiba, Sanyo ect and saw some for about $7 on sale, so want to pick some up but not sure of the size.

How are they labelled E?
E26 is the standard for North America. It's 26mm or about 1 inch.

[OU812]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Reveal...L-TP/204473282

Walking through Target last night and picked up 6 of these for $1 each!!

[ExtraSlow]

was it max six? Which target? I need some of these.

[OU812]

It was Chinook. I got the last 6.

[schocker]

I went to HD beacon hill and didn't see anymore of the 10.5 w soft white but they had a bunch of the 8 w for $10 for people wanting to try those. Might be a decent combo since the 60w equivalent seem to be pretty bright so maybe on a multi-light fixture the 40w's would be better.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Monoprice sells LED bulbs now, anyone try them?

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_i...seq=1&format=2

[schocker]

Those might be worth trying, about $3-4 cheaper than anything her. i might buy a couple the next time I buy cables

[supe]

Just a warning tho guys, I order from Monoprice quite a bit for work, the shipping charges are getting a bit ridiculous plus the prices are all in american so price wise its becoming less and less favorable.

[schocker]

Originally posted by supe
Just a warning tho guys, I order from Monoprice quite a bit for work, the shipping charges are getting a bit ridiculous plus the prices are all in american so price wise its becoming less and less favorable.

If you have below a certain weight though you can get cheap canada post shipping. That is what I usually do. Amazon.ca also has many monoprice things. Way cheaper than anywhere I have found for most cables though like hdmi usb etc. still

[sputnik]

I would pass. I find 3000K still a bit green as a tungsten filament replacement.

I prefer 2700K Philips bulbs.

[ExtraSlow]

FOr cheap HDMI cables, a lot of dollar stores have started carrying them. By Sister-in-law runs two of those stores, and says her cables are about the same price as monoprice.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by supe
Just a warning tho guys, I order from Monoprice quite a bit for work, the shipping charges are getting a bit ridiculous plus the prices are all in american so price wise its becoming less and less favorable.

Yeah it totally depends on weight. If you go over a certain amount, it's basically $40 but at least its 1-2 day shipping (+GST via COD)

Amazon.ca sells their $2 cables for about $6, so it doesn't take long to make the shipping worth it. If you are barely past the "cheap" shipping threshold, you're right it's probably cheaper on Amazon. If you have a lot to buy or have 2-3 people on the order, it's usually better on Monoprice.

I ordered a 4-pack of cheap HDMI cables on Amazon (4 for $10, same price as Monoprice) and they were REALLY low quality, they don't fit my components very well either, they almost need to be forced in. The monoprice cables fit much better and are made way better.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by OU812
http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-Reveal...L-TP/204473282

Walking through Target last night and picked up 6 of these for $1 each!!

WTF.

Are there prong-based LED's for sale locally?



The set my parents bought in Asia are duds. POS.