LED Bulbs finally break the $10 barrier!!

This is how green energy should happen...not by subsidy, or pushing technology before it is ready, but by putting out a product that makes sense economically...then people will buy it!

Great news....and actually made in America!!

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DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Cree, Inc. (CREE) introduces a game-changing series of LED bulbs at a retail price point that gives consumers a reason to switch to LED lighting. The long-lasting Cree LED bulbs showcase Cree’s commitment to LED lighting innovation. The new bulbs shine as brightly as comparable incandescents while saving 84 percent of the energy compared to traditional bulbs. The Cree LED bulbs are backed by a 10-year limited warranty and available exclusively at The Home Depot®.

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With a retail price of $9.97 for the warm white 40-watt replacement, $12.97 for the 60-watt warm white replacement and $13.97 for the 60-watt day light, the Cree LED bulbs save 84 percent of the energy compared to traditional incandescents. Cree LED bulbs can pay for themselves quickly and then pay consumers year after year. By replacing the incandescent bulbs with Cree LED bulbs in a home’s five most frequently used light fixtures, consumers can save $61 per year on electric bills.*

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cree-intr ... 00016.html

Where is the green thread? Buried under the snow?

I haven't found any for that price that were any good. I finally ponied up in a couple areas I had no other choice, and I do love them, but had to pay out the nose for them. I despise CFL's....

I did change out my refrigerator bulbs for LED's....now if we leave the door ajar, it doesn't heat up the fridge!

Costco has started carrying multi-packs of LED's for great prices.

We also just bought some new track lighting for the kitchen from Costco the strip has 4 LED lights fixture is stainless steel and they were $50.00.

Now I just need take the old stainsteel lights to Echo or Habitat.

SC wrote: The 50W flood light EcoSmart LEDs I've been getting ($25 each) to replace the flood lights in my cans.

You have flood lights in your bathrooms? <evil grin>

jf1acai wrote:

SC wrote: The 50W flood light EcoSmart LEDs I've been getting ($25 each) to replace the flood lights in my cans.

You have flood lights in your bathrooms? <evil grin>

I was thinking more like on her person but this is a G rated show so I'm not going there... :Whistle

Thanks for taking my remark in the light it was meant.

Let's face it, if you could have pulled it off it would be a really neat party trick (wow, what a bright sweater)! lol

All things being equal, we have to play the cards we have been dealt and I have a lot more respect for intelligent women, the other variety is too vain and predictable for my tastes.

Anywho... I bought a bunch of CFLs when they came into the market on the theory that since they last longer and consume less energy I would save some money and over time I have saved a few bucks. I replaced every bulb in the Cave with a CFL except the appliances and the garage door openers. I'm unhappy with CFLs in many applications and it sounds like the LED lamps are the way to go in applications where instant on is needed. I think I'll start adding LEDs to my lighting as the CFLs burn out and eventually replace the CFLs altogether. Just in case any of you think I'm about to run out and join the Sierra Club or Greenpeace relax, my motives are simple and selfish - if it saves me money I'm all for it. Any unintended consequence that makes it "green" isn't my main concern.

As the CFLs I've been using for several years burn out, I will replace them with LEDs.

I'm too cheap to replace a bulb that still works!