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The Biggest Thing Since the Light Bulb
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#12Hah... the light bulbs today are the biggest scam ever.
Light bulbs made 100 years ago are still working today, because the materials used, more precisely, the filament, was made out of a lot more durable materials. However, companies quickly realized that if ligh bulbs lasted so long, no one would buy new light bulbs.
If you have not seen the light bulb conspiracy, please watch it on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPrTk90VZM
Planned obsolescence...
You can buy long lasting light bulbs made with stronger filament, of course they are no LED, but will probably last a century.
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#13Cree is one of the firms from the Wired feature on LED lightbulbs in the August 2012 issue:
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#14Hmm, actually beats a CFL - although not by much, the CFL uses 11 watts, this uses 9.5.
But the CFL costs $1, this costs $13.
It lasts 3 times as long, but still - unless you really need great color accuracy (i.e. CRI), I can't see myself buying this. (I'm comparing to a CFL with the same warm color temperature.)
Edit: CRI of 80! That's worse than the CFL I'm comparing it to!
Why would anyone want to buy this? The small boost in energy efficiency is not worth the $10.
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#15Hah... the light bulbs today are the biggest scam ever. Light bulbs made 100 years ago are still working today, because the materials used, more precisely, the filament, was made out of a lot more durable materials. However, companies quickly realized that if ligh bulbs lasted so long, no one would buy new light bulbs. If you have not seen the light bulb conspiracy, please watch it on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/…
Even still, that doesn't do anything about the energy savings you get with LED...
Re: The Biggest Thing Since the Light Bulb
#16Hah... the light bulbs today are the biggest scam ever. Light bulbs made 100 years ago are still working today, because the materials used, more precisely, the filament, was made out of a lot more durable materials. However, companies quickly realized that if ligh bulbs lasted so long, no one would buy new light bulbs. If you have not seen the light bulb conspiracy, please watch it on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/…
Nonsense.
You can trade long life for energy efficiency. That's all.
After some tweaking and market testing people settled on the current balance.
The old stuff is just not very efficient, that's why it lasts so long - nothing stops you from doing that today, just derate the bulb, use a bulb intended for a higher voltage (or put a dimmer on it).
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#17Hah... the light bulbs today are the biggest scam ever. Light bulbs made 100 years ago are still working today, because the materials used, more precisely, the filament, was made out of a lot more durable materials. However, companies quickly realized that if ligh bulbs lasted so long, no one would buy new light bulbs. If you have not seen the light bulb conspiracy, please watch it on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/…
Even still, that doesn't do anything about the energy savings you get with LED...
I'm just saying. Plus, I still don't understand why people care about light bulbs saving energy. The majority of electricity consumed in a houses and apartments comes from the AC unit, refrigerators, heaters, TVs, and computers.
Implying that this light bulb will save you money would imply that you're terrible at keeping your lights off, and thus you should save money by continuing to exercise bad habits that cost you money.
The way I see it is, the problem with energy consumption in households usually stems from the consumer' habits, and not so much from the equipment used. People are terrible at turning the lights off. Just like my roommates. If I don't turn the lights off, no one else does.
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#18i use one of these to walk my dog. it's ridiculously bright and it's laughable when you see someone using a 'normal' flash light which basically just looks like someone using a zippo lighter to light their way.
bought 2 for the office and 1 for the car too. mine use regular AA batteries not the expensive high voltage rechargeable ones.
edit: this comment is about the same cree LEDs except in flashlight form.
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#19Where can we get these in Europe?
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#20Off topic, but am I the only one to find the automatic scrolling very annoying ? Don't move the page on my behalf.
The site is so annoying I didn't even read the content. Terrible.