Heavily-used LED bulb (left) vs seldom-used bulb (right) after 8+ years. I’ve seen lumen depreciation and color shift first-hand. In June of 2010, I replaced twelve 65W incandescent PAR30 ...
The ultimate goal for LED-based white lighting is to replace all incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps to provide an energy-efficient and long-lasting option for everyday use.
A 10-watt LED bulb emits about 700 lumens, equivalent to a 60-watt incandescent bulb. A 100-watt incandescent flood light produces around 1,300 lumens. That’s plenty of light to brighten an ...
Making The Switch For the closest match, choose a 6-watt-equivalent LED to replace your 60-watt incandescent bulb. Perhaps the easiest fix of all is putting LED bulbs in your recess can lights.
Those with 2700 K are closest to incandescent bulbs ... The Cree Lighting 6 in TW Series 65W Equivalent Dimmable Retrofit LED Downlight is part of the Lightbulbs test program at Consumer Reports.
Incandescent lights might not be as durable or long-lasting as our LED picks, but they do have that je ne sais quoi that immediately sparks memories of cold winter evenings by the fire (or the ...
Mid-last year, in one of my more recent LED light bulb-themed teardowns, I noted the feature set extension that manufacturers were undertaking with the aspirations of differentiation, competitive ...