It has been heavily reported that LED lighting prices are in rapid decline, and I noticed this first hand at Sam's Club last week.
About 2 months ago I purchased two GE 2.5 watt LED bulbs for $30. Today, the same package is $20 - a $10 decrease. These bulbs are only 80 lumens (relatively dim), but they work great in my stairwell footing light fixtures and in my refrigerator (which has 4 bulbs!). Point being, 80 lumens has relatively few applications, but if you have a good one you can expect savings.
My application is a stairwell foot light, where a 60 watt bulb was originally installed. Using the payback calculator, these now will actually pay for themselves in their 10 year estimated lifetime, as compared to a 13 watt CFL. And they pay for themselves in just 3 or 4 years compared to the 60 watt bulbs that were originally installed.
Those aren't spectacular numbers, but it is a huge improvement from a year ago. If these gains continue through next year, we'll see LEDs starting to take some market share from CFLs.
I noticed that too - all of my porch lights are now LED - perfect lighting for the night without being too bright.
ReplyDeleteSounds great, but be aware if you are using those GE 2.5 watt LEDs, the small print on the back says not to use them outside.
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