LED or CFL ?

[SunEagle]

Would it be fair to say that even replacing a CFL twice or 3 Times is still cheaper than the LED. I havnt looked at sylvania but Menards here had a sale on GE CFL i think 4 bulbs for $1.79. SO I more than STOCKED up. Ill have to see what kind of normal price cfls run , then it may not be as cheap to replace.

Im 95% sold on LED if CFL wasnt putting up such a damn good fight...lol..

Why couldn't my choice be simple as either incadesent or led...

LED hands down

I will take into account the tint/shade of the bulb. Im assuming I want Cool White?

I guess it comes down to a matter of choice. A couple of years ago I eliminated all of my incandescent and standard fluorescent lighting in my house. All of the bathrooms, laundry room, closets and kitchen now have LED lighting of various types. The rest of the house lights are CLF with a couple of the Cree LED mixed in.

The initial cost for the LED's was high but I do not expect to have to replace any for many years. It took a while for my wife to accept the CLF's but they grew on her. She does like the light (color and amount) that the LED's put out which made it an easy sell.

The LED lamps are getting brighter and more energy efficient as they continue to do research but there is a cultural barrier to people that don't like to spend $15 up front for one lamp. Especially those people that grew up on them cheap incandescent.

[theservicegroup777]

Would it be fair to say that even replacing a CFL twice or 3 Times is still cheaper than the LED. I havnt looked at sylvania but Menards here had a sale on GE CFL i think 4 bulbs for $1.79. SO I more than STOCKED up. Ill have to see what kind of normal price cfls run , then it may not be as cheap to replace.

Im 95% sold on LED if CFL wasnt putting up such a damn good fight...lol..

Why couldn't my choice be simple as either incadesent or led...

LED hands down

I will take into account the tint/shade of the bulb. Im assuming I want Cool White?

[SunEagle]

I just purchased 10 Led bulbs. I was told they were 10W white bulbs. They only draw 3W so we will call them 3 watts of course. I got stiffed. The lighting was very poor and directional that of an LED. I also have some 13W CFL bulbs.

I feel, I may be wrong ... That it would take a 10-15W Led to put out that many lumens disbursed the same way 1 13W CFL would do.

So it seems like I have to choose between having great lighting or almost none for the same amount of watts.

There are a multitude of thing that come in to play mostly cons on the cfl (life hours, warm up times, mercury)

That aside and just looking at brightness / Lumens not what a package say either.

Lets say side by side 13W both LED and CFL.. I think the LED should able to light up a room just as good as a CFL. Given the other benefits of an LED I would have no problem switching entirely. I feel that a 13W Led should be brighter than a 13W CFL though after all the hype they talk about them.

How many lumens are expected from 1W of Led?? 100??

Based on the information from Cree on their 13.5 watt LED you will get about 800 lumens or about 59 lumen/watt.

Sylvania 13 watt CLF states it give you about 62 lumen/watt or 806 total.

Both state their 13 watt lamp is equal to a 60 watt incandescent lamp but the LED will last longer than the CLF but has the same wattage and same amount of lumen output.

Now the biggest difference when comparing lamps is the color. Depending on what they are classified as they can be "soft white" or natural white or warm white. A different color could give the impression of being not as bright. Just something to think about when you are comparing.

[theservicegroup777]

I just purchased 10 Led bulbs. I was told they were 10W white bulbs. They only draw 3W so we will call them 3 watts of course. I got stiffed. The lighting was very poor and directional that of an LED. I also have some 13W CFL bulbs.

I feel, I may be wrong ... That it would take a 10-15W Led to put out that many lumens disbursed the same way 1 13W CFL would do.

So it seems like I have to choose between having great lighting or almost none for the same amount of watts.

There are a multitude of thing that come in to play mostly cons on the cfl (life hours, warm up times, mercury)

That aside and just looking at brightness / Lumens not what a package say either.

Lets say side by side 13W both LED and CFL.. I think the LED should able to light up a room just as good as a CFL. Given the other benefits of an LED I would have no problem switching entirely. I feel that a 13W Led should be brighter than a 13W CFL though after all the hype they talk about them.

How many lumens are expected from 1W of Led?? 100??