Comments on: Cost of Lighting Infographic (Guess Who Wins)

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:28:00 +0000

good point. we’ve actually written about one that is under $5: http://cleantechnica.com/2012/02/15/cheap-led-light-bulbs-under-5/

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:27:00 +0000

it certainly is. where are you seeing it with 2?

By: Dcard88

Dcard88 — Sun, 27 May 2012 18:31:00 +0000

Just checked HD price. 75w Incan – $1.25, 16w CFL – $2, 13w LED $25
all are ~ 800 lumens.
LED last 25K hours, CFL last 6K hours, Incan last .75K hours.

at 5 hours per day, CFL pays for itself in 10 months, LED in 8 years —-

NOT COUNTING electricity usage savings !!!!!

In CA we pay around 20 cents / kW (or more) which suggest $.20 per day and/or $70 per year for the incandescent elec hog.

Any argument against replacing incandescent bulbs is ludicrous.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:45:00 +0000

I wouldn’t suggest you put CFLs in ceiling cans. The trapped heat seems to significantly shorten their life.

Aside from that, I sort of agree. LEDs still priced significantly higher than CFLs. If you’re picking a bulb for a place where it will be allowed to “breath” you’re ahead, financially, with CFLs. I’m sticking with CFSs for now. When I can purchase a LED for a lot better price I’ll start to shift.

As for the diagram. The joke is on you. There’s enough information to allow one to pick between incandescents, CFLs, and LEDs.

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:19:00 +0000

That diagram is a joke. Its a nice advertisement to sell expensive bulbs. At $22 I would spend over $625 to put these in my ceiling cans. If I spend $6 on a CFL, I would spend $120. Now say I had to replace the CLF 3 times over the next 30 years. At $8 in energy savings using the LEDs, it would take me 33 YEARS TO BREAK EVEN ON COST against the CFL.

I work in an industry (hi-tech) where companies don’t buy new technology unless it returns on its investment in 3 years or less, and many want to see it breakeven in 12 months. If the rest of the country ran by the metrics in the diagram, commerce would slow to a crawl.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:10:00 +0000

There seems to be this myth of ultra expensive LED. I picked up a full set of warm white LEDs from Loewe’s for about $11 a bulb. That was about 9 months ago, and they’re still running and the price has since dropped to about $8.

Phillips’ $50 bulb is not the only LED on the market.

By: jb

jb — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:20:00 +0000

Philips is spelled with 1 L