Last January I purchased 89 LED bulbs to replace almost every standard bulb in our home. The breakdown was as follows:
38 standard Cree bulbs.
6 TW series Cree bulbs.
6 Utilitech Pro bulbs.
4 Ecosmart 3 way bulbs.
34 LightingEver GU10 bulbs.
7 Feit BPA15 bulbs.
A total of 95 bulbs to retrofit nearly the entire house and attached garage, both inside and outside. I did not replace any of the fixtures or bulbs in my shop-that would have been cost prohibitive and I don't think I'd see the payback since the shop lighting isn't used that often.
Most of the bulbs were in the 2700K-3000K color temperature, a few were in the 5000K color temperature range.
After a year I can honestly say that the results are rather boring. I have had zero issues or problems any of the bulbs. No failures, no flickering, and best of all I haven't had to drag my 10' ladder out and replace any of the bulbs in our vaulted ceiling-something that happened once or twice a year with standard bulbs. All of the bulbs that were advertised as dimmable work perfectly in the standard, existing dimmable circuits.
We are seeing savings on our electric bill. It has dropped an average of 90 cents/day over the last 11 months, or about $28/month. Summer months have less savings because the daylight hours are longer, in winter the savings were more dramatic since we use much more lighting, and we tend to entertain more in the winter months and run all the lighting in the common areas. At the current rate the bulbs will have paid for themselves in about 3 years.
The LED bulbs have light that is every bit as good as the conventional bulbs they replaced (mostly GE Reveal). Both my wife and I noticed that colors seem to stand out a bit more with the LED lighting.
I am most certainly pleased with the performance and cost savings of the LED bulbs so far, and would not hesitate to recommend any of the bulbs used.
38 standard Cree bulbs.
6 TW series Cree bulbs.
6 Utilitech Pro bulbs.
4 Ecosmart 3 way bulbs.
34 LightingEver GU10 bulbs.
7 Feit BPA15 bulbs.
A total of 95 bulbs to retrofit nearly the entire house and attached garage, both inside and outside. I did not replace any of the fixtures or bulbs in my shop-that would have been cost prohibitive and I don't think I'd see the payback since the shop lighting isn't used that often.
Most of the bulbs were in the 2700K-3000K color temperature, a few were in the 5000K color temperature range.
After a year I can honestly say that the results are rather boring. I have had zero issues or problems any of the bulbs. No failures, no flickering, and best of all I haven't had to drag my 10' ladder out and replace any of the bulbs in our vaulted ceiling-something that happened once or twice a year with standard bulbs. All of the bulbs that were advertised as dimmable work perfectly in the standard, existing dimmable circuits.
We are seeing savings on our electric bill. It has dropped an average of 90 cents/day over the last 11 months, or about $28/month. Summer months have less savings because the daylight hours are longer, in winter the savings were more dramatic since we use much more lighting, and we tend to entertain more in the winter months and run all the lighting in the common areas. At the current rate the bulbs will have paid for themselves in about 3 years.
The LED bulbs have light that is every bit as good as the conventional bulbs they replaced (mostly GE Reveal). Both my wife and I noticed that colors seem to stand out a bit more with the LED lighting.
I am most certainly pleased with the performance and cost savings of the LED bulbs so far, and would not hesitate to recommend any of the bulbs used.