$7.97 CREE LED bulbs at Home Depot

ultrarunner · Feb 14, 2015

Home Depot sent me this ad with a lower price of $7.97 for 60W CREE Bulbs... that is the lowest price I've found in my market.

Just wondering how this compares to the rest of the country?

Cree 60W Equivalent Soft White (2700K) A19 Dimmable LED Light Bulb with 4Flow Filament Design-BA19-08027OMF-12DE26-3U100 - The Home Depot

tjcarguy · Feb 14, 2015

Home Hardware 2 for $12 Sylvania. ---Trevor

ultrarunner · Feb 14, 2015

I've tried a few variants and so far CREE has my vote...

Have to admit... no Sylvania yet.

k0ua · Feb 14, 2015

Yep, same price here.. In my Cree RFI thread, so far have not found a "dirty" Cree bulb including this new "flowthru" design. All have worked out of the box, and are still working. So far so good.

Bird · Feb 14, 2015

Well, I've finished changing out all our light bulbs except the "appliance" bulbs (oven, microwave, refrigerators) and the two bulbs in the garage door opener. I tried LEDs in the garage door opener and they simply did not light. The most expensive ones were the four 3-way CREE bulbs at $21.97 each plus tax. And I had a hard time finding any chandelier base bulbs that were not too long to use in a 6 bulb fixture over the mirror in the master bath; finally bought Sylvania from Lowe's. So with 50 LED bulbs, I have some from Home Depot, some from Lowe's, some from Walmart, and some from Amazon.com.

k0ua · Feb 14, 2015

Bird said:
Well, I've finished changing out all our light bulbs except the "appliance" bulbs (oven, microwave, refrigerators) and the two bulbs in the garage door opener. I tried LEDs in the garage door opener and they simply did not light. The most expensive ones were the four 3-way CREE bulbs at $21.97 each plus tax. And I had a hard time finding any chandelier base bulbs that were not too long to use in a 6 bulb fixture over the mirror in the master bath; finally bought Sylvania from Lowe's. So with 50 LED bulbs, I have some from Home Depot, some from Lowe's, some from Walmart, and some from Amazon.com.

Report back in a month or so and tell us how much the electric bill went down

ultrarunner · Feb 14, 2015

Am very interested how all the different bulbs hold up...

I put CREE 60W in Mom's 3-way lamps... she always used the middle setting and is happy with them...

Still have a case of compact fluorescents kicking around and lots of regular incandescents... bought in bulk for the rentals because almost without fail... majority of light bulbs are missing from fixtures when tenants leave...

k0ua · Feb 14, 2015

ultrarunner said:
Am very interested how all the different bulbs hold up...

I put CREE 60W in Mom's 3-way lamps... she always used the middle setting and is happy with them...

Still have a case of compact fluorescents kicking around and lots of regular incandescents... bought in bulk for the rentals because almost without fail... majority of light bulbs are missing from fixtures when tenants leave...

Hm... hadn't thought that.. If tenants will steal a $0.50 incandescent bulb, I wonder if they would think twice of stealing all of the $8 to $20 LED bulbs in a rental...I wonder:mischievous:

2458n · Feb 14, 2015

Thanks for the heads up. I like the idea of not having the spiral of glass. I should be boarding my home up with the number of broken ones that have happened around here.

ultrarunner · Feb 15, 2015

In case lot the 60W incandescent cost about 22 cents each.

The equivalent 20 year LED bulbs started at $12 each and now down to $8.

So one LED cost the same to buy as 55 incandescents... just something to ponder...

There may come a time where tenants will supply their own bulbs and take them with them when they move... already seen it at a house that was recently sold... the buyers were ticked off when every bulb in the large home was replaced by the give away compact fluorescents just before escrow closed.

Every year I have several light bulb service calls... 99% of the time it is tenant error... they have a box of bulbs and none work or they can't find replacement bulbs for the ones the utility installed under a low income energy program... read that to be the special energy save bulbs are expensive...

I will routinely convert back to standard fixtures at turnover just to minimize problems later... T5, T12, T8, circle line, plug in, etc... each a landlord nightmare.

sixdogs · Feb 15, 2015

How much light comes out of the Cree 60W? Is it the same as a 60W incandescent?

JimRB · Feb 15, 2015

Google search says that the LED 60 watt equivalent uses about 10 watts to make 800 lumens. More Google searches say a standard incandescent 60 watt lamp produces about 860 lumens.

k0ua · Feb 15, 2015

sixdogs said:
How much light comes out of the Cree 60W? Is it the same as a 60W incandescent?

The "warm white" ones seem to make about the same amount of light as a standard 60 watt, but the "daylight" ones seem much brighter to me. It is a much whiter light, not as yellow. The 82 year old mother in law that lives with us really liked the "daylight" version of the Cree bulb. I think as your eyes get older and "dimmer" with cataracts etc. it seems they respond to that brilliant white light better.

Bird · Feb 15, 2015

k0ua said:
The "warm white" ones seem to make about the same amount of light as a standard 60 watt, but the "daylight" ones seem much brighter to me. It is a much whiter light, not as yellow. The 82 year old mother in law that lives with us really liked the "daylight" version of the Cree bulb. I think as your eyes get older and "dimmer" with cataracts etc. it seems they respond to that brilliant white light better.

I guess you're right about "older".:laughing: I like the "daylight" versions, although my wife hasn't decided for sure yet. She's accustomed to "soft white".:laughing: Home Depot (at least the one in Denton) has a set up with all 3 burning so you can kind of see the difference before you buy.

k0ua · Feb 15, 2015

Bird said:
I guess you're right about "older".:laughing: I like the "daylight" versions, although my wife hasn't decided for sure yet. She's accustomed to "soft white".:laughing: Home Depot (at least the one in Denton) has a set up with all 3 burning so you can kind of see the difference before you buy.

Yeah I put one of the Cree 60 watts in the "daylight" version in my reading lap by my chair, replacing a 3 way with up to 150 watt setting, and I think the 60 watt "daylight" is as bright or brighter than the 150 watt setting on "soft white" incandescent bulb. Not to mention saving about 141 watts of electricity.:shocked:

JPRambo · Feb 15, 2015

In the ad it says it is a 2700K bulb. Daylight bulbs are usually a 5000K bulb. 4100K is a very nice white and is very good for a reading lamp. I beleive they are getting rid of these 2700K bulbs for the new improved 4100K or 5000K bulbs.

k0ua · Feb 15, 2015

JPRambo said:
In the ad it says it is a 2700K bulb. Daylight bulbs are usually a 5000K bulb. 4100K is a very nice white and is very good for a reading lamp. I beleive they are getting rid of these 2700K bulbs for the new improved 4100K or 5000K bulbs.

They have both models, "soft white" and "daylight" The soft white are about a dollar cheaper than the "daylight" . The LED's are more yellow.

sixdogs · Feb 15, 2015

My concern with these lights is that they aren't bright enough.

ultrarunner · Feb 15, 2015

For Moms overhead table reading lamp I had a 150W GE reading lamp which she liked a lot... I swapped it with a CREE indoor Floodlight and she says it is just as good... huge saving in electricity right there.

sixdogs · Feb 15, 2015

ultrarunner said:
For Moms overhead table reading lamp I had a 150W GE reading lamp which she liked a lot... I swapped it with a CREE indoor Floodlight and she says it is just as good... huge saving in electricity right there.

And these, apparently put out less heat than incandescent?

Is soft white or daylight brighter?