DogHouseMom

I've replaced the regular bulbs on my front porch with daylight LED's and WOW. I don't remember the brand. I live in the middle of no-where, no other lights around, just woods to the front, back and south side, and a valley to the north. When I come up the road from the valley I can see my porch well lit from 1/4 mile away. Welcoming!!

A friend of mine installed the Phillips Hue lights in some rooms in her house. These are the "smart lights" that when purchased in combination with the "bridge" and a free smart-phone ap, you can control your lights from the bridge, or from your smart phone - including dimming lights. My friend programs some lights to turn on 10 minutes before she arrives home, other lights to go on-off when they are out, but most of all ... she programmed her bedroom light to start at a low dim then gradually rise to full brightness over a period of time as a "sunrise simulator". She used to have a "sunrise simulator" alarm clock but it broke - instead of replacing that, she went with the Phillips Hue system. You can even change the color of the bulbs!!

The starter kits (bridge and 3 bulbs) are $200, a dimming device is $35, and the individual bulbs are $30.00 ea. Very pricey start up cost, but if they last a lifetime ... might be looking into as there are so many more things you can do with them.

ladydukes

My ceiling fan has GU-24 CFL bulbs in it (that's the type of bulb that, instead of screwing in like regular bulbs, they have 2 little prongs on them). I want to change them out to LED's. I called FEIT and was told the equivalent bulb would need to be 75 watt, but so far in all my research, I cannot find a GU-24 LED 75 watt equivalent bulb! The representative told me the 60 watt bulbs would not be as bright as what I have...so I'm in a dilemma trying to find them. And, like One-by-One stated, these bulbs are compact, about 4 to 4 1/2 inches long, so that has to be taken into consideration as well or they won't fit inside of the fan globe. If anyone knows where I could find bulbs, please let me know because the CFL's put out a yellowish tint, whereas the LED's light fixtures we installed on the ceiling are white.

Onebyone

A decorator trick is to use one regular light bulb with a LED bulb in a two or more bulb fixture to keep the light soft but still bright.

quilts4charity

Yep, I've been replacing all my bulbs with the LED they are awesome for these old eyes!!!

Jennifer23

Since the CFL's are giving yellowish light, you might not notice the difference if you go to a lesser-wattage LED. The whiter light often seems brighter, even when it is a slightly lower watt equivalent. If you can find ones that fit the fixture, I would buy them; you can always return them if they turn out to be too dim.

Ariannaquilts

The bulbs I purchased are the Walmart brand, it just says daylight LED non dimmable on the box. They also have the dimming type but I didn't need those so 4 in a box for about 6 bucks. They also have the GE brand but everything was about the same except price. They remind me of the Ott light how you can see color or just white so much clearer. I put them in my chandelier so it really brightens the whole room. BTW forgot to mention that the watts I bought are the 60 or whatever is the equivalent.

BETTY62

Thanks for the info. I'll be getting LED bulbs on my next trip to the store.

citruscountyquilter

LED has come a long way. I had a desk lamp that was LED years ago and it was wimpy light. The LEDs of today are fantastic. We had some early LED Christmas lights that gave off a bluish tinge and I didn't care for those but the ones they have now are bright white. With a live tree we love them because they don't generate heat to dry the tree out. They also make a big difference in our electric bill at Christmas since I'm married to Mr. Christmas who has to have tons and tons of Christmas lights going.

JanieH

Thanks for the tip about the light bulbs. I am changing out mine as they burn out.
Last year I had 3 SolaTubes installed, 2 in my den and 1 in a bathroom - the natural light coming in is wonderful. And these lights will help continue that during the evening/night.

salederer

My husband got me a led shop light for over my work area and I'm with you, WOW. No comparison to the lighting I had previously.