Blog – New LED Lights

Multidirectional LED light bulbs with a 240-degree beam spread. We’ve often said in this blog that LEDs are getting brighter and better every day as well as more affordable. Yet the price of high performance LED medium base bulbs is still more than every budget can tolerate, especially when you have a lot of incandescent or fluorescent bulbs to replace. We’ve found an economical solution in our new multi-directional LED light bulbs, our Economy Multi-Directional LED Light Bulbs Multi-directional refers to beam spread. Higher priced omnidirectional LED light bulbs have a beam spread of 300 degrees. This means that the light is evenly distributed, very similar to the way an incandescent lamp performs. Installed into fixture glass, there are no dark spots where the light output is cut off. Multidirectional LED light bulbs, on the other hand, have a beam spread of 240 degrees. See the plot on the left to better understand. In many cases, the difference is unimportant considering the price. Here’s something else to ponder – how much light do you actually need? Once dimming technology came into being, it seems that LED light bulb producers forgot all about the 40W light bulb. When the last of my 60W incandescent R30 lamps on my covered patio went pfft! recently, I replaced all five of those with Economy 40W’s. Yes, these are damp rated which is a big plus. Dimming was not an issue. There was never a dimmer on that bank of lights, so why would I want to pay more for dimmable bulbs when all five of them cost me less than two of the omnidirectional dimmable LED bulbs would have cost? See an A19 bulb cost and performance comparison. With a life expectancy of 25,000 hours, I won’t have to haul out that ladder again any day soon. On my replace list next are the wall sconces here and there throughout my home. They are either on or off and 40W is more than ample for the accent lighting the sconces are designed to produce.

You sacrifice absolutely nothing in lumen output. Our Economy 40W LED light bulbs to produce 470 lumens for 2700K warm white and 500 lumens for 5000K cool white. Our Economy 60W LED light bulbs to produce 810 lumens for 2700K warm white and 850 lumens for 5000K cool white. Not only do you not sacrifice watt consumption, but it’s better than the Cadillac models. Our Economy 40W LED light bulbs to consume only 6.5 watts and the 60W consumes only 9.8 watts. This makes your payback time even shorter. Backed by a 3-year warranty, you have nothing to lose but energy savings. Last but not least, our new Economy line is produced in a smaller package. Only 4 5/8″ tall, they fit in just about any fixture which previously housed a 40 or 60W incandescent bulb. The higher output LED light bulbs to get taller as they get brighter, up to 5.4″ tall for a 150W equivalent LED light bulb. Look at your home or business today. Where do you have light fixtures that are a nuisance to get to for bulb changes? Where do you have ‘light overkill’ or no real reason for dimming? Start your money saving, energy saving hunt today. As always, we’re here to help.

By: Mary Wecker