Commercial LED lighting

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm. It is also available in an opaque version. The Innards are probably the same. Ikea doesn't sell any conventional light bulbs anymore - at least not in the EU. They have a variety of CFLs and LED lamps. I don't buy any CFLs anymore. I only continue to use the ones I have until they expire. Currently the LED lamp efficiency is not much better than that of CFLs, but there is no Mercury and they light up instantly. Color temperature of the warm-white LED lamps is pretty good from what I can see.

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

It's called 'LEDARE' - which means leader. 8.1W - 400lm

left: IKEA, 8.1W 400lm right: Philips, 5W, 250lm

left: IKEA, 8.1W 400lm right: Philips, 5W, 250lm

After 5 minutes. Left bottom: 7W LED Left top: 5W LED Right middle: 15W CFL

24.95€ Looks like a normal light bulb of 60W.

A few hours ago I was happy that it came with a real glass dome. Now I've discovered this nasty crack. I don't know if it was there initially or if it developed due to thermal stress. I definitely don't remember dropping it or hitting it with something hard. I'll do a little 'burn-in' test and see if it grows any further, or if the other one gets such a crack as well. It doesn't affect the bulbs function yet, but I'm not fond of glass shrapnels. The only positive side effect of the dome breaking would be that I could have a look inside ;-)

Left: Philips Econic 5W LED light bulb (250 lumen) Right: 15W CFL (800 lumen)

These are getting affordable now. About 14.95€ per piece.

Saving energy. Yay!