It's absolutely amazing that I can light my entire house for the same power draw as like one 100W lightbulb.

But the bulbs cost 10x what incandescents did, and in practice don't last much longer. That normally isn't included in the calculations.

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rsynnott 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Here's a 100W-equivalent bulb: https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/solhetta-led-bulb-e27-1521-lume...

It costs 6 euro. I'm _fairly_ sure that incandescent 100Ws didn't cost six cents. I bought a few of these (actually a cheaper non-dimmable model which is no longer on Ikea's confusing website, from a cursory search) in 2016, when I moved. They're still working fine.

Whereas incandescents failed _all the time_.

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SoftTalker 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I used to buy incandescent bulbs 4 for a dollar shortly before they were banned.

Throughout the house, I need to replace a regular screw-in LED bulb probably every other month or so. I don't know what brand they are, they are light bulbs I picked off the shelf at Target or Walmart. Life is too short to worry about light bulb brands. Until now.

	▲	rsynnott 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> 4 for a dollar shortly before they were banned. Well, yeah, because they were trying to get rid of them. > Life is too short to worry about light bulb brands Just get the Ikea ones, they're fine.

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murkle 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A tenth of 6 euros is 60 cents, not 6 :)

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hdgvhicv a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In the 90s I’d change bulbs all the time - about once a month. I don’t remember the last time I changed a bulb. I don’t think my teenager has ever had the opportunity to.

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ekidd a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a bunch of third generation Philips Hue bulbs, from around 2016. They weren't cheap. But I've had them all this time, and I brought them along when I moved house.

Haven't burnt out a single bulb yet.

I understand that this has caused some challenges for the Philips Hue division. They had extremely satisfied customers but not many repeat buys.

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alerighi 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Depending on the quality you can get a LED bulb ranging from 1 euro to 5 for the best one. The incandescent bulbs did not cost much lower, and adjusted for inflation, did cost almost the same, but you had to replace them much more often.