Review of Cree 6-Watt (40W) Warm White (2700K) LED Light Bulb

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I just bought 2 of these last night for my bathroom. Home Depot carries these for $9.97 each! The 6W bulbs work perfectly for my bathroom, they are instant on, 10 year warranty, and look much nicer than the Philips LED bulbs. Also, less than half the price of the Philips bulbs. I also bought 8 of the 9.5W Cree bulbs and they are also really nice, and $12.97 each at HD. Will post an update once these have been going for awhile!

I did some looking around on Cree's website. Cree has an exclusive contract with Home Depot to sell these bulbs. That means, if you buy it from this supplier (M.R.S. Industries, or sold.123), you are paying them over $10 to drive over to Home Depot, buy the bulb, and mail it to you... $20.48 here, or $9.97 at HD, who also has free shipping if you buy the 6 pack and drops the price per bulb down to $9.47... Fair warning!

UPDATE Sep 1st 2013:

These bulbs are still doing great. I even have some in fully enclosed housing, and I have seen no negative effects so far. I also wanted to add that if you are military (like me) you can get your military discount from HD after you order online. You just have to Call their customer service line and they will adjust the price. I wish I would have known this months ago :(

Also, I dropped one of these 6W CREE LED bulbs 7' onto the hardwood chair I was standing on. The outer glass "shattered", but because of the silicone coating it acted like safety glass. Even though it shattered it still held together, and I didn't have glass everywhere. I went ahead and screwed it into the socket, and it has been working fine for a few months now. If you were to look closely you can see the shatter design in the light it puts out, but since it is in a frosted enclosed fixture you can barely tell!

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I haven't found a LED light bulb that I really liked until these came out. These are the best I've ever had. I picked mine up at Home Depot for less than amazon. They have a plastic type skin on them that seems a little funny at first but they won't slip out of your hand thats for sure. They don't get hot and nothing on the bulb or packaging says that you can't use them in a closed ceiling fixture.

My advise is to get these and they are cheap enough to replace all of your light bulbs which is what I'm going to do.

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They seem just about as brighter as a 60w incandescent bulb and a little whiter than a soft white. It's not so white that it washes out colors or looks industrial though. My dimmer does not shut completely off with the slider, but very close with a incandescent bulb. With this bulb it only goes down to about a third of it's output which not nearly as low as I would like. I watched a review of several LED bulbs and it seems that this is a LED bulb issue and not just for this brand/models. Distribution is like a incandescent and not like a light house at all. It's more efficient than most other LED bulbs using only 6w vs 9w. At 9w you might as well get a CFL for a little over $1 unless it will be in a cold area or breakage\mercury is a concern. I didn't find anywhere on the Cree site or package that says these aren't supposed to be used in an enclosed fixture. I highly recommend these if you don't need to dim very low like for a baby room. I got these for $10 at Home Depot with free to store shipping ($45 min or to store no min).

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When the Government opted for a phased ban of incandescent bulbs they outlawed 100 W bulbs first, although good alternatives in this power range are still quite limited and very expensive. However, for 40 W and 60 W incandescent bulbs one can now find many excellent and affordable replacements, so few will really be inconvenienced when the Government ban on these bulbs finally kicks in. In the 40 W incandescent replacement category the price leader is the recently introduced 6 W, 450 lumen bulb by CREE which goes for $9.97 at Home Depot. Surprisingly, CREE has reached this price point without any obvious compromises in quality, and arguably this is the best LED on the market in this power category. The bulbs have a decidedly incandescent appearance, with no ugly external phosphor shells and no cooling fins that cast shadows. The light distribution is a good approximation to omnidirectional, and is produced by a ring of LEDs that is intended to mimic a filament. There is somewhat less light coming out of the top of the bulb than the sideways illumination, but in most applications this won't be a problem. A decent 40 W incandescent bulb would provide 500 lumens so these bulbs produce a little less light, but that is true of virtually every other 40 W incandescent replacement bulb: 450 lumens is becoming the de facto standard. At 75 lumens/W these bulbs are a bit less efficient than those in the 60 W incandescent replacement category, but nearly every other LED in the 40 W incandescent replacement category consumes 8 or more watts, so the CREE bulbs are significantly more efficient than other options. The color rendering index (CRI) of 80 is the lowest permitted to gain energy star status but this is sufficient for most general lighting needs and nearly all LED and CFL bulbs score in the low 80s. The bulbs are rated at a 25,000 hour lifetime, which is defined at the point at which illumination will have dropped to 70% of the initial value. Most LEDs only tend to dim near the end of their service life, which is a marked contrast to CFLs that dim every time they are turned off and on. CREE provides a 10 year warranty, which is significantly longer than the warranty period for most competing products. The packaging does not explicitly warn against using these bulbs in fully enclosed settings, but LEDs are sensitive to excess heat and one should use good judgement when considering such applications.

I have been using CFLs for years but have finally upgraded to LEDs wherever I can and these bulbs feel like a BIG improvement in quality. Those switching directly from incandescent bulbs will likely notice little difference in light quality but their energy consumption will drop sharply and they won't have to deal with bulbs burning out all the time (and often when it is most inconvenient). LEDs will likely continue to slowly improve in quality and decrease in price, but this generation of bulbs merits serious consideration--at a mere $10 per bulb, why wait any longer to enjoy better lighting?

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Bought them at the HD for about $10 and so far they look just like the 60w bulbs they are replacing. They are much brighter than a 40w bulb. I put them side by side and there is no difference with the 60w bulbs. I'm happy with them and will buy more. The bulb is covered with some rubberized coating so if you did drop them for some reason, they should not break. Also, the light emitted is the same as a normal bulb yet very white light. Not great for dimming though...