@cengland0 Harsh! Do you know how much technology goes into making LEDs look like crappy incandescents? Edison he’s like “hey let’s heat up a wire and get a yellow light”, emulating that’s tough with LEDs.
@cengland0 tell me you’re kidding!! Are you one of those freaks Who has freaking daylight level light shining in his house at 11 o clock at night?
If you want a blue light shining at you all the time and you want people complaining about how cold your house feels, go with the 3000k “warm sunset” LEDs… Me, I’m going with the 2700k LEDs you can’t differentiate from regular incandescent light bulbs. I hate anything cooler than 2700k.
@daveJay I know it seems opposite. But 3000k is actually cooler than 2700k. It’s weird but when I figured it out it changed my world and my relationship with LEDs.
@awk +1 Bright and crispy is the shiz! I replaced my kitchen fluorescent T12 fixtures with A19 vanity arrays with a total of a dozen 820lm 3000k bulbs. Now everything looks so yellow and dingy. I ordered all new 800lm 5000k bulbs this weekend. That should pep it up in there!
@ruouttaurmind@thismyusername@ergomeh@daveJay@awk I only use bulbs that are 5000K or higher. Anything lower than that looks too yellow. And no, 5000K doesn’t look blue. That happens after you get past 6500K.
The logic here is the daylight is between 5000K and 6000K so it is closer to nature than 2700K. So if you plan on doing any photography or video, you may have to do some color temperature adjustment either in the camera before you shoot or post production. Women (or men I suppose), that put on makeup should be aware of what it would look like in the sunlight.
The only reason some people use 2700-3000K is because that’s what they are used to when we all used incandescent bulbs. Those bulbs had their day but that time is over. With new technology, we can now mimic real sunlight and we should do that.
I have done many tests with my brother on this. Using 4100K bulbs in the kitchen at 2100 lumens still doesn’t appear as bright as 5000K bulbs at 1900 lumens. The whiter bulbs look brighter and objects are clearer.
Bulbs less than 4000k are great if you want a retro look. Best paired with long pile shag carpets, orange wallpaper, lime green appliances and lots of dark fake wood panneling.
@cengland0 I disagree. I think there will always be a natural desire for the warm glow of a candle. I don’t want daytime at night time. I want there to be a difference.
@astroglide@cengland0@OnionSoup With all the comments about color temperature, there’s also the other aspect - CRI. A bulb with a low color rendering index will make things look different.
@narfcake I agree that CRI is important too; however, color temperature is more important to me. Finding a candelabra base at 5000-6000K and 800 lumens is hard enough to find. So when you do find one, you buy it regardless of the CRI. I would pay around $9 per bulb but wouldn’t pay $30 for a bulb with a better CRI. So cost and color temperature is first on the priority list and CRI would be third.
@alacrity Or the heat from incandescents melts all of your ice. The 6-light fixture in my bathroom is literally a heater. Don’t make margaritas in my bathroom.
@derpandabar with all due respect, i have made margaritas while legally blind, in a house while a hurricane has ripped the roof off, and on more than one occaision, unconcious. I do not fear the dark.
I bought these last time, the round vanity 40w. My kid thinks they are haunted. When you shut them off they blink a couple of extra times. Not sure if it’s a bad bulb or not. When I had the regular bulbs in they never did that
Very nice lights. The candelabra bulbs are wonderful and so bright (compared to the 1990s incandescent that were already installed) I had to install a dimmer.
Don’t need any more LED bulbs at the moment. I just bought a metric fuckton of these at HomeDepot.com this weekend. Phillips 60w equivalent, standard base. $28 for 16 including free shipping.
@ergomeh Thanks for mentioning it. Nope, the Home Depot Phillips bulbs are not dimmable. Not important in this case, since the fixtures don’t have dimmers in the circuit.
@ruouttaurmind which given the evident lack of ANY kind of safety mechanism would limit your beer intake to what you could safely crush before your fingers didn’t clear out in time…
(BTW how did they straighten out that can each time so they could crush it again and again???)
Bet you can Fetch yourself a deal on these bulbs tonight --dog gone it ! ( baby arm-- just throwing down tonight – so stick to it and you can buy these tonight)
@narfcake It’s just for the apartment I’m in, so while I might invest in LEDs out of a general sense of obligation to the environment, adapters wouldn’t be reasonable here.
@JonJon, really…? THIS is the first thing you wouldn’t buy here? Man, I mean, I’ve scoffed at dozens upon dozens of things here that I would never buy.
Are you sure that you are not putting standard light bulbs in a 3-way socket? A 3-way socket has an extra connector inside. Damn near burned our house down with that mistake.
As a busy on the go, I have no time to change lightbulbs!!! That is why I love these GreenTech PurePower LED light bulbs!!! They emit a electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, just like I like my bulbs to do!!! They also last at least 3 years by which time I am sure we will have helper robots to change them for me!!!
In for 4 six packs in T6 and of course I got VMP, it’s a bright idea in savings!!!
@kbaum17 Seriously. The best I could find was a 6 pack of A19 LED bulbs on clearance for $11.30 plus tax. That more like $2 per bulb and I would argue that the brand is inferior to these ones. Both 800 lumens. Menards was 3000 kelvin and only a 16 year lifespan. (compared to 2700 k and 23 years)
@medz And you are a fool. Seriously. Who cares about the “years”. It is NOT , repeat NOT, a warranty, yo. 800 lumens is bad??? for a 60 watt replacement??
@kbaum17 Lies. Checked that SKU. Those are $3.48 plus tax at the local Menards. Not a bad photoshop job the receipt, but you can’t fool me. EPIC FAIL!!!
@medz You total loser. total loser. Nothing fake about it. Real, undoctored receipt. you want my SSN number too? What a jack arse. Get a life, yo.
94 cents per bulb. 4000k bulbs. You wrong so many times, you really need to stop while you way behind.
Oh, and that 5 gallon bucket of Pittsburgh Ultra (lifetime warranty) paint, has a $50 rebate. So 34 bucks for 5 gallons of veeeery good paint. I guess that is a lie too? give it up.
@kbaum17You should have stopped while you were behind. Behold! The original pic I found on your myspace page.
Also, lighten up, chum. I’m only trying to convince myself I got a good deal here so I don’t have buyer’s remorse. Seriously though, our Menards doesn’t ever have cheap bulbs.
@medz Seriously, though, you are a troll and a weirdo. Glad you had fun searching little girls MySpace pages. you really have nothing good to do with your time, so much so u can waste time showing off the nails that you like. chum
I have cans. Last time this deal showed up I bought canned lights. But they were too small. So this time I’m getting floodlights. Even though it’s not flooding.
Damn quantity limits! Just moved into a new place and I did a quick inventory at 11:01pm… There are over 100 light bulbs in this house. Of course some are infrequently used, but I hope to convert all the major/frequently used lights to LED by the end of next month. So get this offer on the repeat track a few times so I can fill out my collection, please!
@G1 Medium house, but they went light bulb crazy when they built it. Many many multi-bulb fixtures (4 bulbs per ceiling fan, 6 bulb chandeliers, and every round ceiling mount fixture has 2 bulbs). The outdoor lights have 3x candelabra bulbs each. So it adds up really fast.
I asked my fiancee how many bulbs she thought we had and she thought for a minute and said maybe fifty. She was surprised at the actual count.
@djslack, seriously, there’s nothing TO mind. Meh honestly doesn’t care. The only downside is that you don’t get free shipping (unless you pop for the VMP for each account).
It seems that the shipping restrictions is, on the surface, to manage any kind of outcry when things sell out. But it’s, almost, probably a more effective as a tool to cut back/manage shipping a ton of stuff (multiple boxes etc) to single addresses where it’s not necessary. Like someone buying 20 mops, or something.
damn, all you all knowing how color some K number makes a bulb. When did so many people become light bulb experts? I only buy light bulbs when I find some clearance LEDs at like a Walgreens or hardware stores.
@vanslaterco There are 9 bulbs in the fixtures in my apartment, not counting the fluorescent in the kitchen. 6 of them are burned out. Most of those have been that way for over a year. I could probably use some long-lasting bulbs, but then I would have to actually put them in.
The description on the 40W vanity lights says 2700K but if you look at the photos, the base is showing 3000K. Big difference when you wake up in the morning and throw that light switch. Be sure to use your savings to get some teeth whitening kits.
@joe43wv Well, I found this page which says: “Because purePower LED lights are resistant to shock, vibrations and external impacts, they make great outdoor lighting systems for rough conditions and exposure to weather, the wind, rain or even external vandalism, traffic related public exposure and construction or manufacturing sites.”
NO R20s, so no sale… Meh… 2700K= double meh!!
(BTW for those doing the math, given these have a “22 year” life expectancy, it won’t take long for this to become a speaker-dock-like item once those meh members interested in them buy what they need… the replacement cycle will be long after meh has moved on to become something else in the future -think back to 1994 and try to remember any internet business you can think of that is still around…)
/image energetic-sultry-creator
In for 3 of the candelabra bulbs. I have a number of outside scones and a lamppost that seem to constantly need replacing. Hoping these make it a non-issue. This sale also reinstated my VMP status and only cost me $20 with my #3 of 4 sharkchamp coupons. Only one left… may hold out for that holy chalice or something equivalent.
Edit: OMG that image. Pass the eye bleach, please.
@paw1682 agreed. candles have always been best. but industry can’t make money off em like you can lightbulbs, so evil corporations downplayed their effectiveness.
All the dimmable LEDs I’ve had are not linear, and they don’t “start” until well into the ramp up. If you want them dim, you have to make them bright and then walk them down… but even that has a steep cliff around 30% when they just shut off. This is a major problem for home automation of lights.
Does anyone know if these bulbs actually dim fully from 0-100%, regardless of initial power level?
@JerseyFrank They do not, they work imperfectly as you described, with one exception: once already lit, they will dim all the way down to very close to 0%. This is using dimmer switches in a house that is 30 years old. I’m not sure if the dimmer switches themselves are actually that old, though.
@JerseyFrank lol sorry man don’t feel bad though I’ve done electric 18 yrs and now they have dimmers you have to put a neutral on that shit drives me nuts
WELL mine just arrived today and I know why these were so cheap. They flicker. Now I have to spend the time getting the warranty process started on 3 of them. I ordered 2 packs.
@mauisean If they’re on a dimmer, turn the dimmer up all the way! No flicker. Also it could be your house is prone to brown-outs. If the current to the bulb isn’t very constant, you could see some flickering. I’ve noticed a flicker, for example, when I turn on a vacuum cleaner on an over-loaded circuit.
I just replaced 12 can lights in the basement that were a mix of 45-50 watt flood lights.
Not only are these new ones brighter, but they run cooler and will save me tons on the electric bill. Most of the ceiling is 8ft down there, but there is a 7ft high section under the main support beam and the old lights would bake your head when you walked under them. Not with these LED babies! The box says I’ll save $148.50 per bulb. (over the life of the bulb) That’s like getting a $1,782 bonus! Thanks, meh.
Specs
Condition for all: New
Model: A19 Bulb/E26 Base
Model: BR30 Bulb/E26 Base
Model: G25 Bulb/E26 Base
Model: C37 Bulb/E12 Base
Model: BR40 Bulb/E26 Base
What’s in the Box?
6x LED light bulbs
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BR40 Flood 100W group
BR40 Flood 100W
BR30 Flood 65W group
BR30 Flood 65W
A19 Standard 60W group
A19 Standard 60W
G25 Vanity 40W group
G25 Vanity 40W
C37 Candelabra group
C37 Candelabra
Warranty
3 year GreenTech
Not the 6-pack I was hoping for, this one is a little light
Watt? Again? Still have them from last time I bought them-- so I guess watts up is watts up again!
MEEEHHHHHHH
/giphy they’re not even competitively priced
@capguncowboy yeah, wtf meh. home depot has better prices than this. on better bulbs too.
@eblade that are also dimmable? Could you provide a link?
@BeSublime I was in Wal-Mart last night and got individually packaged 60W equivalent, “Soft White” LED clasically-shaped bulbs for $1.82 each.
@JerseyFrank But are they dimmable?
@SB5404 Yes.
@SB5404 It was these. Despite them being $4+ on the website, they were labeled as $1.82 in-store and rang up as such. No shenanigans.
What a bright idea.
I had a bright idea, but only an incandescent bulb popped up over my head.
Can’t wait for all the bad puns with this one…
/giphy groan
@haydesigner Lighten up man!
@ELUNO You just brightened my day
@lichme You deserve some flowers. They are quite not ready yet.
@ELUNO Thanks, but I found this guy eating them:
@lichme Well he does use solar beam…
Quick question!
@ELUNO unless it’s an orgy…
Ugh, 2700K – they are all too yellow. Pass!
@cengland0 you know 2700 is soft white right?
@cengland0 Harsh! Do you know how much technology goes into making LEDs look like crappy incandescents? Edison he’s like “hey let’s heat up a wire and get a yellow light”, emulating that’s tough with LEDs.
@cengland0 tell me you’re kidding!! Are you one of those freaks Who has freaking daylight level light shining in his house at 11 o clock at night?
If you want a blue light shining at you all the time and you want people complaining about how cold your house feels, go with the 3000k “warm sunset” LEDs… Me, I’m going with the 2700k LEDs you can’t differentiate from regular incandescent light bulbs. I hate anything cooler than 2700k.
@daveJay I know it seems opposite. But 3000k is actually cooler than 2700k. It’s weird but when I figured it out it changed my world and my relationship with LEDs.
@cengland0 Yeah I don’t even consider it “light” until it gets to 3400K. That’s as warm as I’ll go. 4000K for home office.
@daveJay yea I tried a the “daylight” leds at first… but it was way too much of a florescent feel.
@awk +1 Bright and crispy is the shiz! I replaced my kitchen fluorescent T12 fixtures with A19 vanity arrays with a total of a dozen 820lm 3000k bulbs. Now everything looks so yellow and dingy. I ordered all new 800lm 5000k bulbs this weekend. That should pep it up in there!
@ruouttaurmind @thismyusername @ergomeh @daveJay @awk I only use bulbs that are 5000K or higher. Anything lower than that looks too yellow. And no, 5000K doesn’t look blue. That happens after you get past 6500K.
The logic here is the daylight is between 5000K and 6000K so it is closer to nature than 2700K. So if you plan on doing any photography or video, you may have to do some color temperature adjustment either in the camera before you shoot or post production. Women (or men I suppose), that put on makeup should be aware of what it would look like in the sunlight.
The only reason some people use 2700-3000K is because that’s what they are used to when we all used incandescent bulbs. Those bulbs had their day but that time is over. With new technology, we can now mimic real sunlight and we should do that.
I have done many tests with my brother on this. Using 4100K bulbs in the kitchen at 2100 lumens still doesn’t appear as bright as 5000K bulbs at 1900 lumens. The whiter bulbs look brighter and objects are clearer.
@cengland0
Bulbs less than 4000k are great if you want a retro look. Best paired with long pile shag carpets, orange wallpaper, lime green appliances and lots of dark fake wood panneling.
@thismyusername some of the poorer quality led bulbs do look like bad flourescents.
I recommend the philips brand. Best daylight bulbs ive tried.
@OnionSoup I wish I could star your comment more than once.
@cengland0 I disagree. I think there will always be a natural desire for the warm glow of a candle. I don’t want daytime at night time. I want there to be a difference.
@cengland0 I agree I hate the 2700k I like the 5200k
@cengland0 I like the blue/white light over the dingy yellow it makes colors stand out better
@astroglide @cengland0 @OnionSoup With all the comments about color temperature, there’s also the other aspect - CRI. A bulb with a low color rendering index will make things look different.
http://www.fullspectrumsolutions.com/cri_explained.htm
http://www.cnet.com/news/shining-a-light-on-high-cri-led-bulbs/
http://www.topbulb.com/color-rendering-index
@narfcake I agree that CRI is important too; however, color temperature is more important to me. Finding a candelabra base at 5000-6000K and 800 lumens is hard enough to find. So when you do find one, you buy it regardless of the CRI. I would pay around $9 per bulb but wouldn’t pay $30 for a bulb with a better CRI. So cost and color temperature is first on the priority list and CRI would be third.
<sigh> these are absolutely useless for margaritas.
@alacrity Until you try to make a margarita in the dark and lose all of your fingers. Every. Single. One.
@alacrity Or the heat from incandescents melts all of your ice. The 6-light fixture in my bathroom is literally a heater. Don’t make margaritas in my bathroom.
/giphy margarita sigh
@derpandabar with all due respect, i have made margaritas while legally blind, in a house while a hurricane has ripped the roof off, and on more than one occaision, unconcious. I do not fear the dark.
@alacrity LOL My mistake, I tip my hat!
@derpandabar that i only have 7 usable fingers has nothing to do with margaritas.
WHAT?!?!?! this doesn’t have a Bluetooth speaker in it MEH!
Already have a six-pack. Pure Meh.
https://i.chzbgr.com/full/5197927424/hD7C18604/
I bought these last time, the round vanity 40w. My kid thinks they are haunted. When you shut them off they blink a couple of extra times. Not sure if it’s a bad bulb or not. When I had the regular bulbs in they never did that
@somf69 Just tell the kid it’s the last few pictures the bulbs are taking. LOL
@somf69 Maybe you miscounted. Do you have another kid in the upside down?
@somf69 … sounds like switch issue.
Very nice lights. The candelabra bulbs are wonderful and so bright (compared to the 1990s incandescent that were already installed) I had to install a dimmer.
Don’t need any more LED bulbs at the moment. I just bought a metric fuckton of these at HomeDepot.com this weekend. Phillips 60w equivalent, standard base. $28 for 16 including free shipping.
800lm, 8 watt, so reasonably efficient.
@ruouttaurmind In case you care, I think that those are not dimmable. Dimmability does tend to add to the cost, but <$2 a bulb is still pretty good.
@ergomeh Thanks for mentioning it. Nope, the Home Depot Phillips bulbs are not dimmable. Not important in this case, since the fixtures don’t have dimmers in the circuit.
So why can’t my computer load meh this fast when a fuko comes up?
@Mehrocco_Mole because you don’t have 6000 other people trying to load it at the same moment like there is when there’s a Fuk.
In for a couple sets of cans.
/giphy cans
@medz I’d start drinking beer if I had an awesome can crusher like that!
@ruouttaurmind which given the evident lack of ANY kind of safety mechanism would limit your beer intake to what you could safely crush before your fingers didn’t clear out in time…
(BTW how did they straighten out that can each time so they could crush it again and again???)
Bet you can Fetch yourself a deal on these bulbs tonight --dog gone it ! ( baby arm-- just throwing down tonight – so stick to it and you can buy these tonight)
@AttyVette That’s one bright dog.
saw these at costco in OR for $6 a 6 pack, I think floods were $9 (automatic rebates on all their lines of LEDs)
@alexpope IOW, subsidized by the state or local utility. It’s the same here in SoCal; I’m fully stocked for LEDs at $1/ea. here.
@alexpope, I don’t recall any candelabra bulbs…?
If one of the options were GU10 base floods, I’d be in for 3. But
/giphy no luck
@gcanyon Are these a thing now? Are the GU10 bases going to become common?
@G1 Eh? My 1989 home with original track lighting has GU10 base…
@G1 “Common” for halogen bulbs; uncommon for everything else.
If you don’t mind skipping out on safety listings, there are adapters to convert them to more common edison sizes.
@G1 No idea, just happens to be what my apartment has built-in to the ceiling.
@narfcake It’s just for the apartment I’m in, so while I might invest in LEDs out of a general sense of obligation to the environment, adapters wouldn’t be reasonable here.
Ugh…my vanity has 8 bulbs.
Wow… something I’d never buy on Meh.
No fanks.
@JonJon, really…? THIS is the first thing you wouldn’t buy here? Man, I mean, I’ve scoffed at dozens upon dozens of things here that I would never buy.
$15! You can afford to go full Elvis, fill the swimming pool with 'em and break out the over/under.
These would only be of use in my floor lamp. Which blows up bulbs regularly. So if you could offer a floor lamp, that’d be great.
@lordbowen /giphy That’d be great
Are you sure that you are not putting standard light bulbs in a 3-way socket? A 3-way socket has an extra connector inside. Damn near burned our house down with that mistake.
As a busy on the go, I have no time to change lightbulbs!!! That is why I love these GreenTech
PurePower
LED light bulbs!!! They emit a electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, just like I like my bulbs to do!!! They also last at least 3 years by which time I am sure we will have helper robots to change them for me!!!
In for 4 six packs in T6 and of course I got VMP, it’s a bright idea in savings!!!
@cshillaber Your star counts are slipping.
WHAT KIND OF A REVIEWER ARE YOU ANYWAYS?!
/s
@narfcake He’s “a busy on the go”, okay? Give him a break!
“Warm and inviting”? No I want my lighting to say “WEIRDO STAY AWAY” so I’ll pass.
Wake me up when you get to 100-120w equivalents, meh.
And yes, it’s absurd that we’re still talking about these things in comparison to edison bulb wattage.
@daggar They have 100w (equiv.) floods. Even though the short text only says up to 75w. Strange. I blame @OldCatLady!
@PocketBrain I was going to point that out, but I hoped it might slide by. Me-eh-eh. Blame accepted.
You can buy $1 bulbs at Menards, better quality. Or $3 for the flood bulbs. Meh got scooooowed whem they bought these.
@kbaum17 alas, Meh HQ is in no vacinity to a Menard’s. All of TX Menardsless. Sad, really.
/image save big money at menards
@kbaum17 Is that a subsidized price?
@kbaum17 Lies. I’m always on the lookout for cheap LED bulbs. I have never seen anything close to a $1 LED bulb at Menards.
@kbaum17 Seriously. The best I could find was a 6 pack of A19 LED bulbs on clearance for $11.30 plus tax. That more like $2 per bulb and I would argue that the brand is inferior to these ones. Both 800 lumens. Menards was 3000 kelvin and only a 16 year lifespan. (compared to 2700 k and 23 years)
@narfcake No, just a regular sale price.
@medz And you are a fool. Seriously. Who cares about the “years”. It is NOT , repeat NOT, a warranty, yo. 800 lumens is bad??? for a 60 watt replacement??
See attached receipt. suck on that.
@medz And they sell lots of 2700k, 3000k, 4000k, 5000k bulbs at the same price at Menards. No rebate required, either.
@kbaum17 Lies. Checked that SKU. Those are $3.48 plus tax at the local Menards. Not a bad photoshop job the receipt, but you can’t fool me. EPIC FAIL!!!
@medz You total loser. total loser. Nothing fake about it. Real, undoctored receipt. you want my SSN number too? What a jack arse. Get a life, yo.
94 cents per bulb. 4000k bulbs. You wrong so many times, you really need to stop while you way behind.
Oh, and that 5 gallon bucket of Pittsburgh Ultra (lifetime warranty) paint, has a $50 rebate. So 34 bucks for 5 gallons of veeeery good paint. I guess that is a lie too? give it up.
@kbaum17 You should have stopped while you were behind. Behold! The original pic I found on your myspace page.
Also, lighten up, chum. I’m only trying to convince myself I got a good deal here so I don’t have buyer’s remorse. Seriously though, our Menards doesn’t ever have cheap bulbs.
@medz Seriously, though, you are a troll and a weirdo. Glad you had fun searching little girls MySpace pages. you really have nothing good to do with your time, so much so u can waste time showing off the nails that you like. chum
@kbaum17
/giphy feed me moar!
@medz No, you not a troll. U just a perv.
/giphy Supa Hot Fire
@kbaum17
/giphy pervy troll
@medz you a troll and nuts
/giphy would you care for some nuts
I have cans. Last time this deal showed up I bought canned lights. But they were too small. So this time I’m getting floodlights. Even though it’s not flooding.
@mesorensen, was it canning last time?
/giphy canning
Can these be used in an enclosed exterior fixture?
@comics360 sure if they fit. Can they be used safely? Well, that’s another matter all together
@comics360 I’ve had some of the candelabra ones in a semi-enclosed outdoor fixture (lamp post) since the last time they were sold here. Still working.
Damn quantity limits! Just moved into a new place and I did a quick inventory at 11:01pm… There are over 100 light bulbs in this house. Of course some are infrequently used, but I hope to convert all the major/frequently used lights to LED by the end of next month. So get this offer on the repeat track a few times so I can fill out my collection, please!
@djslack Big house, or are you in the Big House?
/image scrooge mcduck
@djslack, make multiple accounts. Meh doesn’t mind.
@haydesigner @djslack and you can really beef up your Star fake-internet point counts up.
@G1 Medium house, but they went light bulb crazy when they built it. Many many multi-bulb fixtures (4 bulbs per ceiling fan, 6 bulb chandeliers, and every round ceiling mount fixture has 2 bulbs). The outdoor lights have 3x candelabra bulbs each. So it adds up really fast.
I asked my fiancee how many bulbs she thought we had and she thought for a minute and said maybe fifty. She was surprised at the actual count.
@haydesigner I mind. It’s just not right to me.
I guess I could get my fiancee to join. She’s a bona fide different person with a different credit card.
@djslack, seriously, there’s nothing TO mind. Meh honestly doesn’t care. The only downside is that you don’t get free shipping (unless you pop for the VMP for each account).
The only moral issue here is your own conundrum.
It seems that the shipping restrictions is, on the surface, to manage any kind of outcry when things sell out. But it’s, almost, probably a more effective as a tool to cut back/manage shipping a ton of stuff (multiple boxes etc) to single addresses where it’s not necessary. Like someone buying 20 mops, or something.
Give Meh your money if you need the bulbs.
Meh, I can’t stand the color temp 2700k way to far into the incandescent yellow/brown spectrum
Meh. Why not…
laboring-resplendent-kitten
damn, all you all knowing how color some K number makes a bulb. When did so many people become light bulb experts? I only buy light bulbs when I find some clearance LEDs at like a Walgreens or hardware stores.
@vanslaterco There are 9 bulbs in the fixtures in my apartment, not counting the fluorescent in the kitchen. 6 of them are burned out. Most of those have been that way for over a year. I could probably use some long-lasting bulbs, but then I would have to actually put them in.
The description on the 40W vanity lights says 2700K but if you look at the photos, the base is showing 3000K. Big difference when you wake up in the morning and throw that light switch. Be sure to use your savings to get some teeth whitening kits.
“These are the nice LEDs that give a warm and inviting glow, not a cold and alienating glare”
In other words these are the cheap looking ugly yellow bulbs that only old people still use…
You need to be 4500k to 6000k to get a decent true colour bulb.
Fuck it, I’m in.
These lights give me an unpleasant buzz when dimmed.
@neveraging you can cover that up with a couple well place Bluetooth speaker lightbulbs
@vanslaterco …available here shortly!
I have outdoor flood lights that need new bulbs. I don’t see anything about the weather rating on the floods for sale. Any info?
Yes, would like to know if they can be used for outdoor also. In particular the BR40.
@joe43wv Well, I found this page which says: “Because purePower LED lights are resistant to shock, vibrations and external impacts, they make great outdoor lighting systems for rough conditions and exposure to weather, the wind, rain or even external vandalism, traffic related public exposure and construction or manufacturing sites.”
Gonna give them a try based on that.
@TheCowGod Based on that, Meh can thank you for selling some 100w replacement LEDs!
NO R20s, so no sale… Meh… 2700K= double meh!!
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(BTW for those doing the math, given these have a “22 year” life expectancy, it won’t take long for this to become a speaker-dock-like item once those meh members interested in them buy what they need… the replacement cycle will be long after meh has moved on to become something else in the future -think back to 1994 and try to remember any internet business you can think of that is still around…
/image energetic-sultry-creator
In for 3 of the candelabra bulbs. I have a number of outside scones and a lamppost that seem to constantly need replacing. Hoping these make it a non-issue. This sale also reinstated my VMP status and only cost me $20 with my #3 of 4 sharkchamp coupons. Only one left… may hold out for that holy chalice or something equivalent.
Edit: OMG that image. Pass the eye bleach, please.
@ACraigL is that sultry or stoned?
I ordered… Then cancelled after reading comments and becoming a light bulb expert. I might go back to using candles instead of these.
@paw1682 don’t for get to order candle bras.
@paw1682 agreed. candles have always been best. but industry can’t make money off em like you can lightbulbs, so evil corporations downplayed their effectiveness.
@kevlar51
/BigLightBulb.
@icehole love it.
They last for 22 years, but will I want to replace them in 6 months when a better bulb hits the market?
They kept telling me don’t go into the light, but here I am buying these things like an idiot. Whoops.
So long-lasting! So efficient! So what?
I got the vanity globes last time. I like them…alot
Bought the BR40 Flood last go around. Have not burned out! Give out nice light with option to dim. Would order more but don’t need any!
I expect these to light my home.
/image habitual-treasured-shrew
All the dimmable LEDs I’ve had are not linear, and they don’t “start” until well into the ramp up. If you want them dim, you have to make them bright and then walk them down… but even that has a steep cliff around 30% when they just shut off. This is a major problem for home automation of lights.
Does anyone know if these bulbs actually dim fully from 0-100%, regardless of initial power level?
@JerseyFrank They do not, they work imperfectly as you described, with one exception: once already lit, they will dim all the way down to very close to 0%. This is using dimmer switches in a house that is 30 years old. I’m not sure if the dimmer switches themselves are actually that old, though.
@JerseyFrank I think it depends if it’s a digital dimmer or an old solid state dimmer
@astroglide They are digital, triac-based switches. I’m now reading more about it than I planned to and it just makes me angry.
@JerseyFrank lol sorry man don’t feel bad though I’ve done electric 18 yrs and now they have dimmers you have to put a neutral on that shit drives me nuts
First instinct was meh… But then read everyone talking nerdy about light bulbs and now I’m tempted to bite.
Few things in life interest me less than lightbulbs. So I’m gonna avoid reading all this stuff.
Personal misters, wine glasses, lightbulbs. You really know how to tempt an old fart, Meh.
/giphy boring!
Just bought a house, and these should give us a good jump start on replacing bulbs without breaking the bank.
/image quotable-baled-creator
@BeSublime and regarding that image: you’re welcome.
Hey I saw that those GE bright Stick ones (60W equivs 2700K) are 6 for 11.88 at sams club if any care.
I have one I’ve been using in a floor lamp and some in a stair well and they seem ok so far.
24$ for 12 on woot
@terrry for only 450 lumen and non-dimmable. Don’t forget the $5 shipping and tax, so it’s actually over $30 for it.
/woot led lightbulbs
12-Pack LED A-19 Lightbulbs - Your Choice for $24.99 - $29.99
http://tools.woot.com/offers/12-pack-led-a-19-lightbulbs-your-choice-6
WELL mine just arrived today and I know why these were so cheap. They flicker. Now I have to spend the time getting the warranty process started on 3 of them. I ordered 2 packs.
@mauisean If they’re on a dimmer, turn the dimmer up all the way! No flicker. Also it could be your house is prone to brown-outs. If the current to the bulb isn’t very constant, you could see some flickering. I’ve noticed a flicker, for example, when I turn on a vacuum cleaner on an over-loaded circuit.
@medz Yeah, thats not it. no dimmer, and the one light flickered. I replaced it with another one from the pack and it worked fine. bulb was shot
I just replaced 12 can lights in the basement that were a mix of 45-50 watt flood lights.
Not only are these new ones brighter, but they run cooler and will save me tons on the electric bill. Most of the ceiling is 8ft down there, but there is a 7ft high section under the main support beam and the old lights would bake your head when you walked under them. Not with these LED babies! The box says I’ll save $148.50 per bulb. (over the life of the bulb) That’s like getting a $1,782 bonus! Thanks, meh.
Hard to get a picture that shows them in all their glory…
