Ecosmart 850 lumen, 13 watt LED bulb $13.97, Home Depot, free ship if you buy 4

Quote from nippyjun : Where can you buy it at that price?

I tried calling Home Depots in 3 different states and none had new stock today or even heard of the L-Prize. I'd very eagerly awaited their "release" in February, but it turned out to only be to specialty light bulb websites, and $60 with shipping. Now five stores have no stock on the B&M "launch day". Looks like they haven't been able to ramp up production yet, and are very low on supply, but for PR reasons went ahead with the Earth Day announcement.

Quote from stm69 : Depends on where you are located. As the article linked suggests, a $50-$60 list price, $10 rebate from Phillips, and $20-$30 rebate from your local utility company. And why are the utility companies doing that.... because their end of the deal is less interference when it comes time to raise rates by regulators :/

Actually, many electric utilities are now deregulated, but STILL want to reduce your power consumption. My newly deregulated power company offers to discount your bill if you agree to let them reduce power to your A/C system during peak periods. Prevents them from having to buy extra power at highest prices (and lets them sell to others at profit ), lets them delay costly grid upgrades, and most importantly lets them avoid the incredible expense of constructing a brand new generation plant. Reducing peak consumption is the cheapest option for utilities by far, and that ultimately leads to lower rates for customers and more business as they switch providers.

Utilities really do not pay for subsidies. They include them in their rate increase requests and consumers pay for the subsidies themselves when paying higher utility rates. This way consumers are able to replace power hog bulbs and appliances with more efficient ones without realizing that they are actually paying for the subsidies themselves. Great way to get people to buy more energy efficient bulbs and refrigerators...

Quote from Laszlo : Actually, many electric utilities are now deregulated, but STILL want to reduce your power consumption. My newly deregulated power company offers to discount your bill if you agree to let them reduce power to your A/C system during peak periods. Prevents them from having to buy extra power at highest prices (and lets them sell to others at profit ), lets them delay costly grid upgrades, and most importantly lets them avoid the incredible expense of constructing a brand new generation plant. Reducing peak consumption is the cheapest option for utilities by far, and that ultimately leads to lower rates for customers and more business as they switch providers.

Quote from DealMayhem : Utilities really do not pay for subsidies. They include them in their rate increase requests and consumers pay for the subsidies themselves when paying higher utility rates. This way consumers are able to replace power hog bulbs and appliances with more efficient ones without realizing that they are actually paying for the subsidies themselves. Great way to get people to buy more energy efficient bulbs and refrigerators...

True, it is ultimately the customers who pay in the end (and the ones that reap the long-term savings). But the alternatives to increasing efficiency are more expensive. You can be sure that financing a multi-million dollar new power plant or being habitually forced to buy electricity from a neighboring state during peak hours would result in much higher rate increases passed on to consumers over the long-term.

Quote from DealMayhem : Utilities really do not pay for subsidies. They include them in their rate increase requests and consumers pay for the subsidies themselves when paying higher utility rates. This way consumers are able to replace power hog bulbs and appliances with more efficient ones without realizing that they are actually paying for the subsidies themselves. Great way to get people to buy more energy efficient bulbs and refrigerators...

And thus we should take advantage of as many of them as possible. Since we are paying anyways, why not get the benefit.

Although that's not the only reason utlities have subsidizes. It's also because it's cheaper to reduce customer usage than to build new power plants. So in a way, they are paying for the subsidy. Although in the end, obviously, the customers pay for everything. Well... unless you are in California then the government caps the rates and then the utility actually subsidizes the customers.

My order placed on April 21, 2012 is still on back order... I just noticed something. The photo of the product is showing the LED bulb to be rated 800 lumens, not 850 lumens as noted by OP.

Quote from Laszlo : Good deal, and reviews all say it's great, but I'm going to wait to see how much the Philips L-Prize Winning LED [lightingprize.org] sells for when it launches tomorrow. The new Philips has a much better lumens/watt rating.

Isn't this the same bulb or very close? http://www.amazon.com/Philips-423...B004IUMGV4


I just bought one, its nice but going to end up returning it because I want something closer to 5000k. I actually bought what was advertised here but the 5000k bulb. Expensive as hell at like $25 but I like it. Its a little heavy for my fixture but I think it will work out.

Quote from LiquidRetro : Isn't this the same bulb or very close? http://www.amazon.com/Philips-423...B004IUMGV4 I just bought one, its nice but going to end up returning it because I want something closer to 5000k. I actually bought what was advertised here but the 5000k bulb. Expensive as hell at like $25 but I like it. Its a little heavy for my fixture but I think it will work out.

No, the L-Prize bulb is very similar in exterior design, but a bit of an upgrade inside. It's 940 lumens, so 17% brighter than the AmbientLED (and at the same time uses less power, for a 50% efficiency increase ). The L-Prize one also has much better color rendering, scoring a 93/100, vs 80/100. The color temperature of both are the same however--2700K, just like incandescents. So if you're seeking a 5000K temperature bulb, you'll have to go with a different brand for now.

These were OOS, but are shipping now. They are still $13.97+ tax for Illinois zip codes. Free shipping over $40. Not bad for 800 lumen 60 watt equivalent.

The bulbs I got says 850 lumen and 14 watts. They are 3000 Kelvin,

Quote from DealMayhem : The bulbs I got says 850 lumen and 14 watts. They are 3000 Kelvin,

I finally got mine shipped to me. Each LED bulb was in a white carton with sticker descriptions. Did not come in a fancy box design. Assembled in Mexico. My LED bulb is printed at the base with 850 lumens, rated 13 watts, 125 mA. So far, initial impressions is awesome, but looks like heat diminishes light output if left on for a while.

I wonder if anybody has disassembled the LED bulb yet. I don't like that white disc at the top of the bulb, it sort of reduces light output at the top. I know it's designed to reduce blinding light if directly gazed upon the LED bulb.

The sticker in front of LED’s is also to diffuse light in other directions. LED's are very narrow beam devices, optics makes them disperse light better. I also disliked the sticker, but it does provide more omnidirectional light. It is too damn expensive for me to disassemble it,,,
110x0.125 is 13.75, so it really approaches 14 Watts. Writing 13 is a bit of stretch...
Still the cheapest 850 lumen bulb on the market...

I finally got my order of four bulbs today and they are most likely going back to the store. I planned to use these in track lighting type fixtures. I looked at them at the store and they looked like they would work. The problem is all of the light comes out of the edges and the inside of the disk is dark. They look goofy and the light is blocked by the design of the fixture.

The only good news is the color temp is almost identical to a regular light bulb. I think I'll stick with regular bulbs for now.

I linked to the Gurnee Home Depot, but it's in store pick up only rather than free shipping?