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67.000$ for a great looking light source seems too much. You can buy small houses at that price point where I live. With real windows, you know.
by ogig 11y ago
67.000$ for a great looking light source seems too much. You can buy small houses at that price point where I live. With real windows, you know.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoLED bulbs started expensive as well. I just bought one for $1.97 (Cree 60w equiv) at Home Depot this evening. Manufacturing efficiencies take time.
- copperx 11y agoThat's an incredible price for a Cree. Is it a special sale?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoHD was clearing out the first gen version with the larger heatsink at the base. I went back and bought the entire pallet. The newer V2 generation, with the plastic housing that no longer requires the large heat sink is running $3.97/piece. I replace bulbs like Johnny Appleseed. I see an incandescent bulb that matches the soft yellow temp? Out it goes, gets replaced with a Cree bulb.
- evincarofautumn 11y agoIt’s also a 660-pound object installed in a drop ceiling nearly a meter thick. You’d need very high ceilings to start with, and you’d better hope it’s installed well. Not to mention that it consumes up to 300W of power.
- scotty79 11y agoI wonder if they could glue their magic scattering pane to a mirror and lit it with a lamp from underneath (from inside the room that's being lit. ... or even make el cheapo version with just bluish tinted mirror.
- kefka 11y agoWell sunlight is around 1kW per square meter energy density, so it doesn't surprise me in the least that this takes .3kW to simulate sunlight.
- Retric 11y agoLooks like it's 35,000$ after 50 systems and 1 year. http://www.energysquad.com/products/coelux-45lc http://www.energysquad.com/products/coelux-45lc
- ogig 11y agoI see. The article had and outdated price. I still hold my opinion, but good for them if they can keep lowering the cost. The thing does look awesome.