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Guys, this article is not about the existing LED light bulbs on the market today. It's a fluff piece about a very promising new bulb technology. The new bulb u
by hapless 15y ago
Guys, this article is not about the existing LED light bulbs on the market today. It's a fluff piece about a very promising new bulb technology. The new bulb uses an unusual LED immersed in a "non-toxic" liquid. In theory it should have vastly better color temperature / light quality than existing LED bulbs.
I'd be happy to buy these things at $20 -- have my cake (carbon footprint) and eat it (light quality, no mercury release on disposal) -- but they don't exist yet. All the LED bulbs I can buy today are basically purple, like the early CFLs. Maybe it's fine for lighting a closet, but they're not adequate to night-time illumination of my home.
Call me when Switch bulbs are actually on the shelf!
- weeny 15y agoThey aren't usually purple, they are usually a sickly greenish.
- yaakov34 15y agoThe liquid cooling technology is what enables so many LEDs to be inside a small enclosure. I don't see how that improves the spectrum. They company doesn't even seem to make any claims along those lines (measurable claims that is - they do say "everything will look great"), they just say they meet certain color consistency standards for LEDs. As do the lamps you bought, probably.
- calloc 15y agoI have a couple of LED bulbs and they are not purple, they are a very "harsh" (I actually prefer it) blueish white much like the neutral white CFL's I have purchased and use.