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Shop where? Surely not in your nearest retail, you'll have hard time to get consistent quality (flicker free, CRI, consistent color temperature, and perhaps mos
by rini17 3y ago
Shop where? Surely not in your nearest retail, you'll have hard time to get consistent quality (flicker free, CRI, consistent color temperature, and perhaps most important, longevity)
- elmerfud 3y agoShop at Amazon. If it doesn't match the description return it. I usually buy daylight bulbs and only one time did I have color matching problems even with different brands.
- mikecoles 3y agoSkip the middle-man markup and go to the source. Amazon adds no value, only cost. https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-incandescent-e27.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.search.0 https://www.aliexpress.us/w/wholesale-incandescent-e27.html?... Or Alibaba if you want even cheaper prices at the expense of some research time.
- mcv 3y ago"Skip the middle man, get it at Chinese Amazon instead"? If you want to skip the middle man, order it directly from the manufacturer. And there are tons of webshops selling a very wide selection of led lights. No need to send people to the big monopolists.
- nyanmatt 3y agoCan you list some of those shops? I'm hard pressed to find one that isn't selling items that were drop-shipped to them from Aliexpress/baba and then marked up. It may not be direct from the manufacturer, but going from N-middlemen to 1-middleman is about the best you can do right now.
- marcosdumay 3y agoIt's Chinese Ebay, where the manufacturer is selling. Most of them won't even accept direct orders.
- codingdave 3y agoHome Depot. Or probably any other big-box home improvement store. They have far more selections for lighting than other retail stores.
- ballenf 3y agoCREE and Philips bulbs are 3-5x the price of Home Depot's cheapest LEDs but for me pay for themselves in their longevity and quality.
- codingdave 3y agoOK, but if you are willing to pay 3-5x vs the cheapest LEDS, that seems like an odd comparison. Are the ones at Home Depot that are 3-5x the cost of their cheapest bulbs also underperforming compared to the ones you bought?
- taylodl 3y agoCREE isn't that much more expensive where I live - I haven't needed to buy one in a while(!) but the last time I bought one I'd say they were more like 30% to 50% more, not 3x to 5x. The CREE is definitely cheaper than the Phillips. That's why I use CREE. Fantastic bulbs at a reasonable price - a truly good value!