Looking a bit like something we might see in a scene from a Soul Calibur title, the Geobulb is definitely the coolest looking LED lightbulb we've yet to see. Besides its future-organic fetching looks, the Geobulb produces the same output as a 60 watt incandescent bulb using only 8 watts thanks to its LED innards...
The Geobulb also outlast traditional bulbs and even CFLs by significant numbers, operating 40 times longer than your run of the mill light bulb and up to 10 times longer than a typical CFL. And now for the bad news: a bulb like the Geobulb costs a fuse blowing $120 per bulb. Even when factoring in that this bulb will last 3 years with continuous use or 10 years at about 8 hours per day, that's still a hefty first adopter fee. But in due time we expect to see these type of LED bulbs reduce drastically in price and increase in availability in the same way CFLs eventually fell. For now, we're happy enough with our compact fluorescents despite their dowdy appearance.
The GeoBulb is available in three color temperatures – Cool Daylight, Warm White and Soft White, and comes with a three-year warranty with a 30,000 hour predicted lifetime.
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It's actually not a bad deal. Assuming the bulb replaces 40 equivalent 60 watt bulbs, and 60 watt bulbs are .50 each ($1.99/4 pk at Target), you save $20 on bulb costs.
Assuming you save 52 watts every hour (60W- 8watts for the LED bulb) over the 30,000 hour life, you save 1,560 kilowatt hours of electricity. My last electric bill showed a kw/hour price of .1164 cents. That translates to about $180 in electricity costs saved, and assumes the price of electricity won't go up over the life of the bulb. If the price of electricity did rise, your savings would be even greater.
In the final analysis, the bulb costs you $120 and saves you $200, for a net savings of $80.
Plus, you are saving electricity.
My problem is that I can't get used to the light these bulbs give off...so every time I purchase a cfl bulb I am factoring the idea that the cold light will make me sick and I'll end up giving it to a friend.
Something only worth for its looks...
in my opinions
My problem is that I can't get used to the light these bulbs give off.
These are LEDs, not CFLs. They give off a light very close to incandescents (as do most modern CFLs).
I bought some LED bulbs on ebay and they were around $15. I see them at lighting stores for around $20. The mass merchandiser big box stores haven't introduced them yet. I would say they will be the same price as the early CFL's in just a year or two. The light is more pleasing than cheap cold CFL. However, they have the same problem as early CFL bulbs that the wattage claim of the manufacturer is just not real. The bulbs I have say they replace 60 watt incandescent but the light out put is closer to 40 watts. They use only 3 watts of power. At around $15 they really are cheaper in the long run than CFL's and WAY cheaper than incandescents.