EcoLight: LED vs Traditional Bulbs Showdown

LinaMeaghe

LED bulbs are bit a dearer than other types of light bulbs, but they claim to last so much longer. But do LED bulbs actually final the 10 years that many manufacturers declare? Even the most cost effective LED mild energy-efficient bulbs (Philips sells some for as little as $2 per bulb) declare to have a 10-year lifespan, but it is necessary to know that's actually based mostly on some fairly modest assumptions. When you learn the superb print (discover the asterisks subsequent to the 10-yr claim in the image above), a 10-yr lifespan relies on solely having the bulb on for 3 hours per day, daily. In some households, this may be accurate, but in others, that is laughable. This particular 10-year claim signifies that the bulb can final for nearly 11,000 hours. So if we have been to have the bulb on for eight hours every day (two hours in the morning and 6 hours in the night, as an illustration---probably longer on the weekends), because of this it will only final shy of three and a half years.