LED Floodlights?

[SJN]

I was wondering if anyone has used those 5w LED floodlights they have at Mountain Hardware? What was your opinion of them? Thanks in advance.

Steve

[Chuck]

LED lights are 21st century technology.  They save energy, the bulbs never need replacing (100,000 hour life) and save you money in the long run.  5W is a powerful LED light.

Read the below and find out more about LED technology-its amazing!  LED's come in several forms, but an LED is an LED whatever form it takes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/business/energy-environment/30led.html

http://www.osram-os.com/osram_os/EN/About_Us/We_shape_the_future_of_light/Our_obligation/LED_life-cycle_assessment/index.html

I haven't seen these at MH.  What are they for?

[Leftfield]

I like the LEDs but I do notice that the further away the LEDs are from what youre looking at, the more "diffuse" the lighting is.  IOW, in order to see something well, I need to keep the LEDs close to what Im looking at. 

[Chuck]

The latest technology Nichia bulbs take care of issues like this.   

[part timer]

I purchased about 7 LED bulbs from Sams Club about 6 mos ago, two of them were floods. Half of the bulbs burned out within 3 months 1 of the floods burned out. They were very expensive, and I don't know why half of them went out, they were used in same type of locations/usage, indoors & out. I was really excited about the low electricity use, my guess is the technology is not perfected for home light bulb use, dont recall if the packaging said they last a long time or not. My CF bulbs seem to be lasting years, including the flood bulbs, though they take a little time to fully light up.

[Wrightwood]

I also bought some from Sam's Club last year and they worked out of the package and within a 1/2 hour they failed.

[Toolman]

Yea.... those twisted flourescents are a POC too.