On a pass through Costco Monday I saw my first pack of consumer-packaged LED lightbulbs. The bulbs were Lights of America Decor LED Accent bulbs in a three-pack package. I didn’t see what price Costco had them but Amazon sells the three-pack for $24.
One review of LED bulbs pans them completely, saying they don’t hold a candle (ha!) to incandescent bulbs. While that’s true, I recall it taking a while before the CFL bulbs could be mistaken for incandescents.
LED bulbs still have some niche uses. The accent lighting role, for instance, is a good one for LEDs until they get good enough to read by. I may have to buy one of these accent bulbs just to give them a closer look.
I like LED’s. I am looking forward to the day that I can replace my CFL’s with LED’s (affordably).
I would like to see them more on cars (headlights, tailights…etc). I realize that some of the newer cars already have them, but my newest car is a 1999.