Newegg has the GPI Ledplux Dimmable 7W A19 White LED Light Bulb for $15 with free shipping. Features warm white color, 270-degree light output and is comparable to a 40W incandescent bulb.
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"comparable to a 40W incandescent bulb." This light better last a long long time to pay for it's $15 price tag. Personally I regret buying fluorescent bulbs for my house because of premature bulb failure.
#1 What brand of CFL light you got ? Mine from Costco seems ok for me. But the quality is really going down and down.
I put a dozen or so CFL lights in my house three years ago. Only one of them failed so far. Most of them are GE brand, some of them are Feit. They all seem to be fine. My biggest gripe about CFLs is they don't reach full brightness instantly. LED lights, now catching up with CFLs in terms of energy efficiency, don't have this problem. I'll buy them when the cost goes down, say, to a couple of bucks.
#2 the bulbs are Sylvania bought from Sam's Club. I bought a several packs 3-4 years ago. A few weeks later one died and it seemed every month another would go. About a year ago I bought the same brand but a higher 75W equivalent which none have failed so far. Also had some Walmart "Great Value" which I would not recommend. For those unfamiliar with fluorescent bubls don't use them inside enclosures or with dimmers.
At $0.10/KWH it would take roughly half a year of continuous operation to break even and save money on the power bill.
CFL bulbs are now cheap enough that even if they fail prematurely, on average you will still save money compared to using incandescents, unless it's a light you turn on and off pretty frequently then an LED light is a better choice.
"For those unfamiliar with fluorescent bubls don't use them inside enclosures or with dimmers. "
There are "dimmable" CFLs. In my limited experience they do not work well.
As for "inside enclosures", the enemy here is heat. The tube gets hot. The electronics in the base don't like that. Don't use them in a pendant position [upside down] no matter what the package says. Life will suffer greatly.
One of my longest-lasting CFLs is in a fake old-timey "oil" lamp. The bulb is tightly enclosed by the glass chimney, but the chimney also draws air like you wouldn't believe. Since the base gets the cool air first, and the hot air is exhausted out the top, the bulb likes it just fine. It does get dusty inside, though.
I started buying CFL's about 10 years ago. The ones that have lasted the longest are the non-twist kind. I have one burning happily base up inside a glass globe hanging from the ceiling. Must be 10 years now. Twisty's don't last nearly as long.
We can't have lead in our paint but we can have mercury in our very-easy-to-shatter light bulbs. Yay for progress!
Ah rivet for brains... this said, "White LED Light Bulb" how did you'll get on CFL's?
I'd easily pay $15 for this if it will work in 3-way lamp socket. A 3-way is a $4 bulb and as there very delicate they'll lose the low or burn out in sometimes in months. This would be a God send for such a pole stand articulating arm lamp... if it can work with standard 3-way socket
3-Way E26 socket / 3-way bulbs, have three contacts, center, another ring contact around that and the outer screw base. So I don't see it would do it But I might just need to see what the smallest slider dimmer I can find and mod-convert it to something like that.
Found this Leviton 6151 Incandescent Lamp holder Socket Dimmer, sure looks like it does the trick.
^ It's a 40W equivalent, on full power it's less light than the low setting on a typical incan 3 way so I doubt you'll need the dimmer for it.
Well, it's considerable price drop for LED bulb that powerful. I'm in for 3, just to try what they are.
Interesting, Goldengadgets also sells similar bulbs, 7 watts globe LED, much cheaper than usual, for about $13+shipping. I cant remember for these bulbs to go under $25. Is it just clearance sale or there is some movement on the LED bulbs market?