Innovative Pharox LED Lamp Uses 3.4W: Replaces 40W Incandescent
by Justin Thomas, Virginia on 02.22.07
An innovative LED lamp named Pharox has been launched in the Netherlands. Apparently, this 3.4 watt bulb is a serious replacement for a 40 watt incandescent bulb. It is rated at 60 lumens per watt. It is also more eco-effective when compared to other LED lamps, because the production does not include phosphor. The bulb will initially be available to customers of the green energy supplier Oxxio (the price listed is € 22.68 for 4 bulbs). The bulb was created by Lemnis Lighting, a technology company focused on the lighting market and managed by two members of the Philips family. Princess is going to distribute the light bulbs worldwide. :: Press Release. See also: 3D LED Bulbs
Finally. I've been hoping to skip over CFL and go straight to LED for my lighting. But I've been a long time waiting for an affordable, useable bulb.
This seems like a great product to me that will might be replacing the convention bulbs soon.
So € 22.68 for 4 bulbs.
€ 22.68 = $29.77 / 4 = $7.44 a piece.
Still expensive but a 3.4w replacement for a 40w sure does sound nice.
Hey has anyone checked their website?
It says one box is (quote) 4x EUR 22.68
that could mean EACH bulb is the above price!
will check out when I have a moment...
;-)
Great, I wonder when they'll release them with bayonet fittings and start selling them in the UK, have been using CFLs for a while but while they have improved a lot they still take time to brighten-up, so not very usefull in the toilet.
"Still expensive ..."
If you look at the electricity savings as well as the lifetime of the bulb, I think it is much cheaper than other other type of lighting.
It's expensive compared to incandescents and even CFL's, but even those $60-70 LED screw-in's from a few weeks back were still cheaper than incandescents if you factor their lifespan and energy cost. I'd like to buy these right away, but I can't just yet, so please post again when they are actually shipping these, and especially when a sub-$30 60, 75, or 100 watt replacement becomes available. 40watt replacements could light a house, but you'd need a ton of extra fixtures and floor lamps to do an effective job of illumination.
The lights are pretty expensive, but they easily pay for themselves in saved energy and durabilty (100.000+ hrs).
However, it might be worth seeing the color of light these leds give. Most leds give this pale, almost blueish light which won't hellp to create a comfortable atmosphere.
I was looking into this recently: the Pharox lamps are €23,- EACH and really more expensive than a lot of other online stores where you can order them. I have never done so because I find the light unpleasant and not bright enough for the uses I need them for, but they sure are efficient. Hopefully the comfort factor will improve so that they will become standard in the coming years.
Google around and find plenty of stores, such as:
US : http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?product=MR16
starting at $11.95
NL:
search for led lamp here: www.conrad.com
starting at €14,95
This article has some conflicting claims. 3.5W for 40W equivalence implies a > 10:1 lumens/watt ratio vs incandascent. But then the article says that the bulb is roughly as a efficient as a CFL. CFLs are a little over 4:1 lumens/watt vs ILB.
Not a useful light.
It only throws 204 Lumens
My 65 Watt equivalent CFL, which only uses 14 Watts, throws 950 Lumens --- that's 4.6 Times the amount of light.
and 950 Lumens is barely good enough for decent task lighting.
Using their figures --- to get 950 Lumens out of their LED product, it would actually use more energy -- 15.8 Watts
This bulb is neither astounding nor is it very useful (sans that lifespan of LED vs CFL)
I wish the would come out with a really useful bulb.
What crusty old CFLs are some of you people using? We switched our entire house over to them last year and only one of them (in a lamp, rather than a normal light) takes a while to brighten up. The one in our bathroom is fine and you can see everything straight away.
I thought that LED bulbs were already out.
But now... how would regular sockets work with these?
ThinkGeek has had something similar in various wattages for some time now..
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/7aa8/
by the way where you have got the listed price and where we can get the full specification of the bulb
204 lumens is about a 17W incandescent - not 40W!
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I've got to replace my CFL because they contain mercury. Read the article about mercury-containing compact fluorescents at www.sustainablehomes.com
While I tend to agree that 204 lumens sounds a bit dim, if 950 lumens, as one poster said, makes a poor task light for you, you may (not insult intended) consder an eye exam. 950 lumens is the output of a 75w incandescent, which has always, at least where I am from, been considerered a rather bright bulb.
I have been using cfl's for about ten years now. The first one I purchased just burned out about a month ago. The only reason I am looking at led is the cfl's give my sister migranes. That inperceptable flicker you know.
I eagerly await a better product and wish the blasted government would concern itself with the intrest of the majority for a fragrant change.
I am very interesting about this Lamp. Dose anybody know where I can buy it?