Deal or No Deal? Globe 60w L.E.D. 2 Pack for $1.00

[Rick-o]

I've been sitting on the fence as far as upgrading to L.E.D. bulbs, but I saw these at Dollar General yesterday and bought a couple of packs.

Seems really cheap considering what I've priced LEDs previously.

Specs:

Brand - Globe

60 watt (uses 9.5 watt)
non-dimmable
A19 medium base
warm light 3000K
5 year warranty
lasts 15,000 hours

Deal, or are they junk?

Seems too cheap of a price compared to what the other brands go for, but what do I know?

Your thoughts?

[Speedy]

Let us know in five years.

[Forrest]

I've bought another brand of LED lights at a different dollar store. They lasted about 18 months. $1 for 18 months is not a bad deal IMHO.

[space-time]

I doubt these are high quality bulbs, I like the Philips, like these, both 2700K and 5000K

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CAL...ge?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The only thing interesting in those bulbs you mention at dollar tree is the 3000K, if that is real.

[OWC Jamie]

They're likely a safer investment than Sears stock.

[Rolando]

If they last a year, you'll have saved way more than a dollar of electricity!

[Racer X]

I'm still stocked up on my $1 4 and 6 packs of CFLs from Costco after local utility instant rebate.

But I do have some LEDs that are dimmable in our dinning room light/fan combo.

[Marc Anthony]

Given various factors like your electricity costs and usage hours, your 50 cent investment will probably be recouped in energy savings around the 30 day mark. That still makes them a deal, unless they die immediately. Heat and moisture are the enemy of LEDs. Cheap ones are typically housed in plastic and may lack heat sinks; some have little slits in the enclosure to help dissipate heat, which exposes the LED to the elements. They'd probably work fine in a non-enclosed indoor fixture where they're not tasked to stay on all day.

[ArtP]

My local Dollar Tree had $1 LEDs as a featured item in August so I started picking up a few here and there during the month.

I am replacing the ice cream cone swirl fluorescents throughout the house - so far so good.

Probably worth the effort. I feel relieved every time I forget to turn off a light for an extended period of time knowing that it was below 10 watts instead of above 60 watts eating all that electricity,