LED bulbs are energy-efficient and designed to last for many years, but here are a few lesser-known features to consider when weighing a jump to LEDs. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

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I’ve also treated the topic of LED illumination more conceptually; take, for example, this piece from more than seven years ago that analyzed LED and CFL light bulbs as potential successors to ...

Until recently, options for non-incandescent light bulbs were fairly limited. There were the cheap and effective but harshly lit CFL bulbs, the expensive but high-quality LED bulbs, and the cheaper ...

The go-to bulb in the GE HD collection, offering soft, warm, and crystal-clear light quality. GE has appropriated the phrase “high definition” from the TV industry and applied it to a new line of dumb ...

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Today’s teardown “victim” falls into the “legacy form factor” category. About three years ago, I decided to swap out around a dozen and a half (so far) of the nearly three dozen total mix of BR30 and ...

Incandescent era, RIP. Like it or not, it's time to move on. Traditional incandescent lightbulbs are gone—not banned, precisely, but phased out because the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

If you’ve ever bought a “miracle” light that barely brightened a pothos, you already know the grow-light aisle can feel ...