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Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts

just wondering if anyone had actually managed to find these little guys
in the wild and your thoughts on them. Are they really "150W
equivalent?" I suspect not, shouldn't that be closer to 2800 lm for a
true replacement? Tint? Color rendering?

I've gone as far as making a custom 3-lamp holder for a torchiere that
holds 3 Philips L-prize bulbs and screws into a 3-way socket (lights
one, two, three, none of the bulbs as you turn the key) but that is not
an optimal solution for table lamps etc. and of course L-prizes are
expensive and discontinued.

I miss being able to use incans without guilt

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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Now we need an affordable LED

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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.
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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.




In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes

and three spotlights with 100 watt incandescent "Reveal" bulbs.


The full spectrum LEDs are quite expensive so I bought enough "Reveal"
incandescents to last several years...and hopefully the price will come
down. For the rest of the house any standard bulb will do ...so will
eventually get switched over to LEDs


I have a seldom used antique chandelier in the living room of our 19th
century home...and that one uses antique reproduction incandescents
which I will be keeping.
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On 12/17/2013 10:29 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?philo=A0?= writes:
On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.




In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes


In my shop, I have eight F96T12C50's. However, the Feit A-19's
work just fine as a general 60W incandescent replacement.

While 60W incandescents are in the past, there are plenty of
58W incandescents still being made and sold.


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In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes


In my shop, I have eight F96T12C50's. However, the Feit A-19's
work just fine as a general 60W incandescent replacement.

While 60W incandescents are in the past, there are plenty of
58W incandescents still being made and sold.



In my collection of bulbs are a number of 57 and 58 watt incandescents.

I was wondering why they made such an odd value...I assume it's because
60watt and up are being banned.
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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.

Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.




In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes


In my shop, I have eight F96T12C50's. However, the Feit A-19's
work just fine as a general 60W incandescent replacement.

While 60W incandescents are in the past, there are plenty of
58W incandescents still being made and sold.


--- And 72 watt, 52 watt, 43 watt and 29 watt halogen. There's no shortage
of halogen bulbs in any store that I've seen.

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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.




In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes

and three spotlights with 100 watt incandescent "Reveal" bulbs.


The full spectrum LEDs are quite expensive so I bought enough "Reveal"
incandescents to last several years...and hopefully the price will come
down. For the rest of the house any standard bulb will do ...so will
eventually get switched over to LEDs


I have a seldom used antique chandelier in the living room of our 19th
century home...and that one uses antique reproduction incandescents which
I will be keeping.


There are "Reveal" CFL and LED bulbs now -- also more expensive. Those
bulbs reduce the amount of yellow light so other colors appear brighter,
especially reds. Complexion tones improve too, so they make people look
healthy even if they aren't. I call it theatrical lighting for the home.

Tomsic


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The full spectrum LEDs are quite expensive so I bought enough "Reveal"
incandescents to last several years...and hopefully the price will come
down. For the rest of the house any standard bulb will do ...so will
eventually get switched over to LEDs


I have a seldom used antique chandelier in the living room of our 19th
century home...and that one uses antique reproduction incandescents which
I will be keeping.


There are "Reveal" CFL and LED bulbs now -- also more expensive. Those
bulbs reduce the amount of yellow light so other colors appear brighter,
especially reds. Complexion tones improve too, so they make people look
healthy even if they aren't. I call it theatrical lighting for the home.

Tomsic



My wife is an artist and the Reveal work well for her...though most of
the light in her studio is full spectrum fluorescents and the skylights.


As to those 72 watt halogen with the 100 watt equivalence...
I have no idea how they can pull that crap. They are equivalent to a 75
watt bulb!


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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.

Feit A-19's are about $13 at costco. R-30's are about the same.




In my wife's studio she uses six, full spectrum fluorescent tubes

and three spotlights with 100 watt incandescent "Reveal" bulbs.


The full spectrum LEDs are quite expensive so I bought enough "Reveal"
incandescents to last several years...and hopefully the price will come
down. For the rest of the house any standard bulb will do ...so will
eventually get switched over to LEDs


I have a seldom used antique chandelier in the living room of our 19th
century home...and that one uses antique reproduction incandescents which
I will be keeping.


There are "Reveal" CFL and LED bulbs now -- also more expensive. Those
bulbs reduce the amount of yellow light so other colors appear brighter,
especially reds. Complexion tones improve too, so they make people look
healthy even if they aren't. I call it theatrical lighting for the home.

Tomsic


I tended to think of "Reveal" as one of the lighting scams, so I looked
for some information:

From GE Reveal - "100W replacement"
1120 initial lumens
[1600 is a reasonable lumen figure for a 100W bulb]

using 28% less energy than regular incandescent
[giving you 30% less light]

CRI 100
["filters out dull, yellow rays" and they have a high CRI?
according to
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/22418166
(digital photography review)
the CRI is about 70
"Unscrupulous bulb mongers push these horrible bulbs at many different
groups."]

delivers outstanding energy efficiency
[Reveal 1120L/72W = 15.6L/W
real incandescent 1600L/100W = 16L/W
filtering the yellow lowers the efficiency]

1000h rated life
[750h for a normal incandescent - they actually didn't lie about this one]

IMHO Reveal is a scam. Did I miss something?
==========================

I was just looking for 100W light bulbs for a garage. CFLs aren't good
because of the cold. LEDs probably aren't available in 100W, and are not
a particularly good choice for bulbs that aren't used much. That leaves
halogen. For 3 brands the "100W equivalent" was in reality a 75W
equivalent. I agree with philo that this is consumer fraud.

Why aren't they prosecuted?





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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.

Now we need an affordable LED


You didn't look hard enough. I've been using very good LG "A" type LED
lamps that were ~$10ea, and recently installed a large number of $25 LED
recessed can retrofits that are also performing beautifully. About 3
years ago LED lamps sucked, but not any more.
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On 12/17/2013 10:32 AM, Pete C. wrote:

philo wrote:

On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.

Now we need an affordable LED


You didn't look hard enough. I've been using very good LG "A" type LED
lamps that were ~$10ea, and recently installed a large number of $25 LED
recessed can retrofits that are also performing beautifully. About 3
years ago LED lamps sucked, but not any more.




I looked very hard but only at one store.

Next time I go to a big box store I'll look again or maybe even order on
line. Shipping is probably what I'd pay for gas anyway.


Glad to hear they are making good ones now.

On my job, we switched from incandescent pilot lamps to LED back in 1979.
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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE8CJwXSPRs

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Now we need an affordable LED

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Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Like CFLs before them, they will be insanely expensive until large
scale production ramps up. I recall the cheapest early CFLs at HD
were $15, but Ikea had 'em for $4-7. Now they're a buck. Look
around. I finally found my first cheapo 100W CFL at a Dollar Tree
store, a couple yrs later.

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Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Like CFLs before them, they will be insanely expensive until large
scale production ramps up. I recall the cheapest early CFLs at HD
were $15, but Ikea had 'em for $4-7. Now they're a buck. Look
around. I finally found my first cheapo 100W CFL at a Dollar Tree
store, a couple yrs later.

nb


Early CFL's more like $30 . 20 year user.

Bought two light fixtures at THD. What luck. They came with bayonet CFL's.
Had to switch the dam sockets.

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Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Like CFLs before them, they will be insanely expensive until large
scale production ramps up. I recall the cheapest early CFLs at HD
were $15, but Ikea had 'em for $4-7. Now they're a buck. Look
around. I finally found my first cheapo 100W CFL at a Dollar Tree
store, a couple yrs later.

nb


Early CFL's more like $30 . 20 year user.

Bought two light fixtures at THD. What luck. They came with bayonet CFL's.
Had to switch the dam sockets.

Greg


Yes, that bayonet base is called a GU-24. They're required in California if
the fixture manufacturer wants the fixture to be classified "high efficacy"
or if the fixture is to be Energy Star qualified.

Tomsic


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On 2013-12-17, philo wrote:

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Like CFLs before them, they will be insanely expensive until large
scale production ramps up. I recall the cheapest early CFLs at HD
were $15, but Ikea had 'em for $4-7. Now they're a buck. Look
around. I finally found my first cheapo 100W CFL at a Dollar Tree
store, a couple yrs later.

nb


Actually IKEA is a good source for LEDs and I expect they will improve
over time, as they've supposedly committed to LED technology and phasing
out incans. The IKEA Ledare LED "bulb" is about $11 and has a nice high
CRI (given on package as "87") and is supposedly dimmable. In my
opinion it is a special purpose bulb however as they advertise it as a
"60W equivalent" which I consider to be flat out dishonest and
fraudulent; it's only rated at 600 lumens making it a good replacement
for a 40W incandescent bulb but not a 60W one.

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On 12/17/2013 9:52 AM, philo wrote:
On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13


The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do
exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.

Now we need an affordable LED


I have a 12watt in the goose-neck lamp over my computer and it's color
temperature is very close to an incandescent. It's supposed to be a
60watt equivalent and it does put out a lot of light. I've had it for a
while and purchased it at Home Depot. I think it was around $20 but the
price has come down since then. ^_^

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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Now we need an affordable LED


Just wait a while, CFLs were expensive when they first came out.
The more (chinese) manufacturers, the cheaper they will be.

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On 12/17/2013 07:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.


Now we need an affordable LED


Just wait a while, CFLs were expensive when they first came out.
The more (chinese) manufacturers, the cheaper they will be.


Oh, I don't know that it will take Chinese manufacturers to get the price
down. Cree is doing a fine job and they build bulbs in the U.S.

Tomsic

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If you live in CA the Cree True White are supposedly good. I scored some Philips L-Prizes at the $15 subsidized price while they were still available so I'm good for a while though.

I got a response from Lowe's CS about the three ways... disavowing all knowledge of them, despite the press release and a few CPF members reporting seeing them on the shelves (all in CA however, I'm on the east coast.)
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The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
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Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I
think I'll skip it.
Now we need an affordable LED


The CREE LED 60W replacement bulbs are only $10 at Home Depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cree-60W-...ite-2700K-A19-
Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-BA19-08027OMF-12DE26-2U100/204592770#.UrG1Oyez6R4

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Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13



The other day, I complained here about the lack of availability of a
decent LED to replace an incandescent and was informed they do exist.

Went to the h/w store today and yep, they do exist but at $50 each I think
I'll skip it.


Now we need an affordable LED


Coming up. Lots of new LED bulb products are being rolled out in 2014
according to the LED newsletters.

Tomsic


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Now we need an affordable LED


I bought some reasonable priced and quality LED GU 10 bulbs form Amazon before, just around$9, and I think you can find more cheap and quality lights here http://www.lightingever.com/

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Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts

just wondering if anyone had actually managed to find these little guys
in the wild and your thoughts on them. Are they really "150W
equivalent?" I suspect not, shouldn't that be closer to 2800 lm for a
true replacement? Tint? Color rendering?

I've gone as far as making a custom 3-lamp holder for a torchiere that
holds 3 Philips L-prize bulbs and screws into a 3-way socket (lights
one, two, three, none of the bulbs as you turn the key) but that is not
an optimal solution for table lamps etc. and of course L-prizes are
expensive and discontinued.

I miss being able to use incans without guilt

nate


Amazon lists some but they are out of stock.
http://tinyurl.com/p538nb9
30/60/75 equivalent


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Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts

just wondering if anyone had actually managed to find these little guys
in the wild and your thoughts on them. Are they really "150W
equivalent?" I suspect not, shouldn't that be closer to 2800 lm for a
true replacement? Tint? Color rendering?

I've gone as far as making a custom 3-lamp holder for a torchiere that
holds 3 Philips L-prize bulbs and screws into a 3-way socket (lights
one, two, three, none of the bulbs as you turn the key) but that is not
an optimal solution for table lamps etc. and of course L-prizes are
expensive and discontinued.

I miss being able to use incans without guilt

nate


Don't feel guilty. Incand are safe and clean. CFL contain mercury. If you read the warmings on the boxes, you're supposed to dispose of them at a hazmat disposal sites. I'm sure 99% of those using them just toss them in the trash. CLF's also are easier to break with installing and removing them.


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On 12/17/13 7:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts

just wondering if anyone had actually managed to find these little guys
in the wild and your thoughts on them. Are they really "150W
equivalent?" I suspect not, shouldn't that be closer to 2800 lm for a
true replacement? Tint? Color rendering?

I've gone as far as making a custom 3-lamp holder for a torchiere that
holds 3 Philips L-prize bulbs and screws into a 3-way socket (lights
one, two, three, none of the bulbs as you turn the key) but that is not
an optimal solution for table lamps etc. and of course L-prizes are
expensive and discontinued.

I miss being able to use incans without guilt


I don't miss that. I still have a couple of hundred stored in the
basement. At the rate I go through them, they should last my
lifetime.
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On 12/17/2013 07:01 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 12/17/13 7:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts

just wondering if anyone had actually managed to find these little guys
in the wild and your thoughts on them. Are they really "150W
equivalent?" I suspect not, shouldn't that be closer to 2800 lm for a
true replacement? Tint? Color rendering?

I've gone as far as making a custom 3-lamp holder for a torchiere that
holds 3 Philips L-prize bulbs and screws into a 3-way socket (lights
one, two, three, none of the bulbs as you turn the key) but that is not
an optimal solution for table lamps etc. and of course L-prizes are
expensive and discontinued.

I miss being able to use incans without guilt

nate


Amazon lists some but they are out of stock.
http://tinyurl.com/p538nb9
30/60/75 equivalent


yeah... 75W equivalent won't be bright enough for reading lamp use, and
while Switch really has some attractive and innovative products, they
need to work on getting their pricing to a non-luxury-good level.

nate

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On 12/17/2013 8:59 AM, Nate Nagel wrote:
Anyone seen these?

http://ledsmagazine.com/news/10/11/13

There's been some discussion of these over on CPF, but only two reported
spottings both in CA. A web search for these yields only the link above
and two threads on CPF. Lowe's web site does not have them listed, my
local Lowe's doesn't have them, although a CPF poster helpfully posted
the following

For the 30/70/100 [A21 size]: Item# 424732, Model# LA30/100R/LE
0017801998832 600/1100/1600 lumens, 8/16/22 watts
For the 50/100/150 [A23 size]: Item# 424733, Model# LA50/150R/LE
0017801998849 800/1600/2200 lumens, 10/22/32 watts


My local NW Ohio Lowes has the 30/70/100 in-stock for $34.99
Haven't tried one yet.
Also Cree has a 75w replacement coming out soon to the HD

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