{"id":16143,"date":"2014-01-20T11:59:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2014-07-06T11:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T17:26:34","slug":"the-10-led-bulb-goes-on-sale-at-home-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-10-led-bulb-goes-on-sale-at-home-depot\/","title":{"rendered":"The $10 LED Bulb Goes on Sale at Home Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a number of years, many of us in the green space have been referring to compact fluorescent light bulbs (or CFLs) as a “transitional technology”: yes, they’re much more efficient than traditional incandescent bulbs, but the light emitting diode (or LED) is even more efficient<\/a>. Plus, LEDs don’t have the downside of containing tiny amounts of mercury. Price has kept this transition from taking place: while LEDs have been a long-term cost saver for quite some time, the idea of spending $50 or more on a light bulb just sat wrong with many people.<\/p>\n

Still, many others get it, so demand for these super-efficient bulbs has driven the price of LED technology down. Zachary Shahan at Cleantechnica got a chance to review a new LED that’s also broken through an important pricing barrier: the Philips SlimStyle LED is now selling for just under $10 on Home Depot’s website (they’ll be available in-store at that price on March 1st).<\/p>\n

Here’s Zach’s review. Let us know if you’ve had a chance to try out the SlimStyle, and what you thought.<\/p>\n

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