GE Announces Advanced LED with 17-Year Life
GE Consumer Products issued a press release detailing a new LED bulb that they hope to put on the market sometime within the next year, and boy does it sound impressive. They call it the Energy Smart LED bulb, and with an estimated lifespan of 17 years (given 4-hour per day usage) it stands to destroy the existing LED, fluorescent, and incandescent competition.
GE claims that it will only consume 9 Watts, while providing the same light output as a 40 Watt CFL, at a 77% cost savings for users who are willing to shell out the $40-$50 for it. Those who do, however, will also benefit from a design change that allows the bulb to radiate light in all directions, as opposed to most current LED bulbs than direct their light in a more-or-less single direction. Not to mention it's super cool looking fins.
Source: GE Consumer Products via Engadget
