Cree Unfurls Household LED Bulb
The price isn’t out yet, but it cranks 800 lumens. Could it be the true 60-watt replacement?
Cree today announced a household LED bulb that will provide 800 lumens of light, or about the same amount of light as a standard 60-watt incandescent bulb. The TrueWhite light, however, only uses 10 watts and will likely last 25,000+ hours. That can translate into over a decade in a single socket.
“This is a significant milestone for the industry,” said Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and chief executive officer, in a prepared statement. “In the race to commercialize low-cost, energy-efficient LED bulbs, the industry has forgotten that LED lighting is supposed to look as good as the technology it is replacing. This is the first no-compromise replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb.”
