Tags: 22w, lamp, led, light bulb, slinky
Size comparison to a regular incandescent bulb
“It walks down stairs
Alone or in pairs
And makes a Slinkaty sound
A spring, a spring
A marvelous thing
Everyone knows it’s Slinky”
Which this is not. But it does have that feel with its funky looking heatsink. This monster is made in Korea and is one of the brightest screw-in replacement LED light bulbs I’ve ever seen. This is WAY brighter than the LR6 we mentioned in a previous post. The size is almost definitely for heat dissipation reasons. Which works wonders because for the brightness and light that this things produces, the bulb only gets slightly warm. Other lesser sized bulbs with a smaller heatsink and more compacted LEDs would definitely be too hot to hold, though not skin-scorching like an incandescent can be. The size IS quite…large…but it’s not as heavy as you would think considering it’s for heat-sinking purposes.
It’s interesting because many people think that if you buy an LED bulb - it must have a CREE chip to be the “brightest”. Absolutely untrue. The LEDs in here are “no-name”, but put into a package that can disperse heat extremely well, you can pump up the power and get more light. See the pictures below for an example of how it lights up a room. And this is a terrible placement for it too. I was lazy. :(.
22W Lighting up a room
Looking at the top of the bulb, you can see the array of LEDs used to give off this massive amount of light. The nice thing about using so many LEDs vs. say 10, is that you’re not driving each element so hard that it HAS to give off lots of heat in order to function without overheating. Touch the top translucent plastic cover, and you’ll see its cooler than the back of your LCD monitor that you’re using to view this picture. OVerall, a pretty good design. Unfortunately, this sample I got is not yet in full production yet, or I’d get a crate full of them. Have you seen brighter? Let us know in the comments!
P.S. I’m eventually going to make a video of this bulb too. And it won’t need to be connected to an AC outlet to work. I heart LEDs.
UPDATE 1/25/09: We don’t have that monster in yet, but we do have some nice high powered bulbs (with requisite hefty heatsinks here
Closeup of the monster
Another great story about why you should go for LED Lighting. In the longterm LED will be a normal product just like when the lightbuld made it’s first entry on the market.
My friend on Orkut shared this link and I’m not dissapointed at all that I came here.
The light output looks impressive and a nice warm tint, from the photos. Using a warm LED does reduce the efficacy and most producers want high output in lumens as the figures look good. I am smiling at the heat sink design, not because it’s odd, but because it reminds me of my own contorted efforts to heat sink high powered LEDs like this. I guess we might see some pretty ‘imaginative’ and artistic designs coming out masking the clever scienec in heat dissipation.
Thanks for the post … some inspiring stuff.
Dennis: Thanks Dennis - we agree wholeheartedly. LEDs really will be the future of all lighting as we see it.
Pirsey: Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if you have any questions and I’d be happy to answer jeff at eternaleds.com
Richard: Thanks for the comment Richard! We’ve definitely seen some bulbs that are eye openers. Who would’ve thought that light bulbs could double as art? It’s exciting to imagine the possibilities!