Found: $1 LED light bulbs at Dollar Tree

I spy a UL RU Recognized Component Mark with file number on the mcpcb. And UL provides a data base for file numbers. File number E323040 That component is made by SHUNG CHING ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD SHENZHEN. Note that an RU mark does not mean the entire device meets UL requirements, just the single component. Good to see an RU mark in there.

Wow. Those are pretty cool :slight_smile:

First store had none on the floor, but the employee said that they have tons of stuff to put out in the back room. Second store had plenty, displayed in 2 different spots. I asked if it was a subsidy promotion and the employee didn’t know what I was talking about. There were no signs.
Sorry, this may have been a false alarm, and only available in Connecticut. :_(

(I picked up 16 more)

I think I’m going to go check dollar general and maybe family dollar.

Wow, electronupdate has a lot of cheap bulbs to teardown and review! I’d like to see the 99¢ Lowe’s bulb and this $1 Greenlite bulb reviewed and tested. :smiley:

I’ve been getting these 60w ones at the Dollar Tree stores near me. 800 Lumens 2700k. ($1.00)

Incredible deal. Ran into them about a month ago and stocked up, bought about a dozen so far, they’re brighter than I thought they would be, so I’ve been putting them in all around the house.

Have you tested for flicker?

Not sure I understand, should I test somehow? >>> (been using a few weeks and they don’t flicker, working fine so far)

Wow, that’s great! Dollar Tree around here only have 450 Lumen bulbs!

I know, I was pretty stoked when I saw them, I was going to post on here about it but I wasn’t sure where else there were Dollar Tree’s then I forgot about it.

I had just bought several 60w/-800Lm- 750 Lm at Lowes (Utilitech brand) on sale for $2.00 each and a couple at walmart (Great Value brand) for $2.39 ea. So I had all 3 at once and did a side by side comparison in my 4 socket bathroom vanity fixture.

EDIT: I just checked mine and the Lowe’s bulbs are 750Lm not 800Lm, but the Lowe’s 750Lm appear a little brighter! (But that may be because of their slightly cooler tint)

The Dollar Tree and Walmart are 2700k, and the Lowes 3000k. The Dollar tree bulbs look a little warmer than the Walmart ones. All were nearly equal in brightness.

The slightly cooler Lowes bulbs won the spot in the bathroom fixture. Didn’t need any globes either they look fine in there just bare.

I have been waiting for these LED bulbs to go mainstream, and looks like they are now starting to be. Remember just a few years ago LED bulbs were costing $20 or more and they were packaged like high end electronics. Eventually they will be packaged 4 to a sleeve like the incandescents were.
An mp3 player isn’t packaged as attractively!

100W incandescents, 4 to a sleeve, definitely nothing fancy in the packaging.

And now the 99 cent bulb at Lowes. This no frills packaging means that LEDs have finally arrived into the mainstream!

Hmmmmm? Lowe’s has the Utilitech bulbs in six-packs now, for a bit under $12…
I visited my local store yesterday looking for any deals and couldn’t find any clearance bulbs or .99 bulbs so I just got the six pack of 60W equiv. I put three of those in the bathroom fixture, MUCH brighter than the CFL I had previously installed. At least they seemed that way without the long warmup time the CFLs had…

keltex78, that’s not a bad price, and 6 to the pack is just the kind of packaging I was talking about.
Just an FYI, those 99 cent bulbs will be back at Lowes for a Black Friday sale and they are the same exact bulb as the 2 pack for $3.98 and quite possibly the bulbs in your 6 pack. If like them and you can stand the crowds, you may want to get some this BF. HD and Lowes are the 2 first stores I hit each BF morning at 6AM
HD always has free coffee and donuts :bigsmile:

beam0,
Would you be willing to sacrifice one of the GreenLite 800 Lumen bulbs by cutting the dome off with a hack saw?
I am assuming that it also is made of vinyl and it would be nice to see how it is constructed. If not, I will be passing thru PA in a week or so and can try to find some at a DT out there. One of the things I am interested in finding out is if the bulb is made to sell for $1, or there is a PA subsidy behind the price.

You can test flicker by looking at it closely with a camera and looking at the image on the screen of the camera. If you see stripes then it flickers. The pattern of the stripe shows the pattern of the flicker. The darkest parts of the stripes shows the brightness of the lamp at its dimmest, and the brightest parts of the stripes show the lamp at its brightest. You can look at the difference between the brightest and dimmest to see how bad the flicker is. Flicker gives you headaches and eyeaches.

You can take a picture on the camera and post it here.

Another way to test it is to either shake the lamp or shake an object in front of the lamp and see if it flickers in your POV (persistence of vision). Like when you shake an LED christmas light you see a dotted/dashed line for a moment. (LED christmas lights flicker very baadly because they are usually not fully rectified nor are they smoothed. They are just LEDs directly on the mains with resistors. So they only work on half of the mains cycle. That means they are illuminated for less than 50% of the time.) If you shake an incandescent lamp, or an LED lamp on smooth DC (like from a battery) you will see a straight smooth line in your POV.

Yes, I also just saw these .99 cents at my local Lowes store tonight.
750 Lumen
3000k

I suppose I could cut one open, I’ll try to do it over the weekend.

Yeah, not sure how they could sell these for $1. They may be subsidized, but then again I just saw 60w equiv also at Lowe’s tonight for .99 cents.

I like the 3000k Lowe’s bulbs better than the 2700k DT & WM bulbs, its a bit noticeable difference, a little cooler but not too cold, nice and white color. Being the same price I’ll get the Lowe’s ones.

Also the Lowe’s 750 lumen seem a bit brighter than the DT 800 Lumen. (But that may be because of their slightly cooler tint)

Strange that some Dollar Tree stores would sell the Greenlight 450 lumen, some the Globe 800 lumen, some a Globe 450 lumen, and some (like any around me) seem to sell none.

Here’s a Globe 450 lumen torn down. LED structure is completely different from the Greenlight posted here.

It’s too bad none of these are dimmable. I need ~800+ lumen dimmable.
For example, the Utilitech Pro item 740062 (800 lumen, 18000 hours, 3000K) is dimmable, but is $5 each here.

Does anyone know who makes any of these DT bulbs?
The Utiltech bulbs are made by Feit. There are a few reports at saferproducts.gov of Feit bulbs burning, and although they might be because of faulty lamps, the mfgr doesn’t say. There are also several reports of Cree bulbs burning, but the mfgr always says it’s from faulty lamp sockets (shorting).

I just found these 60W equivalent LED bulbs at my local Dollar Tree.

De-domed :stuck_out_tongue:

Notice the “reflector” for better dispersion.

De-domed without the relector, this bulb gives off a lot of light, although is harsh with sharp shadows

Rated at 810 lumens, this is a nice bulb, especially for the money.
I don’t actually think I can expect 22.8 years out of this bulb. Like other recent bulbs there is very little heat sinking.