I came across this Philips led bulb in my supermarket today and bought it, 15 euro ($19-ish). I think led-bulbs have really grown up now: 330lm at 4W is 82.5lm/W. I do not doubt the specs, it is Philips and there's regulation about that in the Netherlands. This efficiency is what the best flashlights put out but in warm white. I also like the small size and the shape. The light is omniunidirectional, is a nice incandescent tint, has no start-up lag (it is not dimmable). It lights my bathroom now (and for the next 40 years I hope). The output is a bit more than the 11W CFL-bulb it has replaced. I will not have a look at the leds inside, but I suppose -as it is Philips- there will be Luxeon leds in there. Pics:
Today I came across this E14 lamp in my supermarket:
It used to be 15 euro, but it was even discounted to 9 euro's (11-ish dollars). A shame really, it is the newest generation but just no-one buys 15 euro bulbs because people are not used to pay that amount of money for a bulb, even if it saves them 10 times the amount over the years.
It lights my kitchen now, and it really looks good inside that lampshade. The first picture shows well how nice the kitchen is lighted (sorry for the dishes), the second and third picture are grossly underexposed (I feel bad for the phone camera) to show how the bulb is looking inside the lampshade:
Quick calculation by head: it replaces a 40W incandescent (sorry, CFL-type bulbs looked ugly inside that shade), so it saves 36W, it is switched on for 3 hours a day, that is 0.1 kWhr/day, 36.5 kWhr/year@0.224 euro/kWhr= about 8 euro saved /yr.
