In late March, all of the US Home Depot stores began carrying Cree’s new LED light bulbs. While they’re by no means the first such bulbs to offer the same form factor as standard incandescent bulbs, ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

I’ve also treated the topic of LED illumination more conceptually; take, for example, this piece from more than seven years ago that analyzed LED and CFL light bulbs as potential successors to ...

I’ve been playing around with various LED smart lights for over a decade. The first set of household bulb replacements that I really got into was a Philips Hue kit I bought in 2012. It was pretty cool ...

Along with being brighter, LED bulbs tend to use less power and have a much longer average lifespan compared to conventional halogen bulbs. Now that LED lighting technology has gotten significantly ...

Which LED light bulbs are best? Finding the best LED light bulbs for your house, office or otherwise can be more complicated than it seems. It’s easy enough to pick out a random A19 light bulb, but ...

LED bulbs are more efficient than older incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, and can save you significant money. But why do ...

Although incandescent light bulbs were banned back in August 2023 in the USA, most of us still think of old-school wattage when it comes to describing how bright a light bulb is. We can picture how ...

In my so-far nearly 30 years of writing for EDN, I’ve learned a lot about my ever-evolving audience (i.e., you), at least two aspects of which are directly relevant to this particular writeup: Or take ...

Occasionally you run across a product that you just know is simply too good to be true. You might not know why, but you’ve got a hunch that what the bombastic phrasing on the package is telling you ...

LED bulbs are the way to go for a “smarter” smart home. While some bulbs and bulb kits may be a bit of an investment upfront, the cash you’ll save in the long run, combined with many of the great ...