A new crop of LED light bulbs wants to combine modern technology with old-school looks. Here's what to look for as you pick one out. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

LED bulbs are energy-efficient and designed to last for many years, but here are a few lesser-known features to consider when weighing a jump to LEDs. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

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 ...

When you're shopping for light bulbs, you might feel like they're all the same, regardless of the brand. After all, incandescent light bulbs haven't changed much since Thomas Edison patented them more ...

It was a running theme in my home.

My home has numerous LED bulbs, be them in recessed fixtures, hanging fixtures, and standing lamps. So far two have failed. The first was a BR30 that cycled on an off with temperature, the second was ...

Incandescent era, RIP. Like it or not, it's time to move on. Traditional incandescent lightbulbs are gone—not banned, precisely, but phased out because the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), ...

The lights, touted as lasting far longer than their incandescent counterparts, can burn out more quickly in some circumstances When LED lightbulbs supplanted old-fashioned Edisons, it was with a ...

LED headlights throw extremely intense light with very little draw on your car's electrical system. Now that they're trickling down to the aftermarket, you can buy a simple plug-in "LED retrofit kit" ...

You don’t have to be an interior designer to have strong opinions about the spaces where you spend your time. And no matter how discerning your eye is, you will be confronted with limitations, and you ...