I use some HQI lamps still. Not so easy to substitute a 150 W HQI floodlight with LED.
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metal halide lamps, wow ;_; i wonder if you will even find the lamps and the components needed to replace them in years to come...
I have lots of spares and the lamps last forever. I even replaced a failed high voltage power supply a few months ago. I have two with 70 W and one with 140 W. Everything else but three dinosaur halogens is LED.
I also make about net half of my electricity myself, so some wa(s)ttage is ok.
Energy efficient incadescent lamps? That seems interesting, can you share the link to the product?
The main reason I put LED in the title is because most new law reforms are replacing the old technology with LEDs. Furthermore, LEDs are more prevalent now compared to the past and if someone talks about lights, it's definitely going to be either something related to a LED strip install or a replacement to an old incadescent technology.
EDIT: renamed btw :)
It hasn't been productized yet to my knowledge; the technology needs to be licensed from the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
https://tlo.mit.edu/technologies/high-efficiency-incandescent-lighting
I would bet that nothing will happen until the patent expires in 2033 and only then will products magically appear, just like what happened with 3D printers. Laws will have to be updated to specify efficiency requirements rather than underlying technology which was obviously a mistake.
I personally think that LEDs have their place but other types of lights are still useful and sometimes better, like directional incandescent MR16 bulbs and arc lamps like I mentioned above. LEDs will get there soon but aren't there yet. And by that time maybe they'll be obsoleted by newer technology!
There is also the fact that electricity is about to get vastly cheaper due to vastly cheaper batteries and solar panels, to the point where LEDs may be bad for the environment compared to much simpler and much cheaper-to-manufacture traditional incandescent lights. The world of lighting is changing fast!
I wanna see me some edison bulbs.