LEDs are the future of lighting

To many of you, this is probably obvious by now. I'm convinced that, in the not too distant future, all lights will be LED (or some similar semiconductor based) lights. We finally have come to a point where LEDs can be manufactured in white or near-white variants, and that was the big roadblock.

The advantages are many. LEDs are incredibly robust, with MTBFs (mean-time between failure) in the 20,000 hr. range. That means 20 YEARS of average use! Further, LEDs consume much less power than incandescants, and even less than those low-power flourescents we all thought would take over the world a few years back. Oh, well, that never really happened, did it?

Wanna try out this new frontier of lighting easily and cheaply? Then get some LED-based night lights. These little cuties can be had for around $4 apiece. Check out this one offered through one of my favorite online sellers, Amazon:


You can get these at most hardware stores like Home Depot also. The cool thing about going with an LED nightlight is that you'll probably never have to replace it! Yep, since they plug into the wall, there are no batteries, and the photocell and LED will last virtually forever. You'll probably move or die before needing to replace this bugger (now that's a wierd thought).

What's really wierd is the notion that, in a few years, ALL your lights could be like this! Imagine never replacing a light bulb!

The really interesting thing is:

No matter how many of these "timesavers" we seem to impliment in our dailiy lives, we remain way too busy...figure that one out and then we'll have something to discuss.