Another way for LED lights to help you read in the dark August 24, 2009
Posted by ledguy in Just for Fun, Novelty, Products.Tags: baseball cap, book light, booklight, catalog, catalogue, LED, led lights, niche lights
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I’ve come across a few interesting products that light up dark corners where you are looking (like these reading glasses and this clip-on for baseball caps). Here in the Home Trends catalog is another example.
I like the elegance of the reading glasses better, personally. But these could be very handy, too.
Cool gadget: LED Reading Glasses August 18, 2009
Posted by ledguy in Just for Fun, Novelty, Products.Tags: catalog, catalogue, consumer reviews, headlights, niche lights, Products
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Here’s something that will go on my Christmas list: reading glasses that have LED lights built in! I saw them in the Herrington Catalogue this morning, and found them on the Herrington site.
I documented the evolution of booklights in an early post on this blog, as well as lights to clip to your baseball cap.
These glasses are a great example of one of the points I made in those posts: LEDs allow innovative new design for lights that will result in dramatic new products.
Maybe if I’m really nice to my wife, I won’t have to wait until Christmas….
A Random Product Gallery July 27, 2008
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Over the past few months, I have been snapping pictures of various products on the shelves at Home Depot, my local grocery, and my local hardware store. To give you a sense of how many LED-based products are out there now, I have assembled this gallery, with a range from the downright silly to the highly practical.
LED Christmas Lights are a Hit this Year! December 29, 2007
Posted by ledguy in Just for Fun, News, Novelty, Products.Tags: Christmas Lights, GE Lighting, LED, led lights, Philips, solid state lights, USA Today
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USA Today had this story about booming sales of LED Christmas lights. (more…)
The Future of Booklights November 28, 2007
Posted by ledguy in Novelty, Products.Tags: book light, booklight, consumer reviews, Itty Bitty Book Light, LED, led lights, solid state lights
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Who can ever forget the invention of the Itty Bitty Booklight! It was a marvel of its time and probably saved countless marriages 
LED technology is revolutionizing this product category, and the new shapes this type of light are taking show, in a microcosm, the potential for LED lights to change more than just energy consumption.
GE: Bring Ecomagination to Christmas Lights! November 24, 2007
Posted by ledguy in Novelty, Products, The Business.Tags: Christmas Lights, consumer reviews, Ecomagination, Home Depot, LED, led lights, solid state lights
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I was in Home Depot yesterday and couldn’t help going by their Christmas decorations section to see what they had in the way of LED lights.
There were rows and rows of LED lights (at $7.99 a string for 50 lights – best price I have seen), but they were all some generic/store/non-name brand. Made in China, of course.
GE had the most shelf space, but all their lights were traditional incandescents. Yet, they have a made a significant strategic investment in LED with their Lumination division.
So, GE, what’s up? You appear to have the largest market share in Christmas lights. You espouse “Ecomagination” as your strategy. On the Ecomagination site, you pay Kevin Kline to narrate – and who knows what cinematographer to create — glitzy videos.
Granted, you probably make more money selling lighting systems for grocery displays to Wal-Mart, and I applaud that.
But take a hint: the LED Christmas lights on Home Depot’s site are sold out online.
If you want to been seen as a green company, do more with your products, and less with your PR.
LED Christmas Lights November 22, 2007
Posted by ledguy in Novelty, Products.Tags: Ace Hardware, Christmas Lights, consumer reviews, LED, led lights, solid state lights
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Product: 16-foot string of 50 LED Christmas lights (lights spaced at 4 inches)
Brand: Celebrations (an in-house brand of Ace Hardware)
Manufacturer: Unknown
Retailer: Ace Hardware
Price: $10.99 (on sale from $12.99)
Summary
I was excited to see LED lights at such a low cost. While they are more expensive than traditional light strings, the electricity savings in one holiday season will pay for most — if not all — of the difference. But the bluish quality of the light may put you off of these lights.
Wear a baseball cap? Light your way! November 11, 2007
Posted by ledguy in Novelty, Products.Tags: baseball cap, consumer reviews, LED, led lights, solid state lights
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Product: A light assembly that clips onto the bill of a baseball cap
Brand: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Retailer: Ace Hardware (displayed at the checkout stand)
Price: $4.99
Summary
Here’s one of those fun little things that would be impossible with regular bulbs: clip this to a baseball cap and you’ll never be in the dark!
