Led is the future, they will tweak and fine tune it over the next few years to where it blows anything else out of the water. For those of us that are lucky enough to already have this fairly new technology, well I guess we will just have to whine and complain and rant and rave like a spoiled rotten little kid that gets the ps3 for Christmas instead of the ps4. It's not what I wanted, I wanted my light to shoot rainbows and make unicorns dance on magical light beams so now I am gonna call you all out on forums because there was pictures of unicorns dancing on rainbows on your website and it didnt come with them, thats false advertising. Thats it I'm holding my breath
At the end of the day it any company claiming there light is superior or replaces hid it better do so as consumers there are laws in place or this
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Lights of America, Inc. has overstated the light output and life expectancy of its LED lamps on packages and in marketing materials, according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission.
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The US-based Federal Trade Commission has
filed a complaint against Lights of America, Inc., a California-based light-bulb manufacturer, and its principals to stop them from misleading consumers by exaggerating the light output and life expectancy of its LED bulbs.
As part of the FTC’s continuing work to stop deceptive advertising, the agency filed a complaint charging that since 2008, Lights of America, Inc. has overstated the light output and life expectancy of its LED bulbs on packages and in brochures. The agency also charges that Lights of America misled consumers about how the brightness of its LED bulbs compares to traditional incandescent lights.
At this year's Strategies in Light conference FTC's Hampton Newsome spoke about the FTC's activities to protect consumers against claims of false advertising. As part of this activity, the FTC will soon introduce lamp labels that emphasize lumens, not watts for all lamp types including LEDs.
The FTC alleges that in many instances, Lights of America’s LED bulbs produced significantly less light, as measured in lumens, than the company claimed in its promotional materials. For example, one bulb was promoted as producing 90 lm, but Lights of America’s own tests showed it produced only 43 lm.
Also, in many cases, Lights of America deceptively compared the brightness of its LED light bulbs with incandescent bulbs, the FTC alleges. For example, the firm claimed that one of its LED lantern bulbs could replace a 40-watt incandescent bulb. However, while the typical 40-watt incandescent bulb produces about 400 lm, the Lights of America LED bulb produced only 74 lm.
Moreover, the FTC complaint states that in many instances, Lights of America’s LED bulbs would not last as long as the company’s promotional materials said they would. In one case, for example, the firm said that one of its LED recessed bulbs would last 30,000 hours. Independent tests, however, showed that the bulb would not last as long as claimed because it lost 80 percent of its light output after only 1,000 hours.
The FTC complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California on September 7, 2010 against Lights of America, Inc., as well as principals Usman Vakil and Farooq Vakil. The FTC points out that the complaint is not a finding or ruling that the defendants have actually violated the la
