Some Good Deals

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Some Good Deals
Topic Started: Oct 8 2016, 06:02 AM (629 Views)
Trotsky	Oct 8 2016, 06:02 AM Post #1
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	We took the bus up to ALDI's this morning and got some fair prices for a change: Carrots (for creamed carrot soup): 2 lbs for $.79 Sweet potatoes: 3 lbs for $1.29 Mushrooms, 1 pint: $.69 Brussels Sprouts : 1 lb. $2.49 (hooray) Half and Half 3 quarts at $1.99 each Celery (big): $.69 Gallon milk: $2.88 And about 50 other items, just enough to break my back getting into the bus. I just wish that wonderful store were next door instead of 2 miles away. Edited by Trotsky, Oct 8 2016, 06:04 AM.



Olive Oil	Oct 8 2016, 10:53 AM Post #2
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	Wow, what good deals. Twice those prices would seem a bargain in most of our stores.



campy	Oct 11 2016, 08:33 AM Post #3
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	Bargain at Canadian Tire Stores in Canada. Noma LED Bulbs. A19- 60 Watt equivalent at 8.5 W. Instant start. Dimmable. 99 cents. limit of five. I bought two to try out first. They are excellent.



Trotsky	Oct 11 2016, 08:44 AM Post #4
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	campy Oct 11 2016, 08:33 AM Bargain at Canadian Tire Stores in Canada. Noma LED Bulbs. A19- 60 Watt equivalent at 8.5 W. Instant start. Dimmable. 99 cents. limit of five. I bought two to try out first. They are excellent. I would snap a couple up. Or here:Posted Image



Trotsky	Oct 11 2016, 08:44 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	campy Oct 11 2016, 08:33 AM Bargain at Canadian Tire Stores in Canada. Noma LED Bulbs. A19- 60 Watt equivalent at 8.5 W. Instant start. Dimmable. 99 cents. limit of five. I bought two to try out first. They are excellent. I would snap a couple up. I have a foyer ceiling fixture with a metal frame and a frosted glass dome (Heavy as Hell) using 3 bulbs. I am using compact fluorescents and I hate replacing a bulb and removing the heavy dome while perched atop a stepstool, an accident waiting to happen. Electricity is free but I want something long lived, and compact fluorescents are not. Incandescents would be way too hot. Spellchecker tried to change incandescents to Incan descents. bounce and jump045 Are you going back for 5 more? I can get them for $1.49 although 2700K might be too warm, I like about 4000K. Posted Image Edited by Trotsky, Oct 11 2016, 08:54 AM.



campy	Oct 11 2016, 09:18 AM Post #6
Handyman Extraordinaire Posts: 28,720 Group: no politics Member #204 Joined: February 2, 2006	It's thanksgiving day here. So the stores are closed. I will go back tomorrow to get five. There is a limit of five. But if I pay cash how are they to know I bought two previously? I love the color. It's bright white although it says soft white 3000 Kelvin. Supposed to last 8 years.



Trotsky	Oct 12 2016, 04:02 AM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I bought 3 compact fluorescents at 6500K for over the dining table. We had the blue-green facial tones of two newly made up corpses ready for viewing. Food color looked weird too. Lasted about a week 'til we went down to 4000K. I use high Kelvin 40 watt tubes in the kitchen where it helps a bit to see tiny stuff (better resolution with the short wave length.) Edited by Trotsky, Oct 13 2016, 01:28 AM.



Trotsky	Nov 1 2016, 06:45 AM Post #8
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	God Damn It. Another fluorescent blew in the tripartite light fixture. (I really need to get a triple LED set for long life or I will eventually break my neck on a stepstool.) campy, et al, Is there any way I can ascertain real lumens and light color temperature with screw-in LED's? WHat I see are all 2700K lights, which is pretty orange. The biggest bullshit of my era is that fluorescent tubes last 10 times as long as incandescents...they do NOT. (I think they last LESS long.) Are LED's advertised as "dimmable" a reality? DO they work with standard dimmer switches? Edited by Trotsky, Nov 1 2016, 06:59 AM.



Trotsky	Nov 1 2016, 06:56 AM Post #9
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Oy. Edited by Trotsky, Nov 1 2016, 06:58 AM.



heatseeker	Nov 1 2016, 08:33 AM Post #10
Veteran Member Posts: 10,320 Group: Member Member #713 Joined: March 30, 2010	Light bulbs are perfect for scamming consumers. Who the hell can count the number of hours before burnout?



Shorty	Nov 1 2016, 04:18 PM Post #11
Red Star Member Posts: 2,301 Group: Member Member #1,150 Joined: February 12, 2015	heatseeker Nov 1 2016, 08:33 AM Light bulbs are perfect for scamming consumers. Who the hell can count the number of hours before burnout? And even if you could, who has the energy and the receipt to do it?



Trotsky	Nov 2 2016, 01:18 AM Post #12
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	I certainly can track the weeks or months between needing to climb that damn dangerous stepladder.



Trotsky	Jan 27 2017, 02:10 AM Post #13
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Posted ImageYaaay, I found campy's bulbs at Dollar Tree (for a buck, natch.)<60W equivalent, 9 Watt...800Lumens...38 LED's...rated 3000K> I have a desk lamp for a million years. It is conical shape so the heat rises. With an incandescent bulb I had to replace the socket several times because the heat destroyed the switch. Then I switched to CFL's...much better. Last CFL disconnected glass tube from the base, as they DO. Replaced it with what I had, but the bulb was too long and extended out the bottom of the lamp, annoying to have that direct bright light in my eyes. The LED is PERFECT, it is very bright and a very pleasing color...seems a little higher than 3000K, with my eyeball I would say 4000- 5000K. Ideally I could put 3 of these in my ceiling fixture and forget about replacing them except I don't think they would give enough light in that setting. (Now I have 3 X 1600 lumens and the LED's would only give me HALF that.) I must credit Delphi's optimism when long, LONG ago he predicted we would be using LED's and I thought the price wasn't ever going to be competitive. Edited by Trotsky, Jan 27 2017, 03:41 AM.



imjene	Jan 27 2017, 05:52 AM Post #14
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,960 Group: Member Member #745 Joined: April 4, 2010	We bought LED's for our dimable light fixture in the dining room. However, we didn't like the harsh light, so exchanged them for Halogens.



Delphi51	Jan 27 2017, 06:49 PM Post #15
Member title Posts: 13,967 Group: Administration Member #441 Joined: October 10, 2006	I bought 3 foot Fluorescent tubes with LEDs inside at $15 each. Waited for the real fluorescents o fail before installing the LED ones - and they didn't work! It seems the fluorescent tubes sold now are not as long lasting as before, and the fixtures more likely to fail as well. I hope the LED sellers get their acts together soon. Speaking of bargains, I found the fabulous Heel Tastic (for heel and finger cracks) on eBay for less than half of the price at Walmart. Shipped from China, have to wait a month or two. Edited by Delphi51, Jan 27 2017, 07:11 PM.



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