How To Chose LED Bulbs | Kelvin, Lumens, & Watts EXPLAINED!

LED bulbs measure brightness much differently than incandescent bulbs do. Some still believe wattage equals brightness but in today's world, lumens are what is used to measure light output. While wattage is still useful to know for energy cost, it no longer is an accurate gauge for brightness.

Because LED lamps are up to 85% more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs, the correlation between "more watts = brighter light-bulb" no longer applies. We use lumens to measure the brightness of LED lighting products like lamps, so "more lumens = brighter LED lamp". Our educational video explains the new way of measuring the brightness

As always folks, thanks for tuning in!

[Life_Student]

So thorough and easy to follow. I’m confident, that I can purchase the correct light bulbs on the first visit! I was completely clueless. Thank You, for making this easy to understand. I watched about 3-4 videos before i found this masterpiece.🎉

[letsstartalloveragain]

Kelvin - color
Lumen - brightness
Watt - energy

[janehop]

I am so glad you explained this. I looked at several videos and this was the first one that made it very clear. I'm buying lighting, and looks like most are 60W max these days. I'm concerned about the light given off, so I need to look at the lumens on the bulbs. The lighting fixtures do not tell you the max lumens, only the bulb does. Thank you!

[whiskycoders]

GREAT INFO!! I had no idea watts went out the window for bulbs. Thanks SOOO much! This saved me from buying the wrong light!!

[terrymangum]

A good explanation of what Kelvin, Watts and lumens mean. Enjoyed.

[IceyDivine]

This was so helpful for my school assignment Thank you!

[emac]

Thanks for the info with the easy to understand graphics!

[andrewgibb]

Thank you for sharing this information 👍 Just and FYI, at 3:43 Energy is spelled incorrectly. Excellent presentation 🍻

[joshjoseph._]

Been needing to understand this for buying some professional ighting, appreciate it !!

[briankeeny]

Charlie : I am a teacher, teaching energy reduction ( common sense Science ) I am teaching on Light now, and your VID was really great at making sense of the various Warm / Cool lights and how much energy they Thank you so much.

[hyperterminal_reborn]

Very thorough and easy to follow, thank you!

[theb.b.family]

That just answered sooo many questions for me. Thanks for the education!

[eugenelum]

Yes. I learnt something today~!

Thank you very much Mr Charlie.

[morningowl]

Thank you for this video. I'm looking at buying some lights, and I understood Watts and Lumens, but the 4000k, 5000k, etc.. I was thinking what does that mean. Thank you for taking the time to explain it.

[dramfan]

I had zero clue this was a thing. Brilliant!

[kaygee]

Thank you sir, this was VERY HELPFUL… was looking for the brightest fog lights, unfortunately was looking at wattage 🤦🏽‍♂️😫

[lakaylola]

This video is awesome and straight to the point !!! 💙🧡

[mrs.raymartinez]

Thanks, Charlie! I needed that. Good on ya!

[michaelshanklin]

Great video! Surprised it doesn't have more views!

[Lmi.N]

I love these short version learning, in stead of whole electronic engineering, i mean learn how much u need and keep updating, don't just do it for degree .