Oh I think they're pretty cool, and if someone wants to give me some I'm all for it. 

But a hundred and eighty quid for 3 bulbs?! The tech inside inside them is so basic. An MCU, a controllable RGB LED and a wifi dongle. I could make one with no economies of scale and including many unnecessary parts for what, like ten quid?

Oh I agree that they are over priced, but really, what isn't these days?  Mine has a bridge that you can send commands to to control them.

 A bridge? Ah well, totally worth it then. (nod)

The only LEDs I have are the colour changing strip under the bridging units in the bedroom. The rest are a mix of CFLs and halogens. In the kitchen I have a Phillips Tornado CFL which is definitely brighter than a standard 60W bulb. I had troube finding high lumen CFLs/LEDs when I last looked.

How about one of these, only £109 :O

So you're willing to pay over the odds so you can feel what it's like to be an impoverished Pacific islander at the mercy of global warming? Can I do your accounts?

I got them as a gift.

What do you do with impoverished Pacific islanders when you don't want them any more?

Put them to work!  Or cook them when my friends run out of blood for their pudding!

I laughed aloud. Good show.  :-D

Good hit! Still laughing!  :'-D