All in all this slightly odd little lamp does a great job at a very affordable price and should easily pay for itself within a year (assuming "average" usage of course)
Cree do however also make their own consumer LED light bulbs...
However, high quality LED light bulbs are easily available from specialist lighting stockists and online, and these really are more than capable of replacing halogen lamps and conventional incandescent light bulbs. For example, the cree evolux LED globe is available with preset dimmer settings to emulate general service lighting ranging from 40w through 60w and right upto 100w, which is plenty bright enough for most folk. Similarly, the Sharp Zenigata LED spotlight produces ... 
So, point one: stick initially to what LED home lighting currently does best - directional lighting. But if you do want to try out direct replacement LED bulbs for general lighting, then at the moment both the 13w cree evolux series and Ledzworld 6.5W CTA are where it's at. The latter is from a Dutch outfit that specialize in professional LED applications but also make high quality mass market LED light bulbs. The 6.5W CTA in fact uses Cree LED modules and a ... 
