Originally Posted by
hotbike
Overall, the efficiency of LED's is like 98%, no matter what they are used for.
The efficiency of LEDs varies considerably and doesn't get anywhere near 98%. Otherwise the high-power bike lights wouldn't need all those heat-shedding fins and other design features to keep them cool. There's still lots of energy being wasted as heat, although not nearly as much as from equivalently bright incandescent lights.