Given the focus on “greenness” and energy efficiency these days, you have probably been bombarded with messages about tossing out your old incandescent bulbs for CFLs. It is definitely an easy way to save a few bucks on your electric bill, but in many cases there can be a trade-off in light quality. This has become less of an issue in recent years, but I’m sure it still keeps people on the fence about switching. But what about you? Have you made the switch?
Craig Mc
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 10:10 AMI use one in a rangehood that otherwise blows incandescents, and one in a desk-lamp. Once they’re turned on, they stay on for several hours. Otherwise everything is incandescent. I have dimmers and generally only have a few lights on around the house at night – usually a single 40W in the lounge. I hate the light from fluros so that won’t change. It’s not like I’m burning a lot of power as light anyway.
cj
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 11:33 AMYou must remember that these bulbs contain mercury. Not exactly environmentally safe!
Jared
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:07 PMNever, I hate the white light they give off. Plus I don’t believe in all the global warming hype. They are not good for the environment anyway, because they contain toxic gas, so you can’t just throw them out. I plan to buy a huge supply of incandescent bulbs just before the new law to stop selling them comes in. I refuse to have my house lite by them.