Change a Light, Change the World

[landspeed]

I've used flourescent bulbs for ages - they very rarely burn out in my experience. I bought some really cheap ones (Asda 'SmartPrice') and 1 of them didn't work but I took it back. They save so much power on your electricity bill (and less CO2 for the planet)

[GasSavers_roadrunner]

All the bulbs in my place are the 11W and 13W self-ballasted lamp type. The most recent ones were free after rebate, and have a life of 8000 hours.
My average monthly electric bill is 110 KWH USED.

[GasSavers_DaX]

Holy Cow! Neat, but $110 each? Yikes! I saw them test this light on MythBusters and it outlasted everything.



http://www.theledlight.com/120-VAC-LEDbulbs.html (scroll all the way to the bottom)

[GasSavers_Brock]

It shouldn't be to long before we start seeing the newer cree dies out on the market, in the 5w range with a nice 60 lumens per watt range. I am not sure exactly what the trade off is since they put out so much more light per watt, but the 5w compare to a 11w CF on one die. They also are much more conducive to being a true flood like a normal light, at least emitting in a 180 pattern from the die.