When even the strongest CFL proponents recommend exiting and airing out a room for about 30 minutes after a CFL bulb breaks, that hardly inspires confidence in their safety. Let alone the environmental concerns given how many used CFLs do not get properly disposed of and instead find their way to landfills where they will surely break and leak mercury.
Personally I’d rather enjoy the light of incandescents, and more than make up for the increased energy use compared to CFLs, by just using fewer lights and for shorter times.
But there may be a third and best option that wins over us all. LED lights are nothing new to our lighting repertoire when it comes to things like Christmas lights or flashlights these days. But what is new to me, are LEDs that are actual replacements for our homes’ regular old incandescents, or of late, CFLs. I was very happily surprised to discover there are a number of different LED alternatives with standard light bulb bases.
Not cheap to initially purchase compared to other bulbs, but cheaper long term given what a fraction of the energy they use, and that they last 5 times as long as CFLs. And CFLs last 10 times longer than incandescents. So now we have a bulb, with NO mercury I might add, that lasts 50 times longer than an incandescent.
I really can’t figure out why we’re not hearing more about these standard light fixture LEDs. Kind of reminds me of how hard it was to get alternative power/electric car technology available to the public when it threatened those in the oil/gas business. Why are we still being pushed in the CFL direction, the one that’s not as efficient or as long lasting as LED, can flicker (LEDs do not), and contains hazardous mercury that makes breakage and safe bulb disposal an issue?
Since these bulbs are not yet getting their due in my opinion, I thought I’d share a couple different ones I’ve found so far. In checking reviews and feedback, it appears there’s quite a range of quality, with many cheaper versions (not listed here for that reason) not living up to expectations. Clichés ring true again it appears, “You get what you pay for.”
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From ThinkGeek.com:
The “Bright Star bulb puts out as much light as a 100 watt bulb, but uses only one-tenth the power. Plus, it can burn for 11 years! Sure, they cost more than a normal bulb, but they last so long and save so much in electricity costs, they more than make up for it in less than a year’s usage.”
Many of these sellers also have other LED bulbs including those for chandeliers and flood lights. It’s wild with all these bulbs, to see such low numbers of watts per bulb…we’re just so used to incandescent, and even CFL numbers. That’s one thing I really liked about the ones at Thinkgeek.com. They gave more information about their bulbs, such as the equivalent number of incandescent watts/brightness that we’re more familiar with. How enlightening…
