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Vinny:
Boni,

I have experienced short longevity as well. One thing I have found is that the electronics does suffer from heat problems. I had one start to flicker when I put it into a globe fixture without any air circulation. I also think that since they have been making them as "green" as possible and not using the traditional fluorescent materials - all fluorescent bulbs don't last as long. In my basement I have 4 foot fluorescent bulbs and if they are on for 20 hours a week that's a lot - they should last for at least 8,000 hours so for me that's 400 weeks and I don't think  got 2 years out of them.

I still like the incandescent for general lighting and I believe the difference is the single point of light vs a CFL that has a lighted area. I never researched on how a bulb is rated a certain wattage but I will say that it seems that incandescent and halogen definitely has a crispness to it; I was hoping when LEDs came out that crispness would be there along with energy savings of the CFL. Interesting to me is that even regular fluorescent bulbs have a better quality than the CFLs but that may be due to the higher wattage they deliver. I do use CFLs around the house where lighting quality is not a big deal - basement, bedrooms and closets but I also use the higher wattage there as well - 100 watt equivalents or more. One thing I will warn about with the CFLs - do not buy the "daylight" bulbs, they are too blue - strange color, hurts my eyes.

Tman122:
I have found that there are allot of different grades of CFL's The cheap one seem to be just that. The better ones will probably last longer. I have never bought the more expensive ones always the cheap ones. My g-friend buys the better ones and seems to get allot more life outa hers.

fdegree:
I don't know if this is going to be of any help to anyone...perhaps you all are already aware of this.  But......

There is a Kelvin Temperature Scale (http://www.lightenergysource.com/kelvintemp.htm), which isn't actually a temperature scale, but rather a light source scale.  Some CFL manufacturers will publish this information about their bulb, unfortunately many do not.  But, it may help you when choosing your CFL's, so you get the kind of light you want for the area you are going to use it.  Researching the bulb on-line may help find this information if it is not advertised on the packaging, and sometimes the internet is no help at all.  If you look around, you can find CFL's with different Kelvin scale values, but it may, or may not, be worth the effort.

For what it's worth, my experience with CFL's has been the same...they don't seem to last any longer than the incandescent bulbs.

Vinny:
The Kelvin scale does measure both then color of the light and temperature. Kelvin is considered the the Absolute Temperature vs Celsius or Fahrenheit. 0º K = -270º C or something like that.

The product manufacturers try to guide you with words of "daylight", "cool white", or whatever else. Incandescent bulbs have a yellowish tint where halogens have a slightly whiter look. Fluorescent bulbs tend to be whiter than a incandescent bulb but have a greenish tint, daylight is more bluish. Modern digital cameras have an automatic white balance on them vs film cameras needed a color correcting filter. The newer expensive headlights on the cars are running at "daylight" Kelvin temps which is why the real bulbs (not the blue color coated bulbs) have a slightly blueish tint when looking at them.

I can't see spending a lot of money on CFLs simply because I do not like the quality of the light and IMO why buy one for $11.99 for 1 when you can buy a 5 pack for $8.99. I do see where the LEDs are getting closer to the light color of the incandescent bulb. I have a few LED lights (tub and Christmas lights) with white LEDs and they are too blue, hopefully in a few years we will have a good LED that gives off the same quality and color light as a incandescent bulb.

Bonibelle:
Ok Vinny,,...I was in Target to get a few new light bulbs and found YOUR LED light..HOLY cow!! One bulb was $43.00..there goes my credit card!! ;D ;D

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