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Originally Posted by Brannigans Law
I went to Lowes tonight with the woman and I have a really tough time justifying LED's over CFL's. A 4 pack of CFL's is the same price as 1 LED bulb pretty much, and the warm 2700k CFL bulbs I saw in store were really nice. I think until LED comes down in price there's no way I can justify a 4x markup over CFLs.
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The reason I don't mind shelling out some extra cash on LED's is how long they are supposed to last.
I used to feel the same about CFL's but the experience I've had with them has been more negative than positive. It may be that I installed them in less than prime situations but I found many bulbs of different makes have failed way sooner than they were supposed to. Sure, I could have saved the receipt and tried to get a replacement but I'm just too lazy for that.
I do have several CFL's around the house that have not failed early but for the most part they are slow to brighten up.
On paper they are the clear winner in the cost vs. consumption conversation but in the real world they are just not working for me that well.
I'm on to the LED's now in hopes of finding something to replace the MANY Halogen pot lights I have.
I have tried this before. Over a year ago I purchased many GU10 LED's from Hero LED out of China. They sent the wrong bulbs at first and it was a pain to get that sorted out but eventually I replaced all the old Halogen's with LED's. About three months after that one of the bulbs decided to self destruct in a cloud of smoke that I'm surprised didn't set off the fire alarm. One month later a second one did the same.
That was it for those bulbs and the Halogens were put back in.
I'm hoping now that the bulbs I purchased are going to last and not be a fire hazard. After talking to a few people I wouldn't install anything that isn't CSA or UL approved.
I'm just experimenting