We bought our brand new home around two years ago and the first thing
I did was replace every bulb in the house that didn't dim or was a
spotlight with a compact fluorescent. In those two years I've only
had to replace two failed bulbs. Both were Feits. We bought the more
expensive "Daylight" or whatever bulbs for the more important areas
and they look great, light up much faster, and seem to last better as
well.
We didn't replace the four spotlights in the kitchen because, at the
time, the fluorescent replacements for those bulbs were really
expensive. I should do some shopping and see if the prices have come
down a bit.
I also bought three 300W incandescent bulbs for the garage to add some
light out there. At the time they didn't sell super-bright compact
fluorescent bulbs. They do now, so I'll replace those with CF as they
burn out. That is if I don't do a garage lighting project with
several fluorescent tube fixtures first.
Obviously, I'm a big fan of efficient lighting. I can't wait for the
LED options to get more cost effective.
-Paul
On 2/21/09, Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com> wrote:
> When we moved to a new house ~3 years ago, it had zillions of those
ceiling-mounted 65-watt reflector bulbs. Then I saw that the local hardware
store had a real good subsidized price on "Feit" brand reflector bulbs, so I
bought a dozen. At this point, there are only one or two left in servixe, the
rest have all burned out. I had left incandescent bulbs in s few places, and
I found that the Feit bulbs burned out about as often as the incandescents.
>
> Since then I have generally bought GE or Philips, and they seem to last
longer. Of course, they are all made in China...
>
>
> Doug
>
>
> > They are from FEIT Electric (which is a CA company, tho the
> > bulbs are made
> > in China) and the box says the price includes a discount
> > from my local
> > electric company; so they may not be found in all stores.
> > But it might be
> > worth a look, if you need them.
>
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