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BellaBoo 12-13-2013 05:40 PM

Are you stocking up on light bulbs?
 
On Jan. 1 it will become illegal to manufacture or import traditional 60-watt and 40-watt incandescent bulbs. I have been buying them by the case. I have to have good lighting and the swirly lights just do not give good all over lighting and gives me a headache. :(

Quilty-Louise 12-13-2013 05:48 PM

We switched to compacts fluorescent (the swirled kind) years ago, but we did find
out fast that to get the BEST "true" lighting from the CF's that you needed to get
the 6500k DAYLIGHT kind (they have a brighter white), otherwise your lighting has
a yellowish haze.

We haven't purchased any incandescent bulbs since we switched everything over.

I have to say we are VERY happy with the CF's.

Tartan 12-13-2013 05:55 PM

​I have a couple of packages for a light that the other bulbs won't fit. Otherwise I am happy with the new bulbs.

Onebyone 12-13-2013 11:45 PM

My eye doctor said he has had more complaints from his patients about the lights causing headaches, I guess because more are using them.

barri1 12-14-2013 02:11 AM

I switched awhile ago. The incandescent light have mercury in them, and they are a hazmet problem.

hopetoquilt 12-14-2013 03:28 AM

Now I will be running out to the stores to buy these. Like I needed another thing to worry about. Thanks for the warning. I stopped watching the news. It just depresses and annoys me too much so I had not heard this.

alwayslearning 12-14-2013 06:18 AM

The reasons the are being replaced? They are extremely inefficient. They waste natural resources. They do not provided proper lighting. They put harmful chemicals into the land fill and the atmosophere and our lives.

mighty 12-14-2013 06:34 AM

I switched to the new ones a while back and they are fine for me.

tessagin 12-14-2013 06:40 AM

We switched ever since they first came out. We also got the daylight version. I don't think they last any longer.

KalamaQuilts 12-14-2013 07:20 AM

We've switched gradually as the old style bulbs burnt out. Our monthly equal pay electric bill was 173.00 a month 2 years ago. It has dropped by 40.00, and the only thing different is the bulbs.

It did take some getting used to in lighting that shows the bulbs. Didn't take long to forget they were even different.
and I'm careful which type of light I get, the bright white I hate, too cold feeling. Might be my age.


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