I just replaced a compact fluorescent bulb in our bathroom with an LED bulb. [View all]

[hunter]

I feel a little sad actually. This compact fluorescent lasted a little over twenty years and was one of the older light bulbs in our home.

Rest in Peace little energy saving warrior.



The package of the LED bulb I replaced it with promises an oddly specific lifetime of 13.7 years.

I remember when replacing inefficient burned-out incandescent light bulbs was a regular occurrence. There would be a flash-pop and then the sound of me cussing as I went to look for the step stool. When I was a kid it was even worse. My parents didn't always keep spare light bulbs around, their first priority was always food, so sometimes you'd have to swap out a bulb from somewhere else in the house and hope nobody caught you doing it, especially if you wanted to read in your room late at night, which I frequently did. The back porch light was always a safe bet, but sometimes that was burnt out too.

Trump wants to bring that back???



As an early adopter of compact fluorescent bulbs I also remember how some of the cheaper brands were absolute crap. The color was awful, some of them flickered (if not right out of the box then soon) and they tended to burn out quickly. But the big name brands were fairly solid -- Philips, Panasonic, etc..

It was the all the crap compact fluorescent bulbs that turned some people off of them.

LED bulbs can also have ugly coloration, same as the cheap compact fluorescent bulbs did, but most soft white LED bulbs I've bought recently are excellent.