Bulbageddon is upon us

You can't win. And recovering my money with longer lifespan is a joke. The old bulbs cost pennies and lasted 10 years. Now I get a 5 year warrenty for a $30 or $40 bulb. I won't live long enough to break even.

I believe the worst part is the new bulbs do not last as long as advertised,
They just cost allot more.
Cheers.

That's what I'm concerned about.

While CFL are supposed to last longer, I don't mind to much if they go out early for only about $8 a 4 pack.

However, I would be ticked if a $15-$20 LED bulb did that.

These bulbs were very undependable and sensitive to power outages in the beginning,
I don't believe they've improved much in the sensitivity area,
U.S. power is not stable power surges are common place,
I sure the others if containing mercury will be on the chopping block soon as well,
Pure money grab by the gov picking winners,
Cheers.

I'd rather have the LED as well, but I'm going to hold off for a bit to see how long these things are lasting in real world conditions before investing in them. Hopefully the prices will drop some more on them as well by then.

I don't know for sure, but my opinion is that the environmentalists are over-alarmed about global-warming and all the other stuff. I don't dispute what they are saying about global warming, but I don't believe that most of it is man-made. But, again, it's only an opinion. Who knows for sure?????

Frank1 said:

I don't know for sure, but my opinion is that the environmentalists are over-alarmed about global-warming and all the other stuff. I don't dispute what they are saying about global warming, but I don't believe that most of it is man-made. But, again, it's only an opinion. Who knows for sure?????

That is indeed the million dollar question. There has always been an up and down of temps during the earth's history. It is, however, a valid consideration for reducing energy consumption. Helps the balance of payment for the part that is fuelled by oil.

Brink said:

I'd rather have the LED as well, but I'm going to hold off for a bit to see how long these things are lasting in real world conditions before investing in them. Hopefully the prices will drop some more on them as well by then.

The only thing that might give you the best chance at reliability of the expensive bulbs,
Is to add a Whole house surge protector,
Then possibly the only issue you might face is defective bulbs,
But adding one of these might get a bit pricy as well because of electricians

ThrashZone said:

Brink said:

I'd rather have the LED as well, but I'm going to hold off for a bit to see how long these things are lasting in real world conditions before investing in them. Hopefully the prices will drop some more on them as well by then.

The only thing that might give you the best chance at reliability of the expensive bulbs,
Is to add a Whole house serge protector,
Then possibly the only issue you might face is defective bulbs,
But adding one of these might get a bit pricy as well because of electricians

No problem there. Already have a whole house surge protector. They're really not too expensive to have added if you don't have to have any other work done to the service panel. Especially if you consider the cost of replacing all electronics in your house.

I may get a couple for now just to see how they do though.