Would you buy an energy saving light bulb?

I am assuming that you mean CFL? I'd pay a quarter tops for them and sell them on Ebay. They take to long to warm up.You leave the room you want to leave these things on instead of shutting them off so where is the savings? There is none! They are very nice where you leave the lights on for safety but that is it. The color spectrum on them sucks. I would pay 10 bucks for an LED light both from the power conservation standpoint and the durability of the bulb.

I actively try to spend no more than $1/each any more. At one time, it was no more than $5/each but the prices have come down. That said, I have spent up to $15 /each for dimmables and 3-ways back in the day 15 plus years ago; I did bulk at spending $18 at the time. I have a number that between power company coupons and/or sales and/or clearance prices that all I paid was the tax: I bought as many as I could/could find at the time which I stored, gave away as presents and/or stocking stuffers, and gave away to food banks. I have reasonably satisfactorily paid $3 for especially small and/or day light bulbs for special purposes. I've pretty much given up on the dimmables and most 3-ways due to the cost to benefit factor; I gave up on dimmables all together and tend to simply, over-all brighter bulbs for my 3-way lamps. Sadly, my stash is MUCH diminished and I'm back on the hunt again.

Sadly, most of the larger retailers in this area now use central clearing houses for their coupons and no longer accept "regional" coupons like those handed out by the local power companies. Further, many have raised the price of their general, mid-range bulbs by quite a bit. And, their special purchase, promo bulbs doubled in one year from $.99 to $1.99 each; their visual appeal decreased and their size increased too.

The good news is that the bulbs last longer today than they did in the past. Better yet is that they do not dim with use nor take as long to warm up as much as they did in the past. Personally, I actively avoid the "soft white" types of bulbs unless I can get them for free and/or the price of the tax; those I try to steer to outdoor and hallway fixtures. And, I seek the "day light" or "bright light" bulbs. At the same time, I am just trying to get light into a room so that I don't trip in the dark, can read, etc... at the cheapest price possible. I am not accent lighting a wall, displaying artwork, etc...

What I do wish is that I could find ballasts at an affordable price for my older fluorescent light fixtures; it is both an availability and a cost issue. I happen to like the styles that I eventually found and used. To replace the last ballast, we bought an inexpensive fixture, srtipped the ballast out of it, wired the ballast into the existing fixture, and tossed the newly purchased inexpensive fixture. It is only performing somewhat satisfactorily. I am looking towards LED replacement fixtures but, among the four or more aisles of displays at my local, box, home improvement store showed only one model.....Although I didn't search someone out for assistance, I did search for replacement LED bulbs to no avail.

$15

I based this by figuring using the cfl 5 hours a day for 365 days and paying 10kw for electricity it would break even around a year. Since I pay more than 10kw and the bulb pprobably will last over a year I win economically even at that price and there is less pollution from power station smoke stacks.

Since they are a fifth of that price it is a no brainer.

Probably $4 each. The money you save is about $150 each, so I wouldn't mind paying 4 or 5 dollars.

However, since my power company gives out rebates, I pay only $.18 per bulb - the tax.

yes i will and i actually do

all the bulbs in my house are cfl's and range from 5-7$

Told you before, Morrisons sell them 5 for ten pence.

I buy already, and i think i paid ZAR20 (South African Rand) each

i all ready do.

now plz answer my question:

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