Do you buy energy saving light bulbs?

The alternative options are running out in UK, so we have no alternative.

Or so the Government would like to think, however the indusrtry has yet to catch up, just having had a spotlight that blew I decided to replace, and get energy savers, only to find they are not available with E14 (that's the small) screw fittings.

Lots of E27 screw fitting energy savers, which are neither use nor ornament, and no led E14 fittings either.

So the answer is yes, when they are available.

All the other lamps are being changed as they blow.

I've bought only energy saving bulbs for ten years or so. I still have the incandescents that I replaced, and they will do fine for closets and attics for many years to come. Some of the early cheap CFLs burned out quick, so I'm careful about brands now. The newer ones seem to last forever. Also, I get neutral white, not too bluish, but we don't like the too-reddish ones. I'm starting to use LEDs, but will take a long time to replace the CFLs.

Averaged over a year, we pay $100 a month for all our utilities; lights, heat, water heating. Electric is about $50, at $0.16 per kilowatt-hour.

Yes, bought my first energy saving bulbs in 1995, still got 2 of the 3 I originally bought (cost £12.50 each then,ouch!).I changed my main living room bulbs to higher wattage ones, so am using the older ones in other lamps.

Have one single candle shaped 25w incandescent bulb in my cooker hood, used rarely.

Plenty of spare energy saving bulbs, no incandescent ones.Here in the UK, getting harder to buy them or spot them on the shelves. No more 100w bulbs and ones lower wattage than that scarce.

The amount of money saved and the lack of heat compared with standard bulbs makes them worthwhile, despite a few niggles. My living room has 3 14w wall fitting bulbs and 2 floor lamps using 11w and 20w bulbs respectively. The modern bulbs are faster to fully light up and the light is better quality than the first CFL bulbs I bought in 1995.

The same amount of light for the whole room, for not much more than I got with a single 60w bulb!

Yes, energy saving wherever possible.

I've been using compact fluorescent for about ten years, just started getting the LED type.

It's simply running cost - a traditional 60W filament lamp, over 5000 hours, uses 300 kilowatt-hours of electricity (300 units) so costing over £30 to run for that period.

A 9W CF or LED equivalent will use 45 units or less than £5 to run for the same time.

The CF lamp is a couple of quid, but you still save over £20 for the life of each lamp.

LEDs cost more but last several times longer so the savings are in proportion.

Yes we have them to replace the old bulbs when they die, and they're quite easy to get in the UK now and older bulbs are slowly becoming less available

No I buy rough service bulbs in from Ireland which are the exact same as the old ones and cheaper too!

Energy saving lightbulbs are rubbish and a waste of time!

hell yh! savgin the environment rocks! but it's a bit crap as it's not as bright as non saving light bulbs

I prefer bulbs which you can actually see and read by.

I have bought compact flourescents. I don't like them. One lastested about as long as an ordinary light bulb.

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