Light Bulbs??

[FishermanTim]

Let's not forget the ultimate savings these little gems posses.
How about MERCURY?
Notice that you aren't supposed to dispose of them with regular trash? Of course we're all so ecological and environmentally aware, so none of us has EVER thrown one of these little self-contained pollution devices away.

Yeah, I'll believe that like I believe the line "No New taxes!"

So it's more a question of do you want to pay now or pay later, or have your children pay for it later?

Oh, well, at least I won't be around for when the it truly hits the fan.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

Let's not forget the ultimate savings these little gems posses.
How about MERCURY?
Notice that you aren't supposed to dispose of them with regular trash? Of course we're all so ecological and environmentally aware, so none of us has EVER thrown one of these little self-contained pollution devices away.

Yeah, I'll believe that like I believe the line "No New taxes!"

So it's more a question of do you want to pay now or pay later, or have your children pay for it later?

Oh, well, at least I won't be around for when the it truly hits the fan.

The EPA did a study demonstrating that even if every CFL was put in a landfill, less mercury would still be put into the environment. This was due to the amount of mercury released into the air through the burning of fossil fuels. Currently, CFLs contain something like 3mg of mercury with a lot of companies with products or developing products that get that down around 1mg. If even a small portion of people proper disposed of the bulbs, there's even more environmental benefit.

[striperman36]

https://www.environmentallights.com/...3_2417/a-bulbs

28 bucks 30,000 hours 60w LED.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by striperman36

https://www.environmentallights.com/...3_2417/a-bulbs

28 bucks 30,000 hours 60w LED.

LEDs are the future. I look forward to it but they just aren't affordable or bright enough yet.

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

LEDs are the future. I look forward to it but they just aren't affordable or bright enough yet.

I'd like to see SandMan's Mirage. Then I'd decide.

30,000 hours on a 60w? that's almost 4 years of continuous burn. Granted, the led's will outlast the other components. I would be interested in the outcome, I might spend 50 bucks for the backyard flood if I can get a dimmable unit.

[Raven]

SCREW saving money !!!! IT'S meant TO be spent!

THOSE GOD DAMN WEIRD BULBS ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS

you ever get a shade wire /\ stuck in one and then
trying to untangle it
break the friggan bulb in the process?

man OH man

Most stupid design i have ever seen....

i HATE them!!!!
friggan USA can't even invent a new light bulb
and this is where it was invented in the first place

[striperman36]

Edison's bamboo filaments are still burning in his lab. what 100 years?

[buckman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The EPA did a study demonstrating that even if every CFL was put in a landfill, less mercury would still be put into the environment. This was due to the amount of mercury released into the air through the burning of fossil fuels. Currently, CFLs contain something like 3mg of mercury with a lot of companies with products or developing products that get that down around 1mg. If even a small portion of people proper disposed of the bulbs, there's even more environmental benefit.

EPA

They do make great bulbs for drop lights though