Low energy bulbs

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What is the point of being able to see inside the wardrobe only after I've rummaged in the gloom for hangers and put everything away.

"let there be light, but not when you actually need it" Grrrrr!

I agree, they are rubbish. I never turned the bedroom lights off because I knew I would need to wait ten minutes for them to warm up again.

I am getting old and need proper lights.

The trick is to never switch them off. Kinda defeats the purpose. Bloody EU.

I hate them. Soon someone will be along to tell us that they've found one that works and is light and I duly trot off to the fucking shop only to realise it's as shitey bollocks as all the others.

I want a small screw in bulb that is equivalent to 60 watts that gives off a non yellow/brown shit light.

There is no such thing.

I went to a youth hostel in the autumn where it was actually impossible to read in the public rooms, because the light was so dim.

Ooooh I love low energy light bulbs - such a soft gentle light. Hate bright light (if it is possible to get SAD in reverse -I have it) would live my whole life quite happily in a twilit world

This is only the begining! As resources dwindle, more and more energy efficient stratagies will be put in place. In twenty years you'll be looking back with nostalgia at the time when the only problem was low energy light bulbs!

What LaurieFairy said. Hopeless for anything that requires you to be able to see. I have to do my marking under a lamp.

Sometimes I go to switch the lights on, without realising they're already on.

I hate them, but I have a stock of 100w normal bulbs

I reckon there will be a link between depression and those awful low wattage bulbs before long.

I like the dim light, but hate the fact the box says lasts for 10 years ...yeah right

I buy halogen lights instead, they are in the screwfix book.

Cheaper than 'energy savers' & use lower wattage than the old style

They are rubbish,they use less energy because they are less bright.

We did this place up 12 years ago and virtuously fitted low energy bulbs, of which just one hasn't needed replacement yet, and that's only because it's in a cellar that gets used about three times a year. The others seem to explode just as often as the old types, although not as frequently as the halogens I put in the kitchen so that I could see what I was doing.

The others seem to explode just as often as the old types, although not as frequently as the halogens I put in the kitchen so that I could see what I was doing.

That's my experience - they are no more reliable,give worse light, and cost a fortune. Halogens are a PITA, I'm busy ripping them out wherever they exist.

I could also add the useless "dimable" bulb on the landing, which flickers.

And the stupid halogens in the kitchen that blow up so frequently DH has bought a huge box of them from screw fix.

Off to bed now, by the time I've cleaned my teeth the bulb in there will have woken up, just in time to turn it off.

Buy some modern ones that are bright, can be dimmed and come on instantly.

The worst is in the loo - by the time you've finished, they've just come on!

I also leave the lights on for that reason and, yes, it does defeat the object.

Yes, the dinning room one is better, but keeping buying the latest design is hardly green!

The whole idea was that low energy bulbs last.

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there are some that come on immediately or get led's if you want it really bright.
I like them, they give off a nice light imo and the led's are great for reading.

Low Energy DAYLIGHT Bulbs, Laurie and Endo. They are expensive, but give off a bright daylight-white light.

I suffer with SAD and have 2 of these in my kitchen and they are great.

Since I switched to low-energy bulbs a few years ago, I've had one break in four years. I used to have to replace the old kind every couple of months if they were in a main room.

Why is it working differently for me? Electricity supply? Wiring?

I've only bought energy saving bulbs for at least a decade. I bought quite a few for 30p each four years ago, on special offer in the supermarket. A couple of years ago my energy supplier sent me a box full unexpectedly, so now the only problem I have is where to store all the spares, because I've only ever had two of them fail.

If you find they're not bright enough, why not buy brighter ones? The light output is stated on the boxes in lumens, so go by this and not the Wattage or the claims about them being "100W equivalent" or whatever. The problem is that manufacturers oversell the brightness of these bulbs, always rounding up and never down.