I found one of these in Home Depot yesterday.

[randomness]

One of my current obsessions is finding compact fluorescent bulbs to replace incandescent bulbs. Unlike most sane people--but like certain of my friends--I prefer to use the energy efficiency of the CFL to provide more light with the same amount of energy rather than generate the same amount of light with less energy.

This 68W behemoth from TCP, Inc. , rated at 4200 lumens, claims to provide the same amount of light as a 300W incandescent, yet can be installed in any fixture which can safely accept a 75W incandescent.



Energy Federation Incorporated and Conservation Mart both want $24.50 for it, but Home Depot had them for $14.50. Lighting Supply Co. has them for $24, in both 2700K and 5100K versions. (The other vendors are all selling the 2700K version.)

One big detail is that the bulb itself is rather large: it's nearly 10 inches long and about 4 inches in diameter, so it won't physically fit in a lot of fixtures. Still, although I didn't pick one up yesterday (I wanted to do some comparison shopping first), I want one. I'm sure I can find someplace to put it.

Comments

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I so want to like compact fluorescents, but so far all of the ones I have largely suck the big kahuna. They either take forever to warm up to acceptable light levels, or have a funky spectral output that drives me batties.

There's just something so utterly satisfying about incandescent lights.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Yeah, one of the things I trade off is the immediate light level of an incandescent light versus the brighter light of a compact fluorescent.

One of the things I do is to put a combination of incandescent bulbs and CFs in a fixture that takes multiple bulbs. That mixes up the color and it also gives me some instant-on from the incandescents while the fluorescents warm up.

But I really do like a lot of light, and I find I'm not very sensitive to spectrum. Well, not as sensitive, anyway.