Comments by "Colorme Dubious" (@colormedubious4747) on "In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective" video.

  1. Shout out to Monorail Coral noted and approved. 👍 In 2007-2008, I upgraded my entire home's lighting. New fixtures, Insteon smart switches/lamp modules, and dimmable CFLs for every lamp and fixture. The frequently-dimmed and often-switched units in ceiling fixtures began experiencing a startling failure rate after half a decade and I've since replaced those with LEDs, but over half of my original CFLs are still working quite well, even the 8 spotlights in cans in my office and reception room. Oddly, I had a worse failure rate with the ballasts in my T12 fixtures and eventually replaced the ballasts and changed out the T12 fluorescent tubes with T8 LED tubes. Sure, the CFLs were more expensive than incandescent bulbs, but when one factors in the PITA factor of replacing bulbs in ceiling fixtures (find the ladder, remove the fragile glass cover, avoid falling off the ladder, struggle to not drop the fragile glass cover, etc) then the price/performance ratio is COMPELLING! I have been -- and continue to be -- highly satisfied with my CFL lighting investment. FYI, Lowes accepts CFLs for recycling. Nice retrospective. Keep 'em coming! 😊
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