Originally Posted by tom169 (Post 12317044)

Dad joke of the year. ....

Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 12316124)

CFL's were a big disaster and something of an embarrassment to the 'green' movement. They were expensive, non-dimmable, took a while to come on and even longer to settle down to a stable light output (early versions), and included mercury in their bulbs which meant they had to be disposed of at a hazardous waste facility. If you break a CFL at home, you are SUPPOSED to go through a fairly lengthy procedure - https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl ... who ever did all that ...

Thankfully LEDs have come to the rescue and seem to be a viable alternative to good old incandescents. However, I recently installed a 12-bulb fixture in my bathroom and it would have cost more for the bulbs than for the fixture to install LEDs, so I bought incandescents for it. LED lights can be found cheap on Amazon, but they are still quite pricey in retail stores; and the cheapest LED lights aren't dimmable.

Originally Posted by Octang Frye (Post 12318397)

Good post. What about the drop-off? Don't they lose 40% of their output within a few months.