Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
Ben writes:
Pete @ www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:
surely just dropping down to something like 3 x 5w CFL would do the
trick? you could leave it on all night as a form of security light
without losing sleep over the destruction of the planet.

Any reason not to use CFL's? They're cheap as chips so even if you
didn't like the effect you would still have some spare bulbs to use in
the house.
I notice the 11W (60W equivalent) spiral ones made by Ring and sold in
Focus are actually slightly smaller than standard light bulbs now!

Except you'll almost certainly find they're 40W equivalent, or 50W
at a real push.


I have two identical table lamps which had 60W bulbs in them. To compare
the colour, I put the Ring 11W spiral bulb in one and left the 60W bulb
in the other. I didn't really notice any difference in brightness.