Yes these free ones you get sent by energy companies are worth every penny
you pay for them.

Brian

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"Terry Fields" wrote in message
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Steve Firth wrote:

Today, ****ed off with the gloom emitted by CFLs, I did a test replacing
downlighters with halogen and LED bulbs.

I didn't hold out much hope for the LEDs, 3W as replacements for 14W CFL
in
a fitting that used to provide good light with a 25W E25 reflector bulb.
The halogens were 20W.

Best bulb of the lot the 3W 16 x LED. Really bright. Good light dispersion
and a revelation after the poxy CFL. That's nailed the coffin on the CFLs,
living room now brightly lit with just 12W instead of inadequately lit
with
56W of CFL.

Anyone who bangs on at me about how great CFLs are in future will leave
with one stuck up his arse.

There was a recent sub-thread on the topic of the various merits of
tungsten vs. CFL vs LED on uk.legal.

Apparently some chap with a drawer full of free CFLs couldn't work out
that over the lifetime of the LEDs, the CFLs were costing him money,
let alone being able to see better after the inevitable CFL dimming
took place and the all-too-frequent first-use failure of his free
CFLs.


Terry Fields