Paul wrote:

Looking at some numbers, I have an old bulb with fins
that uses 15W. And a new bulb that uses 8.5W. Both
produce the same amount of light.

I would use the wasteful 15W input 800LM LED bulb
in the laundry room. The laundry room light does
not remain on.

I have three Philips 806 lm 8W LEDs in the kitchen, they were saying
75mA at 230V, one of them "went" the other week, so I picked-up a couple
of replacements, still Philips 806 lm 8W, but now saying 70mA so I guess
Johnny B Good is going to be waiting a long time for his 240 lm/W LEDs
to hit the shelves ...