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Actually they arent useless!

But they only have fairly specific uses and are nowhere near as versitile as the "traditional" lightbulbs they are meant to replace.

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#1 I have recently bought some special CFL's to replace down lighters in my Mums downstairs Loo. Good points! They actually produce a good light, even the colour is good.( No really, the light is really nice!) Bad points! They take TWO FREAKING MINUITS to get up to brightness. And yes, I mean FULL 120 second minuits! for the first minuit (And yes that is a 60 second one too) you might as well use a torch! since this is a loo one is unlikly to want to be in there for much more than two minuits anyway so on this count this is a MASSIVE FAIL!

#2 My own living room. I have recently found dimmable lights (Since I have a dimmer) and they actually work quite well. But.... why so dim??? I used to use 150/200watt lightbulbs because I NEED THE LIGHT! (Large Georgeon room with east facing windows) I used to light it well with a single 200 watt light bulb. I could rewire to have multiple bulbs but why should I have to? Why dont the CFL manufacturers produce "Equivilant" bulbs for 150/200W fittings???

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Dusty - time to move with the times ,and play the carbinaraties at their own game . Me - on areas where I need instant light ( stairs for example) I've gotten rid of an inefficient ,badly placed 100W lamp , and replaced it with two better placed 40 W lamps .Downstairs hallway -we only need 60W -so again it's instant light .Front room - we only have a lamp on -so it's a standard lamp ,the 80 w equivalent . LOO - two 40 w lamps ,again instant . Bedrooms - we don't need instant -so it's equivalents . Bedside lamps - we do need instant -so 40 w candles . But again , if you need instant -there's always the 12v surface loghts .

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