We moved into our current house several months ago and while most of the lights we use regularly are already fluorescent lights, there were still a few left that weren’t.
It’s been on my list of things to do.
Anyway, I was at Costco last week and they had the regular CFLs, 18Watts, on sale - 4 for $0.99! That’s less than 25 cents a light bulb. Actually they had the CFs at lower wattage, maybe 13W as well. Those were even cheaper something like 10 for $1.99.
I bought 2 boxes. I came home and took them out of the box. That’s when I realized these CFLs cannot be used in dimmable lamps (it is stated on the bulb).
I searched on the web and was really surprised to see how expensive dimmable CFLs were. They are over $10 each!
Given the price and that I needed 6 for the dining room light fixture, I had pretty much given up on them and made a mental note to not use the dining room fixture too much.
So, I was really surprise when I walked into a Lions grocery store today and saw these dimmable CFLs, 23W, priced at 2 for $1.99!
I bought a box and tried them out. They work, granted they did make a sound when I first turn them on. So I’ll be going back to buy 2 more boxes.
CFLs used to cost much more than regular incandescent light bulbs so not everyone could afford them. Now that they’re so readily available and so cheap, there’s really no reason not replace the old bulbs with them.
They use less energy so they will save you money. Plus they last longer so you won’t have to keep on replacing burnt out bulbs.
Consider these facts:
- Every year Americans buy over 1 billion incandescent lightbulbs. That’s 3 acres of bulbs every day.
- If every American home replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a CFL, we’d save enough energy to light 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars.
By the way, I have also seen these CFLs sold at Ranch 99, 23W, at 4 for $1.00. They are placed at the cashier’s check out counter.