Tapsearch Com EditorCompact flourescent bulbs officially obnoxious
May 11th 2007 02:25
Heeding Instapundit's repeated endorsement of compact flourescent bulbs, I picked some up at the store tonight. Supposedly, they save more in electricity than they cost. And, they're guaranteed for five years. So what the heck.
It's too bad I don't read Jane Galt regularly, for I quickly found what she blogged about once. The things are too bright.
See, I am living a bachelor lifestyle. That means I'm too lazy to put those fancy-schmancy shields over my overhead lights to dampen the glare -- with a normal bulb, that means a little extra light for no extra cost. When the light has two sockets, I can get away with one bulb!
That also means I live in a cheap townhouse which, for some reason, situates the overhead light in a corner from which it can't illuminate the whole room. Thus, I light my desk area with a desk lamp (much like this one, only mine is a pole with several lamps on it). A compact flourescent, two feet from my head? A headache in 15 minutes. I've already put the old one back in.
I bought two bulbs; one of them is in the overhead light that only covers a corner of my room. That's the entryway, so I'm sure it will still cause pain when I walk in and flip on the light. If nothing else, it'll encourage me to use that light less.
Freaking environment. I suppose they'd work OK for shielded lights, but there's no way I'd change every bulb in the house to compact flourescent.
It's too bad I don't read Jane Galt regularly, for I quickly found what she blogged about once. The things are too bright.
See, I am living a bachelor lifestyle. That means I'm too lazy to put those fancy-schmancy shields over my overhead lights to dampen the glare -- with a normal bulb, that means a little extra light for no extra cost. When the light has two sockets, I can get away with one bulb!
That also means I live in a cheap townhouse which, for some reason, situates the overhead light in a corner from which it can't illuminate the whole room. Thus, I light my desk area with a desk lamp (much like this one, only mine is a pole with several lamps on it). A compact flourescent, two feet from my head? A headache in 15 minutes. I've already put the old one back in.
I bought two bulbs; one of them is in the overhead light that only covers a corner of my room. That's the entryway, so I'm sure it will still cause pain when I walk in and flip on the light. If nothing else, it'll encourage me to use that light less.
Freaking environment. I suppose they'd work OK for shielded lights, but there's no way I'd change every bulb in the house to compact flourescent.
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