Like most people, when our old incandescent lights bulbs would burn out, we would replace them with CFLs (compact fluorescent). CFLs are supposed to use less energy (which they do), not give off as much heat (still pretty hot though) and last a lot longer than incandescent bulbs. My anecdotal evidence shows that they really don't last any longer, I have had to "dispose" of just as many CFLs as incandescents in recent memory. Also with little kids in the house the mercury clean up scares the heck out of me.
So we have made the switch to LED. Which is expensive, but we have been buying them one every two weeks for a while now and using them as needed. The kind that I have been going with are from Home Depot A19 8.6-Watt (40W) LED Light Bulb. I know that some people are saying that broken LEDs are just as bad as broken CFLs, however with everything that I have read, you would have to crush up the LED light bulbs to a fine powder, then eat several light bulbs of powder to feel the ill effects. While that is still a concern, I do not think it is a realistic scenario. Plus its not like eating a broken incandescent is "ok"...
Anyway I had to replace another CFL with an LED today. The one in the shower, probably in the top 5 of most used light bulb in the house. So here is our current break down.
LED - 14 (all are the Home Depot ones)
CFL - 25
fluorescent - 4
incandescent - 11
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