IKEA's got an offer that will knock your lights out! IKEA, sparsam, compact, fluorescent, bulb

myversa

Sparsam compact fluorescent bulbs are designed with 6 times longer life and consume up to 80% less energy than incandescent bulbs. Which is big news considering that lighting accounts for 20% of the average home’s electric bill. Sparsam bulbs are an easy and inexpensive way to reduce energy consumption, which helps the environment and saves you money. And now you can save even more.

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/img/ads/Summer_08/SPARSAM2.html

shutterbug

Just a word of caution...not all CFLs (compact fluorescent bulbs ) are safe.  Some are actually harmful...

http://www.emfsolutions.ca/compa ... s_are_dangerous.htm

"Not all energy efficient bulbs are the same.  Some do not contribute to dirty electricity and do not produce radio frequencies and this includes a few compact fluorescent lights, some LEDs (light emitting dioxides) and some halogen bulbs. Unfortunately most of the bulbs on the market will make people sick.  Reducing green house gases is important but doing it with flawed technology that will make the user ill is not the right course of action."

lerico

and ikea's CFL doesn't last long.

Alcoholic

actually, i don't like 慳電燈炮 at all. no matter what brand, 初初係好光，後來慢慢會越來越暗.

jackmeister

is it just me.. but are those lights just never bright enough

peter236

So should we buy now or not?

Catpiano

Oh no .. my whole houses .. are using those 慳電燈炮 ..

IMO .. they are TOO bright ! damn .. feel like HK house now ..  

( but my wife like it ..    )

Alcoholic

原帖由 Catpiano 於 2008-4-10 12:41 PM 發表
Oh no .. my whole houses .. are using those 慳電燈炮 ..

IMO .. they are TOO bright ! damn .. feel like HK house now ..  

( but my wife like it ..    )

too bright?! wtf...
i'm using one in my den as ceiling light. at first, they're super bright. but now, after long while, it's sooooooo dim. & i hate it how when you switch on the light switch, there's slow reaction time...it takes like 5 seconds later to turn on the dim lighting. aiii

siumaibb

My whole apartment is using 慳電 lights and I think they are bright enuf

CWong

原帖由 lerico 於 10/4/2008 11:37 發表
and ikea's CFL doesn't last long.

Agree! Don't waste your $$$$!