Incandescent Light Bulbs vs. Halogen Lamps

The question has been decided, and quite emphatically. I went to the local grocery and bought a name-brand halogen "60 watt replacement" bulb off the shelf for $2. That was surprisingly low, as I had braced myself to spend up to $4 for one bulb. Our regular incandescent bulbs we use at the house cost $1 each.

I pulled the "daylight" incandescent with the fancy neodymium glass out of the living room fixture, and installed a halogen that looks for all the world like a standard bulb. I switched it on.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new champion!

That was all she wrote. I have the feeling if people who use the premium daylight incandescents all tried these halogens, they would switch over to halogen to the 99th percentile.

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For the record, the old bulb was a Sylvania Daylight 60 watter, and the new is a Sylvania Super Saver 43 watt halogen. This is as high-end as HEB gets for light bulbs, and it appears to be quite good-enough. In the garage/workshop it's bright like the sun with a DOZEN 40-watt 4-foot fluorescent tubes on the ceiling. We do have one compact fluorescent in the house. It died last night, probably out of spite. It will be replaced with another CFL because it suits the application: slow warm-up prevents sudden BRIGHT LIGHT! BRIGHT LIGHT! action during 03:00 restroom visits. I'm not really against fluorescents, but I am against mandating their use where it is possibly hazardous, unhealthy, and otherwise inappropriate. As for the environmental benefits of CFL bulbs: humbug!