| Saving energy is always a priority for both home | | | | 5-8000 hours. They cost around $2-5 each. A high |
| owners and businesses. After all, using less energy, | | | | quality LED light bulb costs $40-80 each, but they |
| means lower utility bills which results in more money | | | | should last around 50,000 hours. You will buy around |
| in your pocket. Many switch to more efficient lighting | | | | 10 CFL light bulbs to one LED light bulb, if you play by |
| solutions to cut back on their electrical costs. CFL light | | | | the numbers, or $20-50 worth of bulbs. However, |
| bulbs have been a great choice for many years to | | | | one thing people don't think about is the durability of |
| lower your electricity consumption. They give off the | | | | CFL light bulbs. They don't like to be turned off and |
| same amount of light as incandescent light bulbs, yet | | | | on and they are also made of glass. Realistically, a |
| they use 50-75% less electricity. The downside to | | | | CFL light bulb will not come close to it's estimated |
| CFL light bulbs are the fact that they contain small | | | | lifetime unless it is a bulb that is turned on and left |
| amounts of mercury and they are very breakable. | | | | on, and is also well guarded from breakage! A |
| LED light bulbs are now starting to emerge and take | | | | household CFL that gets used on a regular basis, will |
| over as the best choice for saving energy. LED light | | | | most likely only last 1-3000 hours, meaning you would |
| bulbs not only use less electricity than CFL bulbs, | | | | need to have 16 to 50 bulbs per one LED, or $32 to |
| they also do not contain mercury and are also very | | | | $250 worth! That LED bulb isn't looking as expensive |
| durable. Most say that the price of LED light bulbs | | | | after all! |
| make the payback time not worth switching to the | | | | I believe that the durability of LED light bulbs is what |
| new technology. However, most people only look at | | | | saves money over time. By using fewer CFL light |
| the energy savings when they figure out the | | | | bulbs, spending less time and money changing bulbs |
| payback time. | | | | and having a safer lighting solution, makes LED lighting |
| So let's look at the big picture when it comes to | | | | the big money saver. The small electricity savings |
| lighting. An average CFL light bulb should last around | | | | over a CFL is just an added bonus! |