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Definitely I'm not posting blogs about the little, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) that you are really all stressful replacing their energy-wasting incandescents with. No, we suggest the light bulb that will be one technical jump beyond CFL, the Light-emitting Diode. Until recently, LEDs produce been a touch of a let up for everyday utilize but Philips produce come up with an unique light bulb that is going to prepare the experts maintain quiet. My personal fundamental goals have been to revamp my entire energy consumption strategy, to lower my carbon footprint to as close to ZERO as we can possibly manage and, at the same time, to have good, bright and comfortable lighting within my property as opposed to the uncomfortable blue glow that historically is produced with low energy lighting solutions. Under my big plans about self sufficiency and, in waiting of the departure of the age of the incandescent light bulb, I've been looking into how to replace the lights in my home with lower-energy alternatives. Seeking out CFL replacements for the bayonet and screw-cap sockets in living rooms and bedrooms is definitely and always has been an item of cake. The selection of reliable bulbs in various shapes, sizes and brightnesses has bloomed in recent times and their prices maintain getting lower. (Actually, the prices are a steal - I replaced a bunch of bulbs inside my parents' home recently and managed to buy 10 good-quality CFLs for 50p). A bit trickier are really the lights in my bathroom and in my kitchen and dining area. They were a mixture of halogen spotlights with GU10 sockets and R50 reflector bulbs with screw caps. All were at least 50W each and they all had to go. As Russell Smith of Eco Parity Solutions found in the power survey of my home a couple weeks back, the carbon footprint of my electricity consumption was vast, and nearly all of it was applied in my lighting. First Up, we looked for direct alternatives for the R50 reflector bulbs. Megaman, a great supplier of low-energy lights, makes some but they're touch to find even in specialist DIY shops, so not one particular accessible choice. Another option we thought about was to get all the light sockets in the kitchen and bathroom swapped over with typical gu10 led sockets if we could find a decent halogen-replacement. After some messing around, we settled on 11W Megaman spotlights: they're a chunk longer than halogen bulbs but still easily fit into the standard sockets. Altogether I replaced 17 incandescent 50W bulbs with 11W CFL spotlights, each costing around 9. But there was clearly something still bothering me. Before settling on the Megaman spotlights we had flirted with LEDs. Compelled by their even lower power consumption (sometimes just 2-3W) we even went ahead and bought a few to try out. But, as anyone who's gone down this road will agree, LEDs continue to be expensive and, overall, a chunk rubbish in practice. The bulbs we got were very dim indeed and the light was an ugly blueish-white. They definitely weren't cheap - at around 10 quid each - and the particular thing they had going for them was that they came on immediately. Even the Megaman CFLs we eventually settled on take around 30 seconds to get to full brightness from a cold start. But this just wasn't enough to convince me to utilize them. But man things change quickly. This month, Philips unveiled its new selection of Light-emitting Diode bulbs. we became not convinced that they'd be any better than the bucketfull we had tried already but, well, something has certainly changed in this technology. The 3W Econic spotlight is definitely a direct replacement for the ubiquitous 35W halogen light bulb and claims to have the same light output. When we tried it out, we discovered that Philips wasn't exaggerating. This is certainly brighter than any other LED I've come across. Putting two within our little shower room, after a while we forgot that the bulbs were not halogens. There are really several little problems however. The light is whiter than is ideal but by no means harsh (we wouldn't, for example, have any problems using an array of these bulbs in my kitchen and bathroom but probably not bedrooms and lounges). Then there's the upfront cost, Go Here and that is definitely very steep - each Econic light bulb comes in at 25. But the manufacturers claim the light bulb will maintain going for 15 years. Given the electricity savings over that period too, this can be an investment worth making. This new vary from Philips also includes some candle-shaped bulbs and a screw-cap bulb too. One particular interesting benefit of the Econic as well as its new stablemates would be that at long last here's an LED bulb worth talking about.