Comments on: "Bulb Shade" Makes CFL Beautiful

By: Morten

Morten — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:40:36 +0000

I smell a lawsuit!

http://www.iqlight.com/

By: TryingToLiveGreener

TryingToLiveGreener — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:46:45 +0000

I think these are super cool!
I was about to ask where to buy them and then saw that you can make one yourself. .... I probably will make one, but wish I could just buy one. ..... hmmmmmm, I guess it would be an affordable but unique Christmas present.

By: Sweet Violet

Sweet Violet — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:18:55 +0000

Few people know you aren't supposed to dispose of CFls in the regular trash. Here in South Africa one of our food retailers is supplying a box where you can put used CFLs for proper disposal, but the first I knew they required "proper" disposal was when I saw the box! My husband is an engineer with the local power utility and he advocates using CFLs. I hate them...not only are they, as you say, "butt ugly," they also do not give off the amount of light the labels say they do. When I can see to sew with a 60W incandescent bulb and I cannot see to sew with an "equivalent" CFL, I know the CFL is simply NOT equivalent. The nasty things are ugly, they cause headaches and eyestrain, and they are toxic. Someone remind me why they are considered superior...

By: Sofar

Sofar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:36:06 +0000

I still like my cool blue fluorescent tubes better. The eight-foot-long ones.

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:19:23 +0000

They're ugly... and they're also toxic. But I guess that's just another problem we're supposed to put off until later.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:52:07 +0000

Divine,

You shouldn't spend so much time looking at bulbs. You will end up with this orange spot that will follow you where ever you look.