Fluro, LED or Halogen?

[GTP]

I need some new light bulbs for the office.
Which are better Fluro, LED or Halogen?
Which are the most energy efficient? (Considering we have the most expensive electricity in the world!)
Thanks

 

[nlinecomputers]

LED is the most energy efficient.

 

[cam w]

^ LED

 

[cypress]

LED

 

[Porthos]

My home is mostly LED and CFL's where I hardly use the lights.

 

[phaZed]

LED all the way nowadays

 

[Philippe]

Halogen may be easier on the eyes

 

[NETWizz]

Halogen are the best for appearance.

LED for Energy Efficiency, and CFL are not the best for either, but they are a matured technology unlike LEDs.


I tend to find CFLs last longer than LEDs because the electronic portion of LEDs goes bad. I have had several, random situations where they sometimes will not run intermittently for example. My entire house is mostly switched over to LEDs except the attic has a regular incandescent, and my most used desk lamp has a real Halogen for reading. A chandelier in the kitchen also has incandescent bulbs, too.

Lastly, appliances like Oven, Microwave, and Dryer have incandescent bulbs as well. That said, I have maybe 50 or 60 Led bulbs and have probably had 3 or 4 of them die in the last year.

That Halogen one seems to have a different connector that doesn't screw in.

 

[glennd]

I need some new light bulbs for the office.
Which are better Fluro, LED or Halogen?
Which are the most energy efficient? (Considering we have the most expensive electricity in the world!)
Thanks

I'm mostly leds now. I'm replacing the fluro tubes in the workshop with led. side by side with the real fluros they are identical except they switch on quicker and use half the power.

 

[GTP]

Thanks everyone, LED for the Win!
Now, I'm off to the shops.....

 

[Porthos]

Thanks everyone, LED for the Win!
Now, I'm off to the shops.....

Sucks you don't have much there on amazon. I took a look and seems to be only books.
Led's are getting real inexpensive here in the US.

Got these for a frend. $27 for 16 standard base bulbs.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y3H7V4L/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
He also needed some bright DIMMABLE ones for his ceiling fan.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071HYRSVT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[timeshifter]

Wow! Didn't realize LED light bulbs had gotten so cheap.

 

[mr m]

LED's rule but there is one consideration no one seems to realize. When using an LED lamp (bulb) in an enclosed fixture ensure that it is rated for that application. Some are, some aren't, read the labels.

Even though LED's run much cooler than their incandescent counterparts their heat sinks all vary in design so to avoid a fire hazard you must buy a lamp rated for use in an enclosed globe.

I've noticed like with everything else you usually get what you pay for quality wise. All LED's are not created equal. Name brands are superior in longevity and performance when compared to the cheap clones.

 

[GTP]

Sucks you don't have much there on amazon. I took a look and seems to be only books.
Led's are getting real inexpensive here in the US.

Got these for a frend. $27 for 16 standard base bulbs.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y3H7V4L/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
He also needed some bright DIMMABLE ones for his ceiling fan.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071HYRSVT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trouble is we don't have Amazon here. Well, actually we do, but it's really only an online "Kindle" store. The only thing they have in LED is some apps for Kindle!
Woolies, Coles and Officeworks had them for about $7~$10 each. I bought 5 (Philips) from Woolies, used 3 and have 2 spare.

 

[MichaelBits]

LED's definitely got cheaper.
I bought a case of 50 for just under $50 a few months back at the local hardware store. Twas a sale.
Oh, and they are the dimmable type.

Don't recall the brand, but as lights burn out, I replace them with the LED's. Haven't had any issues yet, and I don't have to worry about buying any light bulbs for awhile.

 

[Altster]

Candles...........

 

[GTP]

 

[Kirby]

I actually rewired my entire house 4 or 5 years ago and replaced every bulb with LED bulbs and had some spares to boot. I remember some of the brighter bulbs I spend around $15-$20 each on. I have since burned through all the spares and started replacing them with fluorescent. More than one of them failed within the first year. Several I've had to replace recently because they had become too dim to light the room well. Others developed flickering problems. As far as reliability is concerned LED bulbs were crap when I bought mine. It reduced my electric bill about 15% though, but the house had old cloth-wrapped wiring and did have a few "leaks" in it, so I'm sure replacing the wiring had something to do with that reduction as well.

And when I say we "replaced the wiring", I mean everything. New service and meter on the outside of the house, new breaker box with all new breakers, every scrap of wire replaced (except one to the back porch light), every light fixture and switch and every wall plug replaced and circuits split out using more breakers. Originally there was one line running to the attic which powered the entire upstairs. Now there are so many lines that some of them are wrapped up, waiting to be connected if they're ever needed.

I would definitely stay way from the fluorescent light fixtures which use the tubes, though. Those things are a pain in the neck. I got all of those replaced in the office about 2 years ago. Last week I had to buy 16 new bulbs at $2 each (if I bought 30) because every one had burned out already. And one ballast is gone too. But for a while I was putting up with the flickering. I'd rather have torch light than fluorescent tubes. Far more reliable, easier to maintain and cheaper to boot. Okay, that may be a bit of an overstatement.

 

[Altster]

I have to agree with using LED lamps as I have a few in our house and we do like them.

Some of the earlier fluorescent bulbs just seem to take too long to get to their brightest brilliance. And I don't really care for the light that they put out.