Quality testing.......

[SirLoin]

Hmm..Some of the best audio vaccume tubes are made in eastern europe..Probably not at that factory though.

[Mini D]

I went to home depot to buy some wire strippers and figured I'd see if I could get some screws for my wife's pruning shears that seemingly self destructed. I found the size I needed and noticed they only came in flathead screw... oh well. There were 4 in the 98 cent pack. I got home and opened the pack and found that 2 of the 4 screw heads had not been machined at all.

[john9001]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
I've honestly considered dropping $90 to replace all the ones in my house to the efficient ones they sell at home depot.  

i'm doing that, but not all at once, i replace the old lights as they burn out.

[eagl]

I try to use those compact flourescent bulbs wherever I can, but the small ones don't put out enough light for some things.  If they can figure out how to make a decent diffuser for bright LED bulbs so they aren't useful just as spotlight replacements, I'll probably end up with a mix of flourescent bulbs for general lighting and LEDs for places where I need a lot of light, such as my desk and kitchen food prep areas.

Ugly huge flourescents are still about the best for a garage workshop though, except for certain projects like woodworking and staining where the color of the light can make a difference.  In those cases, having a few regular lightbulbs to provide a little softer color lighting can be useful.

I've found that flourescent bulbs are also less sensitive to power surges...  When I was living in the UK, bad wiring and power surges would kill the bulbs in 2 or 3 of the rooms in the house almost every other week.  I replaced them with the brightest flourescent bulbs I could find and they lasted over a year.  By the time we moved they would take a few minutes to warm up before they'd get to full brightness, but they never actually died.

[Xjazz]

Somehow this is amusing. The HD guy complain about the quality...

[Widewing]

Originally posted by eagl
I try to use those compact flourescent bulbs wherever I can, but the small ones don't put out enough light for some things.

I use mostly compact flourescents in my home. I have one in my den that I bought 14 years ago.. Still works...

My regards,

Widewing

[nirvana]

We've been replacing regular bulbs with the halogen bulbs.  They are supposed to be much more energy efficient and are brighter.  The brighter part I can attest to, how much energy it saves overall, I'm not sure.  Because we've finished the basement ourselves, we've just installed the halogen bulbs from the get go which was nice.  But yeah, they produce a nice bright, white light.

On a side note, if you have a motion detecting light switch as I used to have in my room, it will eat the halogens for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.