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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
(sorry, I don't know how to do the cool quote box). Anyway, I use today's florescent that go in incandescent sockets. And they do not live up to the 10 times longer or even 5 times longer. But they are definitely more expensive. I don't have to worry so much about the mandatory thing because I'm in the US, but I was pretty annoyed at the first flors that I bought--some lasted a year, some two, but on the higher "wattage" ones, they weren't much better than a regular bulb, yet they cost oodles more.
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Given that they use about 5x less electricity, if they cost less than 5x the price of a "normal" lightbulb, and have about the same lifetime, you've still saved money.
Personally I find that they last a heck of a lot longer than incandescent bulbs do.