October 2016: Anyone still holding out and using 'standard' 60W incandescent bulbs? (floor, sink)

[TrapperL]

I'm not sure how but we apparently are headquarters for incandescent bulbs. Probably 100+ in boxes in the garage. I converted the most used lights to CFL years back to save a penny on electricity. The wife absolutely hated them. Most of them after a year would look like base ceramic had been in a fire. We now, as of last week, have converted everything to LED. The wife is happy camper. The usable light from the Sylvania LEDs is much better than either the CFL or incandescent bulbs. We did learn something in the transition though. Unless you just like yellow light, avoid the soft white LEDs- it's YELLOW! We ended up using natural light color LEDS. FWIW, we have 2 carriage style lamps on the front of the garage and we run them all night on a timer. I replaced the 150 watt output CFLs with 100 watt rated LEDS and the throw of the light is about 50% more with the LEDS. So expect better light from LEDS. And another FWIW, we had an 8ft fluorescent fixture for light in the garage. It's now a high output, 2 bulb, 4 ft LED and the light is actually better and brighter.

[M3 Mitch]

Sometimes it's good to be alone. When Edison invented that same light bulb, he was alone, everyone around thought he was nuts.

All real progress relies on lazy, unreasonable people, because energetic, reasonable people are content to do things they way they are, regardless of the (unnecessary, usually) effort involved.

The ordinary incandescent is probably the best answer for many lighting needs. You can still get halogen bulbs, more expensive than the old school ones, but they work about the same.

[LifeIsGood01]

I still have a few. Prices for the new ones have not come down that much, but they are still worth it if you find a good deal or a bonus pack, the energy savings are worth it, plus the new ones last longer.

[Ultrarunner]

I've converted over to CREE LED bulbs a couple of years back for Mom... so far they have been wonderful...

She had bedroom light fixtures with 3 bulbs each and a family room fixture with 4 100W bulbs...

Since conversion her annual electricity use included 1960 to 1980 appliances is 12 kWh per day for 2300 square feet...

I bought cases of GE incandescent at 22 cents per bulb... 60 and 75W

Use them to get rental units ready at turnover... it is generally a disaster in mix-matched bulbs, mostly compact florescent that blink or come on slow...

[Ohiogirl81]

I didn't see the point in replacing perfectly good light bulbs, so many of my fixtures and lamps still have incandescent bulbs. There also are some fixtures that can fit only incandescent bulbs, or where LED lights just don't work.

I picked up a box full of incandescent bulbs on Freecycle a few months ago. I'm good for awhile!

[Ultrarunner]

The Cree bulbs have the same shape/size...

So far I have yet to find a fixture where I could not use LED

As far as getting rid of Incandescent... only when they no longer work...

A typical rental home turnover may be from 20 to 50 bulbs... especially in larger homes with lots of can lights.

[Ultrarunner]

On a side note... I had two service requests last week complaining of a faulty electrical...

One was a bathroom fixture... burnt out incandescent.

The other was an over the stove bulb and it too was burnt out.

And no... I don't supply replacement light bulbs.

[davebarnes]

I replaced almost all the tradional incandescents with LEDs.
Gave the old ones away on NextDoor.com
Ignore sunk costs and move forward.

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

I am 100% LED's. When we bought our home we changed everything to compact florescent and now have since went to LED's. Keeping an eye on the lifespan though. My concern is with times I have to change a bulb out. The supposed promise is that LED's will last a long time. We mostly have the lights off. If no one is in a room the lights are off. The only lights that are constant are the two lights on the end of the garage that are on photo cells. They stay on all night. Light increases if someone walks out front.

[399083453]

I buy 2700k LED bulbs which look the same color as incandescent bulbs. I've saved $40 month from my LED bulbs. So no, I'm not holding out anymore. I'm 100% LED.