incandescent vs CFL vs CFL

[Hank70SS]

Both upstairs bathrooms have a light bar above the mirror. They have 8 40 watt globe style bulbs each. Makes the bathroom like a sauna if you leave them on for awhile. Saw some LED replacements at Costco and thought I'd give them a try. They're supposed to be 40 watt equivalent, more like 100 watt. Good thing they're on a dimmer or you'd have to wear sunglasses in the bathroom.

Anyway, pleasantly surprised, only 8 watts each and brighter than the old bulbs. We have some CFLs in different places, I'm not a fan of those. Some take awhile to come up to full brightness which isn't as bright as the incandescent they're supposed to replace. The LEDs I bought are also a brighter white, not a warm white, I like that better.

So I'll be checking Costco to see what other LEDs they get in, hope the prices come down. They were expensive but the old bulbs were like running a space heater in the bathroom.