European Union bans normal light bulbs

[Black_Apalachi]

I think you will find they can't morally and ethically do that Energy-saving lightbulbs are hazardous to people who suffer from epilepsy. Energy saving lightbulbs give off a slight flicker, which can cause quite a few people to go into a epileptic fit, so they will always sell the normal lightbulbs - Homebase, B&Q and so forth got rid of them, but brought them back a few months later because energy-saving lightbulbs were crap - the main reasons were epilepsy AND the fact you can't dim them (quite alot of energy saving lightbulbs just can't dim).

Besides, they're also a waste of money and are terrible to recycle - I think there's a story going around about how toxic the gas and fillaments are. So basically what we have here his a textbook example for Euro-Sceptics about the EU sticking in their unwanted snouts :/

Didn't know any of that... Very interesting.

the technology will improve greatly to address some of these issues, plus I don't have an issue with the light, the ones I have are very bright =\, so you must have some dodgy ones, the older ones had issues with dimmer switches but newer ones work now, but saying it's better for the environment is misleading cause they have to be destroyed carefully as they contain dangerous chemicals.

to me it's a non-issue, but it is proven to save money.

I agree with this though ^

The ones I got were new and were crap. If I wanted to live in a blue/white washed room, I'd sit in a hospital operating theatre. At least the standard bulbs give off a nice, more natural light than what energy-saving ones do. Heck, they even just turn on :/ Energy saving ones tend to take ages to warm up, which is incredibly annoying! Saving money or not, they are pretty crappy :/

None of ours are blue/white, more like creamy/white (normal) nor do they take time to warm up. I noticed some flicker though once they've been switched off. This isn't very common however, as I haven't seen it for a couple of years now.

[Alkaz]

It is only really a good move if they do the same with halogen bulbs and things like tht too. Also, with things like cities and the amount of office blocks all light up 24/7 like massive candels.

Its wrong how they enforce things like this on us but massive corporatins get away with things like mentioned above. It really annoys me.

[BeanEgg]

Well they are good, but the appearance is horrible. As most rooms in our house have chandlers, it's going to look horrible.

[GommeInc]

None of ours are blue/white, more like creamy/white (normal) nor do they take time to warm up. I noticed some flicker though once they've been switched off. This isn't very common however, as I haven't seen it for a couple of years now.

Mine were, and I'm scarred for life now Unless you're using the ones that have a cover over them to make them appear white or "warm" coloured? I used them in a chandelier and it did feel like walking into a hospital operating theatre - all I needed to do was lay on the table and it would feel complete They look dreadful in chandeliers too, as mentioned by FryingJebus

[Black_Apalachi]

No lol, I really don't know what you're talking about . The one in my room main light has three tubes and is bigger and the one in my lamp also has three tubes but they're smaller and not side by side - kind of in a triangular formation. The light from them is fine.

[Frodo13.]

Only one room in our house still uses normal light bulbs, with the rest of the rooms use energy saving bulbs. To be honast, when you first switch to energy saving bulbs, you can tell the difference, but you easily get used to them. Good move from the EU in my opinion.

[Bun]

sounds good to me.

[GommeInc]

No lol, I really don't know what you're talking about . The one in my room main light has three tubes and is bigger and the one in my lamp also has three tubes but they're smaller and not side by side - kind of in a triangular formation. The light from them is fine.

Must be the room they're in, they look terrible in my house

We refuse to use them anyway, with an epileptic dog it's a terrible idea, and you don't necessarily have to be epileptic to get fits from the bulbs either -you can happily watch a film with flashing lights because you can recognise it, but with quick flashes from energy saving lightbulbs it goes unnoticed

[Black_Apalachi]

My mum is epileptic but luckily they have no effect on her.