Lighting future: sneak peek of prototype GE incandescent-shaped CFL

John Strainic, global product general manager, talks while holding a prototype of the new-in-2009, covered, incandescent-shaped GE Energy Smart® CFL.

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[GELightingFuture]

Thank you for your comments. While we appreciate your input, we just wanted to clarify a few points concerning CFLs:

1) To reduce the chance of interference due to infrared light being misintrepreted as electronic signals, avoid placing compact fluorescent bulbs near these kinds of electronic devices.

2) CFL's use 75% less energy and last up to 10 times longer than standard bulbs.

Other info can be found on our website.

Thanks, Megan from GE

[dmana3172]

It's not about using CFL bulbs to save energy and the environment. It's about having the Federal Government to regulates how much energy we can use, and how much water we can flush. This is all bunch of liberalism.

[thejunkman]

These CFL's are the shittiest bulbs ever, the dimmable ones are not really dimable and they start flashing if dimmed too far. Plus the light is so crappy your skin looks like you have jaundice.  God damn government mandating this shitty technology.

[VonDenHottentotten]

Good work on the all glass design, Thomas Edison would certainly be proud. ;)

So does the all glass cfl contain its mercury in the form of an amalgam or a mercury pellet?

Is it coated with silicone or something, to make it more resitant to shattering?

[poiiihy]

@noreaga12326 I live in USA.

[noreaga12326]

@poiiihy i respect your opinion but despite of all the colors it comes in.. to me, theres nothing better than the old skool incandescent bulb. the problem that i really have is government choosing for people what bulbs we can use. I'm not sure what country you live in but here in the US, government is way too deep in other ppls business. sure, cfls come in different colors but i think that me (the consumer) outa make the choice if i wana use them or not. thanks for the post

[poiiihy]

this bulb is for fixtures where you can't see the bulb.

[poiiihy]

@noreaga12326 cfls are cool. too bad they have mercury. but they come in the most variety.

[FordCrownVictoriaV8]

Would the outer plastic shell contain debris and mercury vapor in the event that the inner fluorescent tube catastrophically fails?

[twocvbloke]

I bought one of these earlier this year when I first found them on sale here in the UK, and while the idea is somewhat sound, it's a really awful bulb, it takes ages to warm up to full brightness (but then, that's a trait with any GE CFL), it gets very hot, and it's longer than a standard GLS bulb so didn't fit my outdoor light as I had intended it to...

So, right idea, wrong lighting company, Sylvania, Osram, Philips, they'd do a better job than GE would...

[mtanyc]

There are many different styles and colors for CFL bulbs. There have dimmable and non-dimmable and different wattages. Truth is they you will see your electric bill drop by 60% if you replace every bulb in your house but yes they are bad for the environment because they contain mercury. Be sure to recycle them when they die you can bring to home depot and drop off there.

[noreaga12326]

fuck CFLs and anybody who promotes them. they look like shit

CFL = CRAPPY FLOURECENT LIGHTING

[powermaks]

@TheNuclearWatermelon if you pay close attention, you will see some better name brands come with a 2400K soft white (pale yellow) and 6000K (OEM white) also, look out for the "full spectrum" CFL's