Like everything else, it’s going to be a gamble.
Sounds like he got a really good deal on the price, and made his purchase decision based on well defined requirements rather than “green” emotionalism.
There’s nothing wrong with a lot of “green” technology. It just doesn’t make sense to either pay a market premium for the “green” factor alone, or use other people’s money to subsidize it.
I was an early adopted of CFLs, and am now changing out my burned out CFLs (most are over 10 years old) for LEDs. I didn’t do that because they were “green” or because I really bought into their lifecycle savings. I did it because a really HATE changing light bulbs. So paying more for a longer time between changing was worth it to me.
I also have a small “green” propane-powered outboard motor for a small creek boat I own. Cost a little more than a gas powered one, but the convienience of ditching gas for those little green camping bottles and not having to run the gas out, mix in gas stabilizer and/or have the carb rebuilt every so often due to ethanol makes it worth it. Don’t have to winterize the thing either - just hang it up on the wall mounting and know it’ll fire up fine the next time I want to use it. Whether it’s over Xmas or sometime in the Spring.
CFL’s? :-) I have a garage shelf full of light bulbs to last me the next 5 years. I am a musician and I am fussy about noise caused by fluorescents. But I hear ya on changing them and don’t blame you. I generally don’t buy into a lot of this so-called green technology some of which can be more harmful for the environment than the technology they replace.
I have replaced all my CFL'S with LED'S because of the efficiency, not the green aspect.
Why would I own a car that gets 8 miles to the gallon?
Because its fast!
have you found good deals on your led bulbs? i had one in a desk lamp that failed only after a couple years, started flickering.