Halogen Light Bulbs

In today’s lighting technologies, there are two dominant forms of bulbs that can serve as great alternatives to the century-old incandescent lights: compact fluorescent light bulbs or CFLs and halogen light bulbs. As early as this first paragraph, let us admit that between halogen bulbs and CFLs, the latter provides greater benefits in terms of energy consumption and bulb life. This does not mean however that we should not let halogen light bulbs explain their side. In spite of the fact that they are a notch lower than the cost and energy saving CFLs, halogen light bulbs possess a number of qualities absent in traditional incandescent lights.

Halogen light bulbs are mostly available in 75 watts, which is similar to the energy consumption of incandescents. This fact easily makes halogen light bulbs a loser to CFLs, which, as discussed in the previous section, use just ¼ of this energy, ranging from 10 to20 watts. What is good about halogen light bulbs though is that they cost as cheap as incandescent bulbs, but provide brighter light for a long period of time. Incandescent bulbs will be defeated in just 1,000 hours of use, while halogen light bulbs will stay on for more than 2,500 hours.

Display lighting is an arena where halogen light bulbs win over CFLs. The soft quality of white light that CFLs produce can not make galleries and architectural masterpieces flattering. However the very intense and bright light of halogen light bulbs effortlessly can. Halogen bulb spotlights can provide direct and dramatic focus on display objects, making them look colorful and vibrant.