If you are considering renovating your home’s lighting, you will have a number of options that you will need to carefully consider. From a variety of styles and fixtures to finding the perfect bulb for your home’s needs, there are many pieces of information that you will need to consider before making a hasty purchase. Luckily, in today’s lighting article, we will be taking a look at some of the many different light bulb options available to consumers so that you can learn which light bulbs are best for your needs.
The Light House Gallery is Missouri’s top lighting showroom with locations in both Branson and Springfield. For more than 55 years, we have been the go-to lighting solution for residents of Missouri, as our staff of lighting professionals works directly with all of our customers to help them find the perfect lighting products for their specific needs. We offer some of the top lighting brands to choose from such as Kolour One, Philips, Kichler, and Hinkley, and work hard to ensure that we continue to carry the best lighting products for the convenience of our customers. To learn about some of the many different types of light bulbs, continue reading more on the subject below.
LED Bulbs
LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs are the newest type of light bulbs available to consumers. These light bulbs are incredibly efficient, extremely bright, and can last approximately 50 times longer than an incandescent light bulb. Not only are LED light bulbs extremely efficient, they are also available in a wide range of colors and brightness levels providing the most value and versatility to all customers. Another aspect that you should consider during your next light bulb purchase is whether or not instantaneous light means much to you.
One of the best features that LED light bulbs offer to their users is that they display their full brightness immediately after being turned on. Traditionally, many types of incandescent bulbs require an extensive warm-up period before reaching their full brightness levels. This is one of the reasons why more and more individuals are slowly beginning to make the switch to LED lighting options.
CFL Bulbs
A CFL (compact fluorescent light) bulb is a small light bulb that often features a spiral shape. These light bulbs are designed to replicate the same type of light that you would typically see from an incandescent bulb, but they consume a fraction of the energy that a traditional incandescent bulb would normally require. CFL bulbs are available in a number of styles to choose from such as flood lamp bulbs, globe bulbs, triple tube lamps, and many other varieties, making this light bulb type an exceptional choice for lighting every area of your home.
Incandescent Bulbs
Incandescent bulbs are one of the most traditional forms of lighting, and work by passing an electric current through a tungsten filament. Once the electric current heats the bulb’s tungsten filament to an optimal temperature, the tungsten filament then will produce a bright light. While incandescent bulbs are a conventional form of lighting, they are much more inefficient than the two types of lightbulbs listed above, and are becoming far less of a popular choice due to the fact that they pose a serious concern by negatively impacting our surrounding environment.
While incandescent bulbs may be more affordable than other light bulb options, they do not offer as broad of a color temperature range as their competing light bulbs. In fact, incandescent light bulbs tend to only have a color temperature range between 2,700 and 3,000 Kelvin. To put this color range into perspective, LED and CFL light bulbs are typically available in color temperatures ranging from 2,700 to 6,500 Kelvin. For this reason, if you are looking for the lighting options offering the most in versatility, incandescent light bulbs should not be your first choice.
We hope that you found this article informative when it comes time to purchase new light bulbs for your home’s interior and exterior areas. If you are located in Missouri and are searching for the best lighting showroom in your area, visit The Light House Gallery today. We know that you will be pleased with our wide variety of lighting products, and look forward to making your next dream lighting project a reality.
