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Old 02-25-2014, 09:46 AM
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At this point in time, fluorescent tubes are still ahead of LED in regards to lumens per watt. However, those lumens are dispersed in a 360 degree pattern rather than a focused pattern from an LED.

When you get into bulb applications, the CFL uses almost double the wattage for the same lumen output of an LED, and still has the directivity issue.

I'm almost exclusively LED now, and couldn't be happier.
One extremely fine application for LED bulbs is in a drop light.... you can actually drop it!

Compare: LED Lights vs CFL vs Incandescent Lighting Chart
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