jtr1962
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It's not just the cost of CF bulbs that turns people off. It's also the fact that they don't last as long as claimed when turned on and off frequently. People just don't get it that you can't turn a fluorescent on and off constantly. LEDs don't suffer from this problem. I also wouldn't be surprised if the yellowish color of most easily available CF bulbs is also another turn off. The light manufacturers assume that a person replacing an incandescent with a CFL wants the same type of yellowish light while that might not necessarily be true. While you can get CFLs in other color temps, they are not that easy to find except via mail order.
Regarding the ornamental lights you mentioned, I'll guess that those will be one of the first things for which LED replacements are made since they are among the least efficient types of incandescent made (8 to 10 lm/W ). While they do have CF replacements for those now, they aren't a point source like an incandescent so they don't have the same sparkle. LEDs are close to a point source so they will be a suitable replacement. Also, some LEDs under development will eventually mimic sunlight extremely closely (~5500K CCT), and will provide a much superior light quality compared to the very yellowish light coming from typical ornamental bulbs(~2400K). Fixtures with glass crystals, for example, will look much better with the truer, whiter light as the entire spectrum will be represented (incandescents are relatively deficient in shorter wavelengths such as violets, blues, and greens).
Regarding the ornamental lights you mentioned, I'll guess that those will be one of the first things for which LED replacements are made since they are among the least efficient types of incandescent made (8 to 10 lm/W ). While they do have CF replacements for those now, they aren't a point source like an incandescent so they don't have the same sparkle. LEDs are close to a point source so they will be a suitable replacement. Also, some LEDs under development will eventually mimic sunlight extremely closely (~5500K CCT), and will provide a much superior light quality compared to the very yellowish light coming from typical ornamental bulbs(~2400K). Fixtures with glass crystals, for example, will look much better with the truer, whiter light as the entire spectrum will be represented (incandescents are relatively deficient in shorter wavelengths such as violets, blues, and greens).