GE's 3-in-1 bulb lights up instantly yet still saves power
Can't decide between a warm, instant-on halogen bulb, a long-lasting, low-power compact fluorescent or a plain old incandescent in its familiar bulb shape? You don't have to. Just buy GE's new hybrid and you get all three, in one handsome glass bauble.
The bulb looks like any bulb you may have bought in the last hundred years or so, but inside you'll find a cool CF tube coiled spring-like around a hot halogen core. When you flip the switch, the halogen lamp lights up instantly, and the CF tube starts to warm up. When the tube reaches full power, the halogen lamp winks off.
The bulb, which will start showing up in stores this month, will come in two colors, both of them white: 2,700 Kelvin and a slightly warmer 2,500 Kelvin. They will burn for up to 8,000 hours, eight times the life of an incandescent. You'll pay between $6 and $10 depending on the wattage and model you choose.
I like this, and I think I may send one to my parents to put in their computer room (yes, they still have a "computer room"). Whenever I Skype them, usually when it's late and I'm drunk enough to want to talk to them, they flip on the CF light in their room and I am treated to ten minutes of dim orange shapes looming into view on my 27-inch monitor. Finally the lights come up to speed and I can actually make out my mother, at which time the gin finally kicks in and everything goes blurry again.
Three Bulbs in One: GE's Hybrid Halogen-CFL with Incandescent Shape [GE. Thanks, David!]
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