We've been using mostly cfl's for about 3 years now. Besides the fact that it takes a short time before they burn bright, you wont notice much difference between them and the old bulbs. We changed out every light that stayed on longest and/or was used the most first. As the rest of the incandescents burnt out we replaced them with cfls. It took about a year to switch all the bulbs over. I said I use mostly cfl's because in the winter I switch out the outdoors porch and deck cfl's for 60 w incandescents. I still use 4, 90 w halogen spot lights. Two are on a motion detecter and two switch controlled inside. When it's time to change them out I'll probably switch to LEDs. We try to only leave on the lights we need and turn off everything else. We live in a relatively dark house. You just have to trust that there's no monster lurking in the next room.
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