Turns out, changing a light bulb is harder than it seems.

[Lew Zealand]

Speedy wrote:
Now if the Feds would require bulb manufacturers to give honest info on how long the bulbs actually last.

At least they could give typical lifespans in various settings:

Base down in a table lamp
Base sideways in an open fixture
Base sideways in a closed fixture
Bathroom or other high humidity setting
Base up (upside down) in an open fixture
Base up (upside down) in an open fixture outside with 0°C min temp
Base up (upside down) in an open fixture outside with -30°C min temp
And so on…

Oh wait, they're only recommended for the very first installation. So why are some states trying to phase out regular incandescents? I have CFLs in most of the above non-recommneded settings and they last less long and in fact I've gone back to a couple of incandescents in low wattage uses.

A 38W shaded incandescent outside the front door is more than enough light - all those people putting multiple unshaded 100W bulbs at the front/side/rear door are just inducing glare, wasting money and contributing to detrimental light pollution. I might try a 25W when this 38W burns out to see if thats enough as well.