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Originally Posted by Snax
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Christ was quoting a spambot there, who has since been deleted. The spambot was hawking metal halide (HID) lamps, which produce more lumens per Watt (lm/W) than LED's or CFL's. That's great, but you seldom see HID's smaller than 5000lm, which produces way more light than you need for residential lighting. I find 800lm is plenty to light any room in my house.
I was in Sam's Club last week, checking out the ratings on the bulbs. I was unimpressed. The LED bulbs at Sam's actually produce fewer lm/W than the CFL's, and they're more expensive.