Don’t forget motion lights and dimmer switches will be useless with these new bulbs.
Yes you are right. Can’t use dimmers with CFL’s. And can’t use CFL’s in extreme cold. And I have never seen a CFL that can put out much of “Beam” of light.
I don’t know about motion lights, but they more or less work with the couple of dimmer switches we have. I switched out most all of our incandescents over the past year NOT because of St. Algore, but rather because with the electric bills for A/C down here, I’m looking for all the help I can get (lower cost to keep em lit, less heat put out, plus they supposedly last longer).