[slowhandluke]

and can be bought at a reasonable price.

Correct-o-mundo!

The conservative knows that it's the entire life cycle that counts, and energy used in manufacture drives a lot of the price of everything. If something is cheap, then not a lot of energy went into the making of it.

[a fool in paradise]

I had 2 lights burn out above my bathroom sink this last week. The bulbs each lasted over 15 years.

But no, that makes too much sense to stay with what works.