Buying a light bulb used to be a no-brainer. Now it's a brain teaser; the transition to more energy-efficient lighting means choosing from a dazzling array of products. We've long identified bulbs by ...

CNET conducts a "regular person's" comparison of the new AmbientLED bulb from Philips, along with its CFL and incandescent counterparts, without all the jargon. In a software-driven world, it's easy ...

We all use LEDs or CFL bulbs. But do you know what is the difference between LED and CFL bulbs? Which bulb is better LED or CFL, in which power consumption is less, which material is used in making it ...

Largely unchanged for a century, Thomas Edison’s incandescent bulb with its glowing strand of tungsten will soon be a thing of the past. Manufacturing of the bulbs will be banned, gradually, starting ...

Buying a light bulb can be complicated. If you don't take the time to figure out what type of bulb you need, it may not match the color of the other bulbs in the room or even work in your fixture.

YONKERS, NY – Simply screwing in one of Consumer Reports’ top-rated LED lightbulbs could save consumers about $125 in electricity over the bulb’s life. January 1, 2014 marks the date when most ...

A recent post on the U.S. phase-out of 40- and 60-watt low-efficiency incandescent light bulbs, which became official January 1, elicited a lot of response from readers. Many commenters were critical ...

The compact fluorescent lamp, that controversial spiral light bulb, had a moment in a spotlight of its own creation, but that moment has passed. General Electric, one of the three traditional major ...