I don't want a big light box anymore-- I prefer to have the FS everywhere in the house as opposed to having to sit for 1/2 hour each day, see? They don't need to be as bright if you get it all day.

Each year we add more and more FS bulbs around the house-- the fluoro ones that are expensive but last a long time. To limit the effect of flickering, know that a roomful of flickers cancel each other out unless you have one too close to your eyes.

Hardi adds more each year at the church as well. The first few years it was just the big fluoro's overhead, at his office. Oddly, people enjoyed hanging out there, hm!?!?! Now the secretary's office has them also, and the parish house lights are being changed as they burn out, one by one. We have midweek aerobics and other activities in there so a lot of people get the benefit.

As demand increases, the prices are dropping. It pays to shop around.

~S~