I recently purchased what has to be the geekiest bulb in existence: Eudemon Pure Light Air Purifier, a full-spectrum ionising 32W energy-saving lightbulb that looks totally awesome:
The bulb arrived today and I picked it up from the post office on the way to the company meeting and fitted it in my small home office about an hour ago after getting back from the meeting.
Geek points are awarded for:
- environmentally friendly (energy-saving)
- full daylight spectrum - pure white light, not the usual yellowish tint you get from normal bulbs
- it's cool helix shape - those three prong designs are so last year
- ionising air purifier built-in - this has to score at least 2000 geek points IMHO!
As I suffer from mild asthma, the ioniser will hopefully take me another step closer to ditching my inhaler (although I need to exercise more and stop darn smoking to really solve that).
I was worried that 32W might be too bright, but it's just right for my small home office (about the size of an average small bedroom / bathroom). Unless the lower wattage lights somehow kick out the same brightness, they'd probably be too dim IMHO.
I've finally been able to set a decent colour temperature on my LCD monitors which suddenly looked very yellow compared to the new clean full-spectrum light in the room. My old Sony LCD is still looking a bit yellow compared to my newer Dell monitor but still a vast improvement on the previous settings.
My eyes already feel less strained, in fact they are completely relaxed which is somewhat of an odd feeling for someone who sits in front of a PC for 60 hours a week - I wasn't expecting such an immediate benefit.
Although it's slightly higher wattage than the existing energy saving bulb I had in the office, I think the benefits are well worth it. The old energy saver bulb will be replacing a conventional bulb out in the hallway allowing me to get one bulb closer to a completely "green" house.
I won't know for a while whether the ioniser works (e.g. will the bulb really clean the air or not) or what effects it will have on my sleeping patterns and mood, etc., or even if there will be any negative impacts but I'll report back with any noteworthy updates.
