#incandescent

I grew up using incandescent lights at home. As mentioned previously, using an incandescent bulb will require you to keep on replacing it with new ones every once in a while. The reason why some people still stuck with incandescents and CFLs and didn't make the immediate jump to LEDs is because they were quite expensive when they first came out here in the Philippines -- if we remember correctly it was about Php1,000 to Php1,500 a pop. For Php160, this 6.5W bulb that's comparable to a 12W CFL and 60W incandescent lights promises to last for 15,000 hours or up to 10 years (of course, depending on your usage). If you are to use an incandescent light bulb with 1,000 hours of average life, you would more or less need to change it about 15 times of Php30 each - resulting to Php450 of total monetary costs, plus the time needed to make the trips in buying them. Due to the use of a wire filament being heated to produce light, the incandescent bulb reaches high temperatures which are enough to burn the skin but is also what's sometimes needed for other applications like incubators, heating reptile tanks, or lava lamps. CFLs or fluorescent lights were designed to replace incandescents and are way cooler, temperature-wise. Read more in our articles including "Difference Between Incandescent, CFL, and LED Bulbs at Home" and "Best Budget Tablets for Back-to-School 2026 | Under P10,000".