And I think it's the best thing I've seen, stylistically, that also throws off enough light *and* that I could afford. ($166.50 on Amazon, with free shipping, is the best price I've found so far, and I think that's reasonable.) The lights swivel, too. However, these are halogen lights. I've read various things on the interwebs bitching about how hard the bulbs are to change in these halogen track lights, or that they don't last very long, or that they use a lot of electricity. Do any of you all have any experience with similar? Would you refuse to buy a lighting fixture that was otherwise what you want because it used halogens? Or is it not a problem and the people bitching on the internet are as people bitching on the internet always are, which is to say "forever with us"?
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Weird... My experience with halogen bulbs is that they're brighter, last longer, and use less electricity than the equivalent amount of light from an incandescent. More expensive, though, but there's the lasting longer and less electricity thing. The ones I've used haven't been particularly hard to change, sometimes just different.
Are the bulbs in these tracks oddball or something?
Halogen bulbs can run hotter, but for a ceiling fixture, I don't see how that'll be an issue.
They're MR-16 bulbs, if that means anything to you. (It means nothing to me.) And, yeah, I kinda suspected this might be a case of "anything you want to buy, use, or get, someone on the internet will say 'no, that sux.'" Which is why I trust yous people more.
The overhead bulbs in my dining area are MR-16's, and except for the fact that they're not easy to find retail, and wicked expensive to replace, (one of mine is out), they're plenty bright and I'm very happy with them.
We used them for some of our lighting for a while, and probably will again. Finding them was my chief problem.
A word to the interweb is that it's hard to replace bulbs on a lot of track fixtures. This one (which has me salivating) looks like it would be easier than most.
Thanks, gentlemen. I suppose if you've only had one go in the year and a half you've lived in your condo, Mr Barma, then I can assume the cost and inconvenience of replacing the MR-16s wouldn't be *too* heinous.
There are also at least five different lamp bases for MR16 bulbs.
http://bit.ly/10cY4m
I'm guessing some are easier to get hold of than others, hopefully this instrument uses those that are easier to find.
Note also that there are many different beam angles for MR16 lamps, so "enough" light will partially depend on what you need and which lamp with which angle you buy.
http://bit.ly/1R0iG
As best as I can tell, they take these:
http://store.peclamp.com/331034.html
ie. 50W, MR-16 GU10 base
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