Giveaway: Greenlite Environmentally Friendly Light Bulbs
April 23, 2008 by Deborah Ng
Filed under Contests and Giveaways
Now here’s a product I can really get behind. The Greenlite lighting company has offered three winners an environmentally friendly light bulb.
I can’t sing the praises of this product enough. Each Energy Star rated bulb may cost more at the checkout, but they last five to eleven times longer than your average 60 watter. The best part is, they only use 30% of the energy.
I screwed one of these puppies into a lamp yesterday and it works just fine. Some of the eco-friendly bulbs can be rather long and therefore hang out above or below the lamp or fixture. I like the Greenlite bulbs because they’re not too big at all. I used the 18 watt bulb and it was fine for my needs, especially since it has a 75 Watt output. In fact, I’ve slowly been replacing all my regular bulbs with those that are more environmentally friendly.
Would you like to win a Greenlite 18 watt environmentally friendly lightbulb? Here’s what you have to do…
You know how I say everything has two uses? Tell me what are some of the things you find more than one use for. For instance, newspapers are for reading, but you can also use them for mulch. My three favorite responses get the bulbs. You have until Sunday night.
Good luck! I hope you’re enjoying the Bloggy Giveaways this week! I sure enjoy bringing them to you.
Check back often, there are more giveaways coming this week.
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