Comments on: Compact Florescent Lightbulb Packaging http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: trevorconrad.com http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-3962 trevorconrad.com Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:10:46 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-3962 I too have been looking into packaging CLF's. I feel that they may be in those hated plastic containers because of safety precautions due to the mercury found in them. It sounds like they may come in corrugated boxes tho? I need to run into a walmart or home depot to check. But the majority I've seen/purchased were in the plastic. Does anyone know of the necessary precautions when packaging lightbulbs...CLF's in particular? Here's a link I found for a clever CLF package idea. http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Marketplace/steal_this_idea_better_cfl_packaging I too have been looking into packaging CLF’s. I feel that they may be in those hated plastic containers because of safety precautions due to the mercury found in them. It sounds like they may come in corrugated boxes tho? I need to run into a walmart or home depot to check. But the majority I’ve seen/purchased were in the plastic.

Does anyone know of the necessary precautions when packaging lightbulbs…CLF’s in particular?

Here’s a link I found for a clever CLF package idea.
http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Marketplace/steal_this_idea_better_cfl_packaging

]]> By: kohler http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-338 kohler Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:56:59 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-338 Hey Chris, thanks for stopping by. Keeping things on topic here isn't easy. Thanks for setting us straight. I'd like to see packaging that has perforations so it's easier to remove a light bulb without risking breaking it. The packaging should should also clearly state the traditional wattage conversion so people can buy with confidence. Hey Chris, thanks for stopping by. Keeping things on topic here isn’t easy. Thanks for setting us straight.

I’d like to see packaging that has perforations so it’s easier to remove a light bulb without risking breaking it. The packaging should should also clearly state the traditional wattage conversion so people can buy with confidence.

]]> By: chris parker http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-337 chris parker Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:13:17 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-337 hey, let's stay on topic, here... the packaging for these bulbs can be crappy. Often they are enclosed in a large blister pack using lots of plastic. They are difficult to open and aren't recyclable and so on...there has to be a better way indeed. Im a design student in Toronto and we're working on it as a project...im interested in any approaches that work well. Sometimes they come in corrugated boxes holding four to six units which is getting there...but im looking to design a better one. I need some specs on how these bulbs are strong and where their weaknesses lie... But in response to these walmart ones...im afraid of it and i avoid it. CP. hey, let’s stay on topic, here… the packaging for these bulbs can be crappy. Often they are enclosed in a large blister pack using lots of plastic. They are difficult to open and aren’t recyclable and so on…there has to be a better way indeed. Im a design student in Toronto and we’re working on it as a project…im interested in any approaches that work well. Sometimes they come in corrugated boxes holding four to six units which is getting there…but im looking to design a better one. I need some specs on how these bulbs are strong and where their weaknesses lie… But in response to these walmart ones…im afraid of it and i avoid it. CP.

]]> By: Mike N. http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-222 Mike N. Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:17:23 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-222 I haven't been to a WalMart since college, where my school was located in a small Iowa town. As you can imagine, the WalMart was three miles outside of downtown by the interstate. And as you might predict, the downtown was hurting for business. I haven’t been to a WalMart since college, where my school was located in a small Iowa town. As you can imagine, the WalMart was three miles outside of downtown by the interstate. And as you might predict, the downtown was hurting for business.

]]> By: kohler http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-219 kohler Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:11:41 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/01/03/compact-florescent-lightbulb-packaging/#comment-219 Hey, we have a Wal-Mart in the urban core. Check Midway in St. Paul. That is pretty cool that Wal-Mart is pushing this. CF bulbs last longer than their greeters. Damn, I haven't been in a Wal-Mart in a long time. I think the last time was in around 1999 to pick up some stuff for a college friend's wedding registry. Can't make that up. Hey, we have a Wal-Mart in the urban core. Check Midway in St. Paul.

That is pretty cool that Wal-Mart is pushing this. CF bulbs last longer than their greeters.

Damn, I haven’t been in a Wal-Mart in a long time. I think the last time was in around 1999 to pick up some stuff for a college friend’s wedding registry. Can’t make that up.

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