Archive for October 2010
Small Cloakroom Vanity Units V/s Tall Boy Bathroom Cabinets

I read a forum post last week about small cloakroom vanity unit are these practical? There was a huge debate and most of members in forum said Tall boy bathroom cabinets have more storage and are more practical. But most of the home owners lack basic knowledge about both the products.
Small vanity units or cloakroom vanities are basically used in cloakrooms and they have a basin on top of it, to get ourselves freshened up. And they have small storage shelve beneath the basin. There might be approx two shelves in small vanity units where home owner can store towels, napkins and other small bathroom accessories. Small vanity units are extremely practical and useful in cloakrooms or small bathrooms.
While on the other hand, Tall Boy Bathroom Units or Tall boy cabinets is also practical and is usually used in master bathrooms. Tall boy Bathroom furniture has enough storage capacity and looks beautiful because of its huge shade. You can fill up empty space in your bathroom and can have a huge storage. Most Tall boy units come with mirrored doors so it also becomes practical and home owner doesn’t have to invest in a special bathroom mirror. You can view images of both in Google Images and can easily differentiate both the products and you will definitely agree with me
The LED Strip Light
An LED bulb can theoretically approximately 50,000 hours life (depending on the brand does a normal light bulb an average of 1,000 hours, a bulb between 8,000 and 15,000 hours and a fluorescent lamp between 12,000 and 17,000 hours and 66,000 with electronic ballasts). In practice, an LED lamp from 20,000 to 40,000 hours to go. Especially the earlier models from 2005-2007 have early failure, in 2009 these teething virtually eliminated. The light fall in light output over the period is less than 30%.
An LED is barely warm and is vibration and shock resistant. By contrast, the incandescent bulb and the heat they generate conventions, unlike the LED bulb that is not against high temperatures. This is why currently available LED bulbs, such as LED strip light, equivalent to 60W incandescent eg always have an aluminum heat sink for heat from the LEDs can be derived. An LED bulb can withstand fast on and off. Until recently, LED lamps could not be dimmed, but the first dimmable models are already on the market. The current LED lamp,including the LED strip light, provides approximately 50% of its energy in light included. In a fluorescent lamp (CFL or fluorescent lamp) is about 35% and 10% in a lightbulb. The rest is delivered in heat to the surroundings. Its low cost and long life LED bulbs will in the near future many of the other lamp types to replace. In 2009 the LED lamps may be less severe types of halogen, incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs without any loss in light output and light color.