Gameroom black light bulbs, do they work?

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Hey all, in my game room there is an old ceiling two bulb light fixture, would it work to just replace those 60w bulbs with the black light bulbs? I know I can hang the long black lights, but was wondering how good the bulbs work, the room is only a 9x10 and I have 6 games in it. Thanks.
 
Those little screw in bulbs suck. Dont waste your time or money. If you want black light in the game room you need to install a 4 foot fixture.
 
I don't know... we have four of the compact fluorescent bulbs here and they worked way better than I thought they would. If you only want a subtle effect... try them out. If you want blacklight nirvana then go with something else. :)
 
hi - After having my arcade for a year, and always wanting blacklights, i just got around to installing two 48 inch black light fixtures and cant say enough about the effect - the room feels authentic now, and i cant imagine the room without it. I wouldnt go with the "fake" bulbs - they are nowhere near the same effect. If they were, then we wouldnt need blacklights ever!
 
The incandescent black lights suck... the compact fluorescent black lights are decent though. I thought they put off a little bit too much white light, but they're a decent mid-level between nothing/incandescent and large fluorescent tubes, and it's really nice that they'll just pop right into existing fixtures (I had them in my recessed lighting, until upgrading to 48" tubes).

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Hey all, in my game room there is an old ceiling two bulb light fixture, would it work to just replace those 60w bulbs with the black light bulbs? I know I can hang the long black lights, but was wondering how good the bulbs work, the room is only a 9x10 and I have 6 games in it. Thanks.

Those bulbs suck. Get the (24") cheap blacklight florescent light fixtures for $10 from Walmart, they are the best.
 
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I have a 10x 10 gameroom and use 3 of the florescent blacklight screw in bulbs in my celing fan lights and they work great and put out plenty of light. I am happy with it so far, it makes my Area 51 game really stand out with the bright green trim around it and sideart.
 
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