Sorry if this has been brought up before, I did a search but the only results were people talking about their downlights not comparing LED vs halogen...
We just asked our builder whether the included downlights were halogen or LED. Our CRC called us back today to let us know that the ones being installed are halogen but the more energy efficient ones (??) and we can upgrade all our downlights (no. 20) to LED for extra (not a lot).
So the question is, do we want to upgrade them? Besides energy efficiency is there a hugely compelling reason to do it now vs later? What about the light quality? I REALLY don't like the look of most LED lights around (flashlights, car headlights/etc), so if I fill my house with LED downlights am I going to hate having the lights on? Would that be reason enough to stick with halogen?
Thanks for the replies!