You would think a full featured remote dimmer like this would be CFL and LED compatible, but it is not listed in the product description. With Incandescent bulbs being phased out, the usefulness of this item could be short lived.

incandescent bulbs are being phased out? should i buy them all up, put them in a giant warehouse and wait?

^ Some people are stock piling bulbs, but I don't think it's a great idea. As LED lights get better and cheaper you may find yourself with a bunch of inefficient bulbs that no one wants and would cost you far more to use.

Or maybe you were just joking?

Don't buy cfl bulbs they have mercury in them and you can't throw them in the trash.

^ sure you can, you just open the garbage can and throw one in there.

That's a lot of buttons on a remote to dim and turn lights on and off.

Future is LED. i managed to get 3 LEDs and 1 halogen lamp to work with a halogen dimmer. 4 LEDs did not work with the halogen dimmer. I am planning to get a LED dimmer. Great LEDs at amazon.

It is not possible to make wall dimmer that is universally compatible with LED or CFL bulbs given today's (cost effective) LED and CFL bulb circuits.

Either specific bulbs are used which were designed to incorporate the specific dimming method used by a mated wall controller (which won't work with incandescents, or CFLs without a built in dimming feature), or you will have to use the crude/cheap unregulated type high-LED-count bulbs that put several in series to drop voltage and even then it's a rapid non-linear light adjustment.

Similarly with CFLs, you can buy a dimming capable CFL, but that doesn't make any dimmer capable of dimming them, compatible with CFLs that aren't the dimming capable type (which is any that aren't expressly described as such).

Further there is no industry wide standard for method of implementing dimming CFL or LED bulbs, you can't really knock a dimmer product for not being able to do what none of them can at any price... the particular bulb circuit design is the crucial element.

CFLs, LEDs with dimming capability is very confusing. Should you buy new dimmers that can dim cfl, led or should you buy CFLs, LEDs that are dimming capable. Consumers need to be educated. I have dimmable CFLs that work with my old dimmers and are acceptable. LEDs also work ok provided you keep at least one halogen bulb in the mix.

Also...if individual LED could be activated...might be a solution

whats wrong with this idea...LLL...lava lamp LED

falcon, you're probably joking, but lava lamps need the heat that inefficient incandescent bulbs emit. An LED bulb wouldn't emit enough heat to do much with a lava lamp.