Torches or Cheap Lights?

I've been playing starbound for a while now, and i asked my self, is there better lights, i opened the crafting menu and found the cheap lights, so now im kinda torn as which ones to use. I was hoping some one would share there intellect

 

It's all a matter of preference. I place torches for light when I'm exploring, but when I'm lighting a house I prefer lanterns, or fluorescent lights looted from Apex labs. I don't light affects anything yet, apart from what the player can see, so it's currently a matter of what you like the look of.

 

The colour of cheap lights is kind of ugly and would cause a headache, but as long it is just for an area you wont' spend a lot of time in, they should suffice...

 

You can also put cheap lights under water

 

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I use torches for above water exploration and cheap lights for underwater.. If I lower the water past a cheap light, I just replace it with a torch.. I find torches to be much cheaper than cheap lights to mass produce.. Wood and coal are bountiful in supply, but during this (holiday) event pixels can be a bit harder to come by.. Pixels become plentiful once you get to higher tier planets where diamond ores are in patches of 4-30.. By then platinum is also ridiculously plentiful which can be refined for 50 pixels per ore (100 pixels per bar).. That means for every platinum ore you refine you get 1 cheap light.. Also, use the portable pixel fabricator whenever you can (craft with hands after you use the tech item).. I noticed the prices on the items from portable is MUCH cheaper than the ship's 3D printer.. It is only 1/10th of the ship's price!

 

Seconded! CL for crappy underwater Expos, Torches for Above water Expos.

 

Matter of preference for homes and such. I personally use cheap lights for my scifi theme homes (I kinda like them!) and torches for cave exploration. That said, I also don't go underground usually, so I usually stick to my flashlight and lantern-on-a-stick on the surface.

 

I use cheap lights for exploration because they light more area than torches. The pixel cost is negligible under the game's current design. I also tend to pick some back up if I happen by them, out of habit.

 

Torches are easier to make, but even then I rarely use them. I prefer the LOAS and flashlight combo.

 

I like torches for exploration since you just get overabundant with coal and wood...