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I bought this item a year ago and have used the bulbs in some bathroom fixtures since then. Don't waste your money here. Of course, there is a guarantee.
That is just unacceptable. Never mind the fact that you will pay more for shipping than the cost of replacing the bulbs. So far, 4 out of 12 have failed.
Just package them up with the receipt and send them to the manufacturer AT YOUR EXPENSE. The packaging claims a 10,000 hour life span, but these never made it to 800. The fixtures are quite open and well ventilated, so I figured this would be a good application for CFLs.
Having purchased many CFLs over the past few years, I have learned (and read) that there is a lot of variation in quality. Buy some decent components, Sylvania.
These "swell" Al Gore CFL bulbs are a questionable purchase, whether they will be mandated in the future or not. Drink hearty Al. You should learn to read.
Also, is the premium price paid for these bulbs going somewhere to mitigate their environmental hazard when they are disposed of. Priced a can of "real" freon lately. What is the payoff time that one would have to use these things to realize a savings over the tried and true regular old incandescent bulb.
I suggest getting an incandescent bulb to light up your computer room and doing a bit of research on this proud product of the mind numbed moronic syncophants of the environmental movement.I also suggest stocking up on good ole regular incandescents to use when they become like freon. They do contain evil old Mercury ya know.Also, who is setting up a healthcare program for the little fellahs in China and other third world countrys whose labor produces these bulbs. Oh, you haven't heard about the negative health affects on the assemblers of the bulbs.
A person could have gotten quite wealthy had he purchased large lots of Freon back in the 80s simply by selling that fantastic product on todays market.If you have bought into the CFL craze, when the bulbs fail one might suggest placing them in a weighted box and depositing same into whatever source supplies Al Gores water supply. You Putz.
I have had 12 of these bulbs installed in various locations in my house for less than 8 months and 3 have already failed. The packaging claims they will last 9 years average.not even close. Also,although not a big issue, is that they take a minute or so to "warm up" and get to full brightness.even longer in a cold location such as a porch or pole barn. Then of course there is the disposal issue, I have returned mine to Sylvania but I wonder how many people will simply throw them in the trash.
If you buy them in single packs you pay a lot more. One of these three bulbs was bad.I was reluctant to purchase the no-name brands but it is apparent that the Sylvania brand is a piece of crap.
One bulb was bad. I bought a 2-pack of Sylvania Candelabra base CF at Lowes.
I then bought a 3-pack of Standard base Sylvania CF bulbs at Home Depot. I took them back and bought two 2-packs.
From these 4 bulbs, one of them was bad. Another gotch is that if you buy a multi-pak and one is bad you have to return all the bulbs.
I'd stay away from Sylvanias until they do something about their QC.
I find these bulbs to be very bright and a great value, they do appear to me to be a bit on the yellow side though. They are a bit slow to start, that is to get to full brightness. It takes about 1 to 2 seconds for them to initially light, and another 30 seconds or so to be fully lit. Getting these new bulbs also got me around to FINALLY cleaning the lamp shades and globes:-).
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