http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/2008/07/08/cfl-lighting/ Fluorescent Light Reviews & LED Reviews Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:05:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/2008/07/08/cfl-lighting/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Elizabeth Allison Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:05:02 +0000 http://www.goodbadbulbs.com/?p=1#comment-27 I was suckered into the advertizing that cfo bulbs were the way to go so I bought one in March for a 3-way lamp. This morning, July 16th is was dead. I checked it my changing it to another 3-way lamp, still dead. A further check using another bulb in the original lamp. It lit. Even if I had used the dead bulb during all of the dark hours for the 16 week interval, the usage would not come close to what was advertized on the package. On a fixed retirement income, I cannot afford to pay over $ 6.00 for a bulb which will last such a short length of time (much shorter than with a conventional three-way bulb) and which in its limited use time will not save me that much in electricity. So there is now, a regular three-way bulb in that lamp and its replace. I was suckered into the advertizing that cfo bulbs were the way to go so I bought one in March for a 3-way lamp. This morning, July 16th is was dead. I checked it my changing it to another 3-way lamp, still dead. A further check using another bulb in the original lamp. It lit. Even if I had used the dead bulb during all of the dark hours for the 16 week interval, the usage would not come close to what was advertized on the package.
On a fixed retirement income, I cannot afford to pay over $ 6.00 for a bulb which will last such a short length of time (much shorter than with a conventional three-way bulb) and which in its limited use time will not save me that much in electricity. So there is now, a regular three-way bulb in that lamp and its replace.

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