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Comment on Bright Effects Globe CFL review 60 watt by Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:29:25 +0000

I bought many of Bright Effects bulbs. on the box it said 5 years warranty but why many bulbs I bought go out 1year to 1 and half year. can i get my replacement? cause those bulbs are not cheap! didn’t even last long like those regular bulbs! why said 5 years warranty?

Comment on ecosmart Dimmable Flourescent R30 Flood by Scott

Scott — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:30:34 +0000

Bought 10 Ecosmart 25 watt equivalent dimmable CFL bulbs with the candlelabera (small) base yesterday. (5 twin packs for just under $14 per pack, about $7.00 per bulb.) One bulb did not work at all. A second one burned out after about an hour. Initially, they have very low light output and they take an extremely long time (several minutes, not exaggerating) to “warm up” to full light output. I am not throwing away the incandescents I removed. They have the usual limitations for dimmable CFLs which was expected so I am ok with that. Not impressed with the failure rate for a $7.00 bulb though!

Comment on ecosmart Dimmable Flourescent R30 Flood by Bill Ford

Bill Ford — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:33:21 +0000

These bulbs ARE a big scam. At first Home Depot sold them under the Commercial Electric brand, but tens of thousands of them were coming back and the sales dropped off. So the manufacturer started branding them TCPi and selling them through Home Depot and tens of thousands of them started coming back, with more and more complaints about reliability and lifespan. Now, the SAME manufacturer is selling the bulbs under the brand name Ecosmart. Same crappy product, same results, same lifespan.

To top it off, here in Tennessee the government is subsidizing the purchase of ONLY these bulbs in Home Depot by consumers in a 4 pack for 1 cent if you fill out a form. The price on the bulbs for a 4 pack is supposed to be $6.99.

With a little digging, you can find a 4 pack of GE CFC bulbs in the store for the same price of $6.99, but those bulbs are not offered on the deal at Home Depot.
Want to know why? The reason is that the Ecosmart bulbs are manufactured in China (as are the other two brands) and distributed exclusively via Home Depot. As such, Home Depot makes about 3 times as much money on the Ecosmart bulbs than on the sale of the GE bulbs.

Put all these factors together….Home Depot is using a federal program designed to spur use of CFC’s to make huge profits by selling their proven crappy Chinese bulbs instead of promoting US jobs by including (or, better yet selling exclusively) the sale of the GE bulbs under the federally subsidized program.

Bottom line for Home Depot: it’s ALL about the profit and keeping the stock price up. Sell the sheep the crap Chinese stuff and don’t worry about US manufacturing jobs.

12/31/2011

Comment on Bright Effects 23 Watt CFL Review by Bill Davis

Bill Davis — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:59:52 +0000

My experience is that they pop out like popcorn. This is beginning to look like a scam to me.

Comment on GTC Compact Flourescent bulb – 13 watt by Neal Shumater

Neal Shumater — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:56:05 +0000

I recently purchased a 2 pack of 13w bulbs, & neither one functions. This isn’t the first time this has happened, but it will definitely be the last.

Comment on Bright Effects Globe CFL review 60 watt by Michael

Michael — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:18:05 +0000

I had remarkably similar experience. I bought 12 for over 2 vanities in the bathroom.

LESS than a year later, 6 of them have failed.

Pure crap.

Comment on Bright Effects 23 Watt CFL Review by MIles Montegut

MIles Montegut — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:59:03 +0000

I bought a 2pack of Utilitech 13W soft white bulbs on Sunday, Aug 28th. Very bright at first. ONe of the bulbs is DEAD! 72hrs!!!!!

Comment on Bright Effects Globe CFL review 60 watt by Dana Leighton

Dana Leighton — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:16:40 +0000

I have the same experience as bmiko with these bulbs. Bought 6 of them about a year ago, 4 failed within 6 months, the other 2 failed within 14 months. All of them have been replaced at no cost to me by the manufacturer, Feit Electric – http://www.feit.com/feitcontact.html

The original bulbs from Lowes had black printing on the base, model LBP12GTM2/35K . The new ones had green printing on the base, same model number. I am hoping I got bulbs from a bad lot, but based on what I am reading on the net, it must have been a big lot! We’ll see how long they last, but I would hesitate to buy more of their bulbs.

Comment on GTC Compact Flourescent bulb – 13 watt by admin

admin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:37:06 +0000

I don’t represent any manufacturer or distributor, so I can’t help. Thanks for writing in. Maybe the manufacturer will get in touch.

Comment on GTC Compact Flourescent bulb – 13 watt by i always buy this light bulbs but i bought some last week and im upset cause they last two days and burn out i took them to h e b for an exchange and they said they couldnt to nothing and im tired of my husband bitching at me that why did i buy light bulb

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:14:57 +0000

I put the comment on the first box where it starts i bought light bulbs and they burn out in two days took them to h e b and they couldnt exchange or refund my money and im tired of my husband bitching at me that i bought light bulbs that dont work hope you’ll are able to do something and resolve this problem cause i had never had a problem when i bought them before