Re: Compact Fluorescent Bulb brands?

"Pete Stephenson" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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>I already use several CFL bulbs around the house (mostly made by TCPi or
> Commercial Electric [the latter being from Home Depot]) and have been
> quite satisfied with them.
>
> As incandescent bulbs around the house burn out, I'm convincing the
> folks to replace them with CFL lights. For their sake, I want to pick
> bulbs that provide an incandescent-like light (around 2700K) that is
> consistent from bulb-to-bulb.

Pete,   For at least the past 5 years we have been using CFLs for almost 
every bulb we replace, I say almost because a few fixtures like our antique 
floor lamps will not accept them because of their base design.   In much of 
the house we initilally used the 2700 Kelvin "yellow" bulbs that match the 
yellow of incandescent and typical FL tubes..  But living in Seattle, both 
my wife and I are victims of SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder, i.e., slight 
depression due to low levels of natural light).  So we have begun using the 
5100 Kelvin ("Office Daylight") and even the 6500 Kelvin ("Daylight")  CFLs 
to increase light in the blue end of the spectrum.  At my office cube I've 
replaced the under shelf and overhead FL tubes with "Daylight" as well. 
Maybe it's psychological, but we really seem to feel better.  The last batch 
of those two colors of CFLs that we bought were Commercial Electric brand 
from Home Despot (sic).  They were on deep discount, I assume because they 
didn't sell well, or were incorrectly ordered.  Haven't seen them for a year 
or so.  In 5 years I've never had a CFL fail.