In article .com, "frenchy" wrote:
I bought 3 of the 'soft white' 100 watt equiv. ones off the net, can't
think of the brand. Two work, the other worked about one hour and then
conked out! These type bulbs have always been reliable for me in the
past. Just kind of ****ed me off as they are supposed to outlast a reg
bulb 10 times or whatever and the thing didn't even last thru dinner.
Too big a pain to get a refund for $5 so I tossed it in the trash
(actually I THREW it in the trash!)


I'm sure there has been a big market increase along with a big
increase of brands and companies. I have mostly stuck with the ones
from The Home Depot, or long ago, Walmart. Walmart changes
their stock too much, and I hate going to my new Super Walmart.
Light of America always had poorer specs and seemed
to have less build quality. I would prefer to buy a big name
like Phillips.

So, I see many with a life of 6000 hours, or 250 days."Days" is not specific.
"Hours" is. Typical incandesants less than 1000 hours. Halogen
about twice that. If you only use the lamp a few hours per day, they should last
6 years, but there is that turn on/off thing which also decreases life. I think I have bought
a hundred CF's in the last 10 years. Overall I am very satisfied, except unless
you keep very good track of brands, I cannot always get the color
temp I want or need. There is less of a problem of warm up time. That
used to be a big problem.

greg