Pete C wrote:
The philips ones were *very* old, and humming with a rasp was noted
towards the end of almost an 7 year life. My cheapie Ikea's 11W take an
age to warm up but when they do, staring at the bulbs is painful. I've
got two of those in a three bulb fitting - I daren't add the third :-(

Hi,

Why not get more Philips? The 'softone' ones are pretty good IMO.


Will probably do when/if this room gets redecorated, got more recent
Philips bulbs elsewhere in more critical areas and they are fine. But at
the moment one bulb missing out the fitting is a minor blot on the
general mess of everything else, and I'm curious to see what the IKEA
CFL bulbs do at near the end of their lives. (shhhh... don't tell me!)

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Adrian C