Don Klipstein wrote:
Are the "Dollar Store" brands any different than the others? They
are all most likely made in China, and very likely all the same
maker. Then the are given a brand name. In my opinion, they are all
the same, except for the price.

I see major differences in:

* Amount of light produced
* Truthfulness in claim of light output
* Color of light
* Color rendering properties of the light
* Accuracy in statement of power consumption
* Rate of early failures
* Rate of failures with smoke, loud sounds, burning glow in base
* Rate of strange flickering, strange heating of the base
* Construction quality - croooked assembly, some come apart easily
* Presence/absence of UL and FCC certification


Other than that, they're pretty much the same, right?