In article , Nate Nagel wrote in part:

WDS wrote:
On Nov 30, 7:24 am, clams_casino wrote:

Indeed. When we built out house my wife had them put in special
switches that slowly raise the light level because she hates being
blinded. When we started switching to CFLs on other lights we hardly
noticed.

Some brands are much quicker than others, too. And some lines within
a brand. Unfortunately no one puts "full brightness in 47 seconds!"
on the packages.

Actually last time I was in Lowe's I actually did see some "quick start"
CFLs. I don't remember the brand name though, nor did I buy any,

They may be referring to starting instantly instead of taking half a
second or a second to preheat their filaments. They almost certainly
still need to warm up.

- Don Klipstein )