Macuser wrote:
I personally prefer the name brands because they produce light from a
warmer spectrum, which is closer in appearance to a luminscent bulb.
Cheapier fluorescents from the dollar store are ok for the night light I
have in the front window.




Even the "name brand" ones are made in China, though some are better
than others. The spectrum is determined by the color temperature, not by
the brand that makes them. 2700K is incandescent lookalike, 3100K is
often referred to as soft white, occasionally you see 3500K which are a
bit cooler, and then 5500K-6000K is referred to as "daylight". A few
companies charge exorbitant prices for daylight fluorescents marketing
them as some sort of magical sunlight substitute, they're no different
than the daylight cfls you can buy at most hardware stores for a few
dollars.