DanG wrote:

Amen, the ones I have tried have all blown. They have been name
brand, not discount bulbs. The one on the front porch is still
going. By choice I will not be investing in any more CFL or LED
until the technology improves.


I've been buying my CFLs in the multi packs at Depot / Lowe's / Sam's /
Costco for quite some time and I honestly have not had any of them that
had short life spans.

I moved about 5.5 years ago, and loaded up most all the fixtures with
new CFLs at that time. So far I have replaced two CFLs, both within the
last couple months and both were lights that got much longer than the 3
hours per day of on time that the 7 year life expectancy is based on.
Indeed these two lights probably average 8 hours per day of on time, so
they both outlasted their rating by a fair margin.

As for the quality of the light, I find they are quite acceptable, and
having spent some 15 years in video production I am pretty attuned to
color temperature. Also as a result of that video production experience
I know not to light an area with mixed color temperature sources, so the
color temperature is consistent throughout my house.

I also am using the 26W killer CFLs in inexpensive clamp light fixtures
for tasks that I used to use portable 500W halogen floods for. I get
plenty of light, for far less power and far less heat.