have 60W equivalents too. The trouble is that many retail stores
don't sell anything more than 18W CFLs, so they don't have anything
which is genuinely equivalent to 100W lamps.

I found it hard to locate the more powerful ones, until recently I saw
30W CFLs in Asda, stated to be equivalent to 120 W "equivalent". I got
one to try it out, and it does seem quite bright in comparison to a 100
W tungsten bulb, and it seems to come up fairly bright right away. I
may get more of them. Sorry I can't recall how much it cost.


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