On 28/04/2013 17:06, Steve Firth wrote:
Nick Finnigan wrote:

On 28/04/2013 13:48, Steve Firth wrote:

CFLs are quoted as 46-75 lm/W[1];

glow. I replaced four 25W E14 R50 bulbs in downlighters with 4x14W CFLs
(280 lm; 20 lm/W according to the info sheet). The light output was
appaLling and resulted in needing to use two standard lamps and a table
lamp in that room as well as the CFLs just to see what one was doing.

Well, yes, 1000 lumens isn't enough. But why were they so low?

Primarily because CFLs are ****e, one assumes.

Are you aware of any E14/R50 CFLs with better light output?

E14 R50 14W CFL bring up an ebay seller with 900 lumens, which is within
the normal range you quoted, rather than being worse than tungsten.