"Don Klipstein" wrote in message
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| My main complaint of dollar store CFLs, however, is exaggerated claims
| of light output. None of my 22 "models" matched nor exceeded the light
| output of a 40 watt "soft white" incandescent, rated 445 lumens. Some of
| these claimed to replace incandescents of 125 watts. One claimed 1130
| lumens.
| Another complaint of dollar store CFLs is that most are bluish
| "daylight" in color, including some in packages saying "SUN Lighting" and
| some in packages that say "Soft warm white light". A majority of the few
| of my dollar store CFLs that actually had a "warm" color had a color more
| purplish than other "warm" CFLs and also had a low color rendering index.
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| - Don Klipstein )

Ain't that the truth? But considering the source (China) and the price I
guess they're still a good deal. After all, Leno makes jokes about dollar
store items regularly.

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