Member Reviews: Full Spectrum Solutions BlueMax Compact Fluorescent Lights

I purchased many bulbs to save on the shipping costs.  The 60 watt equivalents are ok but do not give near the 10,000 hour service life advertised.  The first two 75 watt equivalents lasted between 2 and 2.5 years.  The next 75 watt equivalent bulb lasted about 2 weeks or far less than 200 hours.  When I contacted the company their response was that I should have checked the bulb out immediately and since more than 2 years had passed since the purchase date they could do nothing.  Because none of the bulbs lasted near the rated service life and the last bulb was good for less than 1/50th of the service life, these bulbs are quite expensive and not what was paid...

Paid an arm and leg for these supposedly high CRI CLFs in both flood types and A shaped types.  What a mistake.  It takes more than a full minute to come on.   Thus, quick lighting application like dark hallways is not even possible as it comes on after passing through the hallway mostly in the dark.  It's not good for the office either because it make humming noise like a factory floor.  The "daylight" advertising is mostly a scam because the actual light when measured against daylight is actually much closer to blue than natural light at noon time.  Color temperature was supposed to be around 5500K but it was over 6500K.  In the closet, the only place I can use it, my socks look like a...

I got one as a free gift, the enclosed indoor CFL.  I already use a different brand of CFL everywhere else in my house, and they are on the dim side, but I don't need much light at night.  In fact, the only reason I turn on lights is to find something I'm looking for or if I'm in the bathroom or kitchen.  This is where the problem is, I first put it in my office and if I need to find something in there, I would have to turn on the light, then walk away and do something else for a little while, then come back after the bulb is fully bright.  It's not just dim, I can barely tell that it is on sometimes.  When it is fully bright, it is almost too bright.  I guess it could come in handy if I...