This week's Lowe's ad has the Bright Effect 13 Watt Mini-Twist CFL Light Bulb - $0.98 each from 1/17 through 1/21.

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Description:
Outputs 800 lumens
Lasts 8,000 hours, up to 7 years
Use for replacement of a standard 60-watt household light bulb
Suitable for totally enclosed fixtures

Many areas have seveal retailers with these, for $1.00 or less
FredMeyer has 3 or 4 wattages, some Dollar Trees had them.
BiMart in the NW have them at 79¢

Bright Effects
13-Watt Mini Compact Fluorescent Bulb

I re-lamped with these several years ago and none have gone bad yet....
the 4 new ones I have may never be needed.

For areas without subsidies from a power company, I've never seen the bulbs for less than a dollar. The cheapest I've seen before is around $11 for 8 bulbs from Costco.

With an overall rating of 2.9 I wonder what people don't like about these?

Features 3.3 - It's a light. Does it provide light? Does it raise the garage door?
Value 2.1 - At 98 cents each this is probably much better than regular price.
Design 3.8 - That is a good score for design.
Quality 1.9 - Are these that bad?
Ease of Use 3.4 - Are these that hard to use? I prefer the self-installing type.

The quality rating is what is dragging the overall rating down. I wish Lowe's would let you write a real review instead of a rating. But then there's editing and whatnot so I do understand.

Thanks OP.

overclock said:With an overall rating of 2.9 I wonder what people don't like about these?

Some CFL bulbs don't come on instantaneously. I have a bunch of CFL floods by FEIT that take like 2 minutes to "warm up" before they provide full brightness. Totally useless for use in the hallway where you want to really see where you're going as soon as you turn on the switch. I always see them on sale at my local Dixieline but I'm not buying FEIT CFL products anymore.

pixiq said:Fluorescent Bulb is bad for your health. I heard it causes cancer.
your opinion??

I heard forming opinions based on what "is heard" is also bad for you.

pixiq said:Fluorescent Bulb is bad for your health. I heard it causes cancer.
your opinion??

From Wikipedia:

Broken CFLs release mercury vapors, and require special handling to clean up. The EPA warns against vacuuming, suggesting instead that you vacate the room and open windows for fifteen minutes to allow any mercury vapor to air out, then clean up the breakage while wearing protective gloves, and use double plastic bags for all broken pieces. They suggest using duct tape to pick up small pieces.

FYI: By 2014 CFLs will be required by law to replace incandescent bulbs. Now, how healthy will that be?