sorry double post

Just bought a 10 pack (13W=60W) for $13.99 - $6.00 = 7.99. BTW, tax on 13.99.

Can somebody give me a length dimension of these bulbs? I like the CF bulbs, but they are a little long to accommodate the electronics. They poke out of fixtures. I like them to fit in the same physical space as the old incandescents.

Man, even at a 10-pack for $13.99 its a good deal. These are pretty expensive at other stores usually. I think a 3-pack is $8 at WalMart.

None here @ Costco in DE - happend to be there today

Is this "soft white", "natural white" , "white" or with "Day Light" lighting?

OP its a great deal if it has "Day Light" as it costs around $6 elsewhere

If you have So Cal Edison you can go to their web site, do an energy survey and they will mail you a free 23w bulb and a free shower head. I did it about a month ago and just got my delivery. Can't beat that price!

AllAboutTheMusic said:Too bad their mercury is so TERRIBLE for the environment Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Dump 30,000 lbs of Mercury per yearThat article says, "Breaking one mercury light bulb in your home can contaminate your home to such a degree that hazardous materials experts are needed to remove the mercury." I wish I knew that when my lamp fell over last year and the bulb broke. I could have at least aired out the room (assuming the article isn't exaggerating the danger).

BillyBeezer said:AllAboutTheMusic said:Too bad their mercury is so TERRIBLE for the environment Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs Dump 30,000 lbs of Mercury per yearThat article says, "Breaking one mercury light bulb in your home can contaminate your home to such a degree that hazardous materials experts are needed to remove the mercury." I wish I knew that when my lamp fell over last year and the bulb broke. I could have at least aired out the room (assuming the article isn't exaggerating the danger).

I don't believe this guy's article. He has started a competing company to sell expensive LED lightbulbs. EcoLEDs What better way to promote your company than to badmouth the competition, (CFLs). If I remember correctly, a CFL contains 5 Mgs of mercury per bulb. I hardly think breaking one bulb and releasing 5.0 milligrams of Hg is going to cost thousands of dollars to clean up by calling in a Hazmat team. Frickin' scare tactics. It's an urban legend snopes

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The guy's article implies there are all from CFLs by the title "Compact fluorescent light bulbs contaminate the environment with 30,000 pounds of mercury each year". The truth is that there aren't that many CFLs around. Most of this number of 30,00 lbs, if accurate, is actually from the long fluorescent lamps, The 4ft and 6 ft models you see in worksshops etc, and not from these CFLs.

At 5 mgs of Hg per CFL, to reach 30,000 lbs would mean we are disposing of nearly 3 billion of these CFLs per year.

5 milligrams/bulb is: 200 CFLs/gram x 454 grams/lb x 30,000 lbs = 2,724,000,000 bulbs we bury every year. I doubt it.

Shaithan said:Is this "soft white", "natural white" , "white" or with "Day Light" lighting?

OP its a great deal if it has "Day Light" as it costs around $6 elsewhere

If it doesn't make it obvious, assume they are 2500-3000k color temp, which is yellowish dirty light, like incandescents.

Daylight is somewhere between 5000k and 6000k, which is pure white.

I get mine from 1000bulbs.com for around 6 bucks a piece. The difference in light quality is worth it to me. I bought about twenty 30w 5000k bulbs.