Earthmate EP2352AK 23-Watt Super Mini-Spiral CFL 2700K Bulb, 6 Pack

I expected these to be the typical CFL (packaged in heavy plastic) and really bulky with horrible color.

Wow, was I wrong. These bulbs arrived in a cardboard box and each one was small enough to get into my 14" light fixture. I replaced 6 100W incandescent bulbs with these 6 23W CFLs. Not bad and I did not need to have all of that plastic packaging. The bulbs do come on immediately, but as with most, they need about 120s to full hit maximum light output. I liked these so much, I'm thinking about buying the candelabra six pack for another fixture.

Now only time will tell if this was a good investment. Will they really last? I hope so.

I received 2 sets of these super compact bulbs already and about to order another dozen. The light is soft, unlike the typical "daylight" fluorescent bulbs and gives out even bright light. As you turn the lights on, it has to "warm" up I guess as the light starts off a little less bright and over a minute or so, gets to full brightness... small price to pay for something that is so energy efficient.

I have a dimmer on a light in my living room and no, it doesn't work in a dimmer and only turns on and off, but, I keep them in anyway and the change in current doesn't seem to affect the bulbs negatively.

Well recommended. I currently use them in my ceiling fans (6 bulbs) my living room light (4 bulbs) my bedroom (3 lights) and 2 sets of standing lamps (6 bulbs) obviously I like them. I am considering trying the higher wattage for a brighter light, but they don't seem to be super compacts, just the compacts, so they would work fine in just about any fixture...Read more

These are great bulbs, but 2 of the 6 arrived broken. I can't ship them back - it's illegal to ship toxic materials, and CFLs qualify. Further, having received them broken, who knows how and where the mercury that was in them went? I unpacked carefully and left the broken ones in their boxes, but..... I imagine it's still in the packaging somewhere.

It's illegal to toss these in the trash in MI (and a number of other states) - and immoral. Yet because I purchased them from Amazon, instead of locally (can't find them locally) it seems I can't take them in to the retailer, as I'm supposed to be able to do for disposal.

So now I have 2 broken bulbs and no idea of how to properly handle their disposal.

That doesn't even address the problem that I paid for 6 and got 4.