TCP 00361 - 28923F2 - 23 Watt Fresh2Ti Compact Fluorescent Odor Elliminating Light Bulb

These bulbs really do work. I first read of these bulbs a couple of years ago, and I was rather skeptical. I wondered if they worked at all, whether or not they'd last, and why they weren't being sold everywhere. Since then, I've found out answers to all three questions.

Yes they do work, and they work quite effectively. They need to be in an open fixture (nothing sealed by glass or plastic), and they absorb all odors (good and bad), so don't buy these if you're big into aroma therapy or fancy candles. They cover up cat box odor, guinea pig cages, and the worst bathroom smells, all in minutes. They only work while they're on, I suppose that's obvious, but just in case...

After well over a year they're still taking care of odors, and some of the bulbs have been on for over 12 hours a day, every day. I've had a couple cease to light, but no worse than the average life of compact florescent bulbs (I've found that one or two out of a dozen will die...Read more

Yup, it works. I keep one in the closet with my cat's litter box. I gave another to a friend who has some "sugargliders" -- they produce a smell similar to ferrets; she just turns on the light in their cage room when they go out for their daily play.

I also had a problem with nightly, airbourne mold in my apartment, which cause my eyes to tear up and my throat to swell. This lightbulb made nights livable while I waited on the landlord to find the source of the problem.

When another company came out with titanium-coated CFL bulbs a few years ago, I got one for our small bathroom and found that it really did make a difference in air quality, especially in winter when our central air is not managing the humidity in our home. However the cost was far too high to justify replacing more bulbs in the house with this technology.

I was pleased to see that TCP had come out with an alternative in the Fresh2ti bulbs. Apparently they started out making a wider selection of wattages and color ranges, including a nice 42-watt circline bulb type, but currently only offer 14w (60w incandescent equivalent) and 23w bulbs (100w eq.) in the warm 27k range, which is meant to most closely resemble incandescent light. I understand this strategy as I imagine they lost money in offering the much wider selection, but hope they will once again expand the selection to at least include a full-spectrum bulb color (or a cooler daylight option) and a few more...Read more