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I can't say much positive about the cfl bulbs from FEIT. The light quality was what i expected from a cfl... not quite as good as a regular incandescent bulb, but decent. However, these bulbs DO NOT LAST, nor are they going to save you money. These cfl bulbs are supposed to "last 13 times longer than a standard 750 hour bulb." (That's printed right on the box the bulbs came in.) Frankly, I'd call it blatant misrepresentation and false advertising. They will cost you MORE, regardless of any energy savings. I bought two 6-pack boxes and put the 12 bulbs all through my house. As of this day, less than 2 years later, not ONE of the bulbs is still working. NOT ONE! Some of the bulbs (conservatively, i'd say 4 or 5, but i can't remember exactly) quit working within about 3-5 months. Most of them blew out within a year. A few actually lasted about 1 1/2 years. I have regular incandescent bulbs in other lights that have been working for as long as i've owned this house, which is 4 1/2 years. FEIT bulbs do NOT live up to the claims. In fact, FEIT only warrants the bulbs for two years based on 3 hours a day of usage. Doing the math, 13 times 750 is over 9000 hours. Yet they only guarantee the bulb for about 2000 hours??? Hmmm. I tried calling their customer service number 3 separate times, and each time it went directly to "hold" mode (in other words, if you call a company and they put you on hold, you get music and sometimes a voice telling you to continue waiting, along with pitches for the company products.) I never once got a human, or even an automated answering system. Just the music and message saying someone would be with me soon. I continued waiting for 20 minutes all 3 times before i gave up and hung up the phone. Awful bulbs, awful customer "service," awful warranty, and WAY-overblown claims on the packaging. Don't buy FEIT bulbs. I know i never will again.

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I liked the daylight coloration (bright white) but these bulbs just do not last. I date cfl's when I put them into a fixture. The one that came out today (8/6/2011) was put in on March 23, 2011. This fixture is generally turned on and used for hours at a time so the bulb was not subjected to a high number of on/off cycles. Two other bulbs are in the fixture -one of a different brand and higher wattage was put in at the same time while another has been in the fixture much longer. I have been using cfl's for several years and Feit has not been a good source.

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I have tried these bulb over the years with bad results.Not one of them has lasted more than a year. I also have tried their 4 pin bulbs with the same problems, a very short life. Feit are not reliable bulbs and shouldn't be purchased. Save your money

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I'm sorry to write this, because Feit bulbs are inexpensive to purchase compared to other brands. But what other reviewers are saying here is absolutely true. These bulbs typically fail within a year, and good luck getting Feit to replace the bulbs. I've used approximately 30 bulbs by Feit over the last 5 years and almost all of them fail within 12 months after normal household use.

I had this happen with my last pack of bulbs, and once again today I was at Costco and picked up another 6 pack thinking maybe they've improved the model. Nope, this time 1 of the bulbs didn't work brand new out of the box, and 3 of the bulbs have some kind of "dirt" that rattles around inside the bulb (although they seem to work).

I am done, I will be returning these bulbs and looking for another brand.

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I bought these from Costco for a very good price and replaced all four older CFL bulbs that had been working fine in my kitchen for several years. I liked the white light very much but after just a couple of weeks one bulb would not light anymore. I called Feit customer service hoping to have the bulb replaced under the two year warranty. After being asked to give a great deal of detailed information (including reading all the tiny numbers on the bulb) I was told that because I had used the bulb in a recessed fixture, I had voided the warranty. I then read the back of the box to the customer service agent and mentioned that among the several applications that are excluded from coverage, use in a recessed fixture was not one of them. The instructions did suggest that "For Recessed fixtures it's better to use a reflector CFL that evenly distributes the light down to your task area." Nowhere did it say that these bulbs should not be used in recessed fixtures. The customer service agent again repeated that the warranty was void and offered no other response at all. It would seem that although you can get these bulbs at a good price, they may not be worth it in the long run so why not choose another brand with a better record of quality and customer service?