Reviews of EarthTronics 3W25SW1B 3 way 25-Watt 2700K Spiral Compact Florescent

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First, the description is incorrect. It states that the bulb is a 13/20/25 watt bulb and that this is equivalent to a 40/75/100-watt incandescent 3-way bulb. This is incorrect. For nearly all CFL brands, a 13-watt CFL is roughly equivalent to a 60-watt, not a 40-watt, incandescent bulb.

Second, if you are looking for the effect of a true 3-way bulb dim light in low to bright light in high this is not the bulb. Since the low is equivalent to a 60-watt, not a 40-watt incandescent, it is not that dim. In addition, the difference in brightness between the medium and high settings is virtually undetectable, and definitely not equivalent to a 100-watt incandescent.

The comment above is based on observation of only one bulb since the second bulb I purchased at the same time arrived broken.

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I am converting all of my household lights to LED's that use 90% less electricity. Next month the new Switch150 3way LED bulb will be released but I didn't want to wait so I replaced the two bedside lamps in my guest room with these CFL's. These cost $10 each and the new LED 3ways will be closer to $80 each. These CFL's work great with little or no delay in their startup and no flicker and no warm up period to get to full illumination. The color is warm but not yellow basically the same color temperature as the incandescents they replaced. They are a slightly longer form factor than the bulbs they replaced so I had to go the the local hardware store and get longer lamp shade holders but that was $5 and an easy install. No doubt Amazon sells those too. These CFL 3-ways top out at 100 watt equivalent not the typical 150 watt equivalent of an incandescent bulb. I would prefer the brighter setting for reading but I think my guests will typically have had so much wine that evening that they won't need to read much before drifting off to sleep.

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The bulbs worked just fine and now we can use lamps as they were meant to be used. Your price was also the lowest that I found at that time.