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I would still rather get my hands on LED bulbs. Any mercury is too much mercury in my opinion.

I wonder if the color of the lighting remains constant throughout the cycle.

Don't get me wrong it's nice to see technology render incandescent lighting obsolete, but I've always felt that the argument against CFLs regarding the latency was a rather weak one. I'll stick to LEDs.

um, these hybrid bulbs have been available in Australia for years, the only thing 'new' about them is the reduction in mercury.

yet another un-bright idea from the GE conglomerate

It is so obvious that LED is the way to go,
and that CFLs are as obsolete as incandescents,
yet, instead of progressively moving that way,
here's one more squeeze of the dregs...

A little whiz-bang "hybrid"-speak marketing
and presto, new product with very little
development investment

Yeah, OK, so it is another bright idea
(for GE)

Great article Philip!

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I rather like that the compact fluorescent light bulbs do not zap on to full power when you turn on the switch. It saves one from being blasted by brilliant light first thing in the morning in the bathroom, when one might not be fully awake yet...

I don't know what kind of CFL's anyone else in buying but I but the 4 pack at Home Depot for $4.78 and they come on so close to full intensity that you cannot detect any change in light after several minutes. The only slow charging CFL's I've ever seen are the ones that are encapsulate to look like an incandescent.