No need to get hostile /johnny. Sheesh!
The last CFLs we installed in our bathroom above the vanity lasted about 6 months. Only one of the 5 is still working. Those bulbs are powered on less than 2 hours a day. Do the math.
The CFLs I have used do light quickly when the air temperature is warm. I don’t the climate where you use them. In northern Wisconsin when it’s below freezing that’s a different story. In my unheated garage it takes at least 5 minutes for them to achieve maximum brightness when the air temp is below freezing.
The bulbs in our heated bathroom loose some of their brightness over the lifetime of the bulb. You can install an unused bulb from the same manufacturer and immediately tell the difference from the bulbs that have been in use for a while. They keep getting dimmer until they finally do not come on.
If you want to have an adult conversation fine, if you just want to respond with insults then just get lost.
bfl
I do, at least, make sentences.
Maybe the cold affects you. No harm, no foul.
If your lights don't last over a couple of weeks, perhaps you should seek a refund.
I certainly would.
How do you feel about replacing a federal government that thinks it can tell us which lights to use?
Would you rather bitch about lights, or replace the government?
/johnny
All CFL’s lose their brightness over time. Note that normal white LED type bulbs also fade over time. In addition most CFL’s are not well suited for applications that get turned on and off often. That warming up process uses a significant part of the CFL’s life and the more you do it the shorter the life. When multiple CFL’s are grouped together you generally need to replace all the bulbs at the same time so they behave similarly if they’ve accumulated a lot of operating hours.