Customer Reviews

GE 40184 Energy Smart 55-Watt 2-D Compact Fluorescent Bulb, 250-Watt Replacement

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

After reading the negative reviews of these sellers, I went back to the Energy Federation site where I bought my torchiere lamp. They can be found at EFI dot org and delivered me a genuine GE bulb that was identical to the one that came with my lamp. The price was about the same as these folks and it arrived in two days. If anything, it was over packed with lots of popcorn. It can be found with the pin-based lamps under the consumer division online shopping.

While the bulb works fine, the color temperature is way off (5000K?). The light output is bright, but it's too blue for use indoors. The original GE bulb had a much warmer color to it (about 2700K). Beware you are not getting a genuine GE light bulb here.

You get what you pay for.

It's a light bulb, what can I say ... it fits the funky torchiere that I own, arrived well-packaged in fine condition, and worked flawlessly.

We are disappointed. The lights are the correct fit for the lamp but none of them worked. When you moved the bulb you could hear a rattling noise (possibly a pin??). So now we have opened all 3 packages with no success and will be sending back.

Sometimes the bulb turns off after it has been on for awhile. First the light dims and then it goes off completely. When the lamp cools off it can be turned on again. Will need to replace it with another model.

When our kitchen light needed replaced we had tha same experience many descibed --no where to be found in brick and mortar store then this but our had a 835 instead of 830 in the model number. Well it was this or replace the fixture - last bulb lasted years so I ordered it came next day and it's a GE and if works perfetly. Hopefully we'll get another few years to figure out if these are becoming extinct.

Bought this bulb and it worked great... for 35 days. After the 35th day it burnt out and doesn't work any more. Maybe I got the oddball lemon but buyer beware. This is not a quality product.

Amazon's return policy is 30 days but their excellent customer service offered to replace the bulb for free. For that I will give this product one extra star. Thanks Amazon!

These "D" style bulbs are rated to last about six years by GE. I put three fixtures purchased from Home Depot on the ceiling in my basement rec room about 10 years ago. The bulbs were still working but lately everyone noticed the light output had fallen. Even after the bulbs fully warmed up the output was feeble.
Home Depot no longer carries these bulbs so I purchased them from Amazon (none of my neighborhood stores had them, either). What an improvement! The light output from the new bulbs is fantastic. I'm very glad I bought these. Because they are genuine GE they fit my fixtures perfectly. You're paying for the electricity; no point in wasting it on old worn out bulbs.

After going all over town to the Home Depot's, Lowes, Electrical suppliers, etc. no one carried the bulb, most couldnot get it. Went on line to Amazon.com and not only did they deliver it in a very few days, but at a great price also. The GE 40184 Energy Smart 55 Watt @-D Fluorescent Bulb is an excellent source of light and it this one last as long as the first one, which was over 4 years, I will be very happy.

Well packaged and arrived in good shape. It took about 2 weeks to get using standard shipping. The bulb fits and is much brighter although it takes several seconds to warm up before full glow. Only problem is my tochiere floor lamp on/off knob has to be in specific position to turn on the bulb. That was not an issue before I got this new bulb, so either the lamp developed a problem or the bulb was not an exact replacement for the previous bulb.