Customer Reviews

GE 75407 20-Watt CFL Spiral Reveal Light Bulb, 75-Watt Equivalent

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I have tried CFLs from various manufactures and have yet to come across a bulb that can match the GE's Reveal series. This series looks more like a normal incandescent bulb, provides instant-on light, and do not cast that greenish tint found on some of the lower end compact fluorescent lights. Until someone challenges my findings and presents me with another brand/series, the reveal will be my go-to CFL.

Pros:
Nice color temp, more akin to an incandescent
No green tint
Instant-on (though does take time to warm up to full brightness)

Cons:
Price.

The new Reveal CFL's are a decent lightbulb but they are very yellow light and indistinguishable from any 20 watt 2700K CFL you can buy in a store. These are not like Reveal incandescents which have a crisp color temperature and beautiful, unique light. This is not the right color temperature for a lightbulb to carry the Reveal brand name. Hopefully GE can improve the color temperature of these CFL'S in the future but I won't be buying any more of these until they do.

I have been using REVEAL products through the house for many years and when I saw a REVEAL CFL I thought I would give CFL's another try. I purchased one 75w. replacement to try in a 3 bulb ceiling fixture. What a disapointment! Not the same color (it's yellow) and less light output. I do not forsee buying another. It seems to be just another CFL.

Great bulbs; heat up in 5 seconds rather than 10 minutes. Beautiful light - not exactly the same as regular Reveals but close. Certainly a prettier, truer light than regular Soft White bulbs and any CFL I've ever seen.

Get them at your local bigbox though - these prices are 50% more than I paid at Tarjay.