Customer Reviews

Panasonic Capsule Collection Compact Fluorescent (T Shape) - PARENT

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If you are looking for a flouerescent light bulb to replace traditional light bulbs around your house, this is the best choice I've found so far.

The bulb is about the same width as a standard bulb, but it is a bit longer, so it may not fit in every device that takes standard bulbs. It does, however, fit in my lamp, which makes me happy.

The best part about this bulb is the light it produces. It is very bright for a compact fluorescent, but it doesn't have the super-white color that is typical of fluorescent lights. The key to selecting a CF light bulb that produces good light is to look for a 2800K bulb. This one is. Most of the other bulbs on amazon are 5000K bulbs, which produce a very bright white light that looks too fluorescent.

In Panasonic bulbs, you can tell if the bulb is 2800K or 5000K by looking at the second number in the model name. If the second number is 28, its a 2800K bulb. If the second number is 50, its a 5000K bulb. The first number indicates the wattage.

Thus, this bulb is a 28 watt, 2800K bulb.

Panasonic has a number of other 2800K bulbs, but it doesn't look like Amazon sells them. Check out www.panasonic.com, select consumer products, then building products, and then lighting for a complete list of all the Panasonic CF bulbs.

I purchased these for our condo complex. It's the exact same part number but for some reason the new bulbs are much much bluer than the old ones. I have no idea why but it is a very noticeable difference.

This bulb is awesome.

Before reading the other reviews, you should read the one by [Martin Anderson "Martin"] - he explains the model number to the color of light relation well. His review is not for this item, maybe Amazon replaced the model number after he reviewed, but the logic holds.

So, by the same logic, this bulb, "EFT28E50", produces brilliant white light, at 5000K (also known as cool white). If you are looking for "warm white" light - something that can go with other incandescent lamps in the room - then you want a model ending in 28, for 2800K.

Just as FYI, 5000K means the light an object would porduct when heated to 5000 Kelvin, or about 8,540.33 degrees Fahrenheit. Similarly, 2800K is 2800 Kelvin, or 4,580.33 degrees Fahrenheit, about half as hot. The hotter the object is, the more bluish it appears.

So, in all, I wanted a "tube light" - the long, fluorescent lightbulbs seen in offices and schools - to light up the entire room, with minimal shadows, and be efficient about it. This one does just the job. The best part is, any torcherie stand-lamp would be good enough for this bulb, so you don't have to mount things (like a standard fluorescent lamp assembly) on the walls.

Overall, if you are looking for a fluorescent lamp in bright/cool/5000K white light, this is awesome.

Just FYI: the builbs work great, but are really delicate - a very short drop when the bulb was still in the box completely crashed the entire thing.

This offers a nice very white light but my unit takes nearly 5 minutes to reach full power.

We've had several of these Panasonic fluorescents over the years, and they last a very very long time. I installed fluorescents throughout the house, and found, much to my delight, that the electric bill dropped in half. Now, if only there were such a thing as fluorescent air conditioning.

Works well - comes on instantly. Light is bright -- equivalent to a 75 watt lightbulb, with much lower energy cost. Over the life of the bulb (which is much longer than standard bulbs), it more than pays for itself.

The product was less bright than I expected, since I like a very bright living room. So, it was packed away for a while before our bathroom bulb stopped working and that's when we could put it to a desirable use. The amount of light is just fine for such a use, but it does take a while to reach its maximum brightness.

Some of the other types of bulbs I've ordered online have been damaged during shipping. The construction of this bulb, with the translucent case surrounding the glass fluorescent tube is more conducive to shipping.

In one word, I'd describe the light put out by this bulb as "blech"!

On the plus side, it's nice and compact and should fit in any lamp.

I've got 4 other brands of CF lights in my house and I have to say that this has been the worst of the bunch in terms of light. Lights of America and Satco both make bulbs with nice warm yellow/white light that somewhat resembles conventional lights. The Panasonic bulb has a noted white/purple tinge to it -- yuck!

The *only* way this light would be minimally acceptable would be if it were the only light on in a room -- put it in a room with another lamp with a conventional light bulb and you'll see just how bad the light truly is.

I bought two of these -- one a 15 watt the other a 20 watt. I ended up returning the 20 watt and am now sorry I didn't return the 15 watt too.

To add insult to injury, the Satco bulbs I picked up from my local lighting store cost $4 -- this bulb was $12 until recently.

Do yourself a favor and try another brand!