Customer Reviews

World's BEST ENERGY STAR 1 PIECE BRIGHT EFFECTS 13 Watts Spiral shaped Fluorescent Bulb Energy saving NEW

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These bulbs are garbage. I replaced six of my lightbulbs with the Bright Effects bulbs. CFLs are supposed to last a VERY long time. Well, unfortunately, I'm six months in to buying them, and two out of six have burned out. The second one burned out five minutes ago. There was a LOT of smoke, and a terrible smell. I actually turned the light off because I was afraid it might start a fire.

I will never buy one of the Bright Effects bulbs again. For the sake of your wallet, as well as possible the safety of yourself and your loved-ones, I'd encourage you to avoid them as well.

I bought 65W flood from Lowe's and used it only for 4 months before it burnt out. Total hours used were about 900 hrs--far shorter than the 8,000 hrs claimed on the package. Moreover, it's not even close to the warranty hours (2 yrs of 3 hrs/day, which is approx 2,190 hrs). I purchased it based on the price; it was couple of dollars cheaper compared to name brands. I may have saved a couple of dollars up front, but I actually paid more in the end.

The previous reviewer is right. I bought the bright effects equivalent of a 60 watt halogen bulb - a two pack. Both bulbs died within 6 months. I thought it was a fluke. I bought another pack (shame on me) and the same thing happened. These bulbs are junk. If you search for a Bright Effects website to complain, you won't find one. I'm going to return them to Lowes, but I don't expect they will give me a refund - no receipt. Who keeps a receipt for lightbulbs??? Total rip-off!

I purchased several varieties of these lights including the 15R30. A majority of them have burned out in under a year with 3 to 5 hours of usage per day. I would not recommend them.

ANY of the Bright Effects High Efficiency bulbs have a REAL estimated lifetime of about 3 months. These are VERY low quality products. Spend the exta dollar or so and get a quality GE.

These are the worst CFL bulbs that I have purchased so far. I have replaced every single bulb in my house, approx. 200 bulbs and have only lived in my house for three months. So far 5 of these bulbs have burnt out. At almost $5-6 bucks a pop they are not worth the money. Have had experience with other brands and have had no problems. Only problems have been with the Bright Effects bulbs.

As you can read from others, these bulbs are not worth it. We had a strange smell coming from one and it started burning/smoking! DO NOT USE these light bulbs. They are dangerous.

Bright Effects' packaging advertises "up to 7 years life". The best we've seen is six months! We will not purchase bulbs (made in China, by the way) from this company.

I, too, bought Bright Effects CF bulbs, the floodlight style, a year ago, and many of them failed within a few months. I bought them at Lowes and the price seemed good. But it turned out to be a very poor decision.

Base of florescent tubing almost caught fire, it was glowing red and filling the room with a horrible smoke. We caught it just in time. Needless to say, I removed all Bright Effects bulbs from our house.