Review on 🌞 Enhanced Natural Lighting with Luxrite LR20575 Fluorescent Circular Daylight by Carlos Barete

This lamp originally had marginal properties. Press the button several times to turn on the lamp, it will light up and flicker slightly. goes out after 30 sec. or 2 minutes - rarely stayed longer than 5 minutes. I suspected it might get better after some use; I don't use the bulb on a daily basis - when I got frustrated enough to take this bulb out and try to return it, I had already exceeded the allowed return time - so it's junk - and is now showing a clear 'dark zone'. " for the first inch of glass on one side of the range connector. Perhaps my lamp's ballast is the problem, but are these bulbs ok? I suspect it's just a bad bulb and I'll buy another locally and replace it upgrade if I find my bulb was the culprit - if I don't upgrade, it really was a bad bulb.