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Review on πŸ’‘ Sylvania Spiral: Powerful Non Dimmable Bulb with Equivalent Lumens by Fred Khalifa

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They flicker or go out

I first bought a pack of 9 of these 13W 3500K (bright white) CFLs in July to replace the soft white we had. By the end of August all 9 had burned out, one of them even smoked a little just before going out. I found this all very strange but I needed a replacement so I bought another set of the same bulbs. I put them in and after 2 evenings they were already flickering. One ran away. I started thinking maybe this is my side. Perhaps the lighting set is faulty. So I replaced the lightbulbs with another light that hadn't given me any problems before. These lightbulbs also started to flicker. And I've made sure these are the correct bulbs for my lights. So all I know is that Sylvania bulbs are just not very good quality. I have a few that are still holding, but they also flicker. This is disappointing as I figured incandescent bulbs shouldn't be a problem.

Pros
  • This is great
Cons
  • Some bugs