💡 6 Pack of PLT-26W 827, 4 Pin GX24q-3, 26 Watt Triple Tube Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Review

The best thing about this bulb is its white color and brightness. Ours was changed last year and suddenly they all break at about the same time. So far we had to replace about 8 lightbulbs and this is the hardest to replace such lightbulbs. Taking out the old lightbulb takes forever due to a design flaw. It's not just screwed and screwed. My husband made a homemade tool to help him unscrew the old lightbulb, but it still takes a while and all the toxic white stuff falls on him when he takes out

Replacing this type of lamp is a nightmare. They are held in the mount with a plastic tab, and if the tabs get stuck, it's almost impossible to remove the bulb. I pulled on that lightbulb 'til my fingers hurt, and I used every swear word I knew. Worse, the only place you can grab a lightbulb is in a glass tube! The last bulb I replaced had the glass bulb partially ripped off and I had nothing to grab hold of to pull the bulb out. I ended up having to turn off the circuit breaker and grab the…

The lamps dim when the light is turned on. You can hardly see them at first. They take a considerable amount of time before they lighten. This is unacceptable and involves some risk. They just started to darken on startup after a few weeks of use. The lamps (Eiko) that came with our new home have lasted over 7 years of continuous use and many of them are still good. They never dim when you turn on the switch. This Circle brand does not have the same quality as Eiko. Also, these tubes don't feel