Originally Posted By: morrisdl
Also the coil style cheap off brand (bright effects) CFL bulbs seems to come up to full brightness about 100 times faster than the Phillips of like style.


I just finished replacing the two ceiling lamps in my office here with CFL-friendly fixtures and 3x13W (each) CFLs.

As an experiment, I purchased a box of 8 Phillips CFLs, and 8 "Luminus" (no-name) CFLs from Costco.

Both of these brands were slow to come up to full brightness.

So I returned the more-expensive Phillips ones for a refund.