Anna Demb wrote:I've bought them online for under $4 each, 23-30watt, no subsidy that I could see. They have lasted us years now, through several moves. And we're not very careful about how often we turn them on and off.
Same here, been using them for several years and only remembering replacing them once every few years or so. The new ones reach full brightness more rapidly than the old ones did, I still remember them, the coily was encased in ugly textured plastic. New ones are a big improvement. We have kids, so lights are getting switched on and off constantly.