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DanG:
I just had a wall-mart $5 13w CFL die in 3 weeks - I try to avoid Lights Of America brand but I needed the bulb right away and then it wasn't worth a special trip to return it so wal-mart won again - it may get remembered next trip.
I've spent bunches of hundred dollars at this store for workshop lighting.
CFLs 2700; 3500; 4100; 5100; 6500 Kelvin from 4 to 105 watts.

$30USD minimum order - $9.50 flat shipping most orders

Cheapest items are case or 10 piece lots.
CFL's warrantied 12 to 15 months from invoice (letsee Dollarama do that)
16w warm-white reflector for $3.49, or $95 for case of 48.

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=9355
105w broad spectrum 5000 Kelvin 7000 lumen for $25

http://www.1000bulbs.com/product.php?product=9185
That 105w medium base CFL has 7000 lumen output!

ghurd:
I have not got any that "are in use" for a year or more,

But I always prefered the LOA brand.

Maybe they went down hill?
Picked up some 'Commercial Electric' brand at Home Depot.

Mini spiral. Rated 13w (60w application, AND 13w=52w), 750 lumens,

6000 hours, 5 year guaranteed (at 4 hours per day).

Have one in a light that is rarely used, seems fine.
Four pack, $4.50.

Bought 5 packs.

Thats 100 years at 4 hours a day.
G-

DERFMOOSE:
I boughtsome of these from Buck or Two for $2.00 cdn

they lasted about six months in the one use it is on 24/7

  They worked out the same as puting incadesent in so any

energy i saved it was worth the 2 bucks

ghurd:
Some other cheap ones I had got HOT.

They did OK in open lamps.

But they cooked themselves in an inverted shade fixture

without much circulation.

G-

nothing to lose:
I may try out your links, still a bit more expensive than $1 though.
Pretty sure Dollarama has stores somewhere around me. We have alot of $1 type shopes in various areas I go to.
If there is alot of interest in these I could see if I can get them cheaper wholesale also. I never started the store but I had found lots of places and things to buy when I had though of opening my own Everythng $1 type store.
Depending where they come from I may be able to do volume type deals for anyone needing alot of them. Not enough saving though to be worth 1 or 2 and cost too much after adding any shipping also. But if there is an entrest in volumes once you see if they are good then let me know.
If I find them in a $1 shop here I will try them myself of course.

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