Trying to make Virtues of Defects . . .

. . . and failing miserably. It says ‘Rapid Start’ with a picture of a sprinter leaping out of starting blocks on the CFL box. But getting 60% of the output in 5-30 seconds is definitely not rapid as we know it, Jim.
    Made in China, it says on the box in tiny print. Maybe that’s their interpretation of rapid, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
    Also, the output is described as ‘warm white’. Something redder and inferior to the pure white you get from an incandescent bulb. And don’t even mention the mercury in it to get the fluorescent gases excited.