alright folks and luminescently inclined growers, riddle me this: i bought 2 Sun Blaster 26 watt bulbs which CLAIM to provide 2500 lumens of light each with a color spectrum of 6400K and are equivalent to "145 W" incandescents. sounds absolutely fantastic, doesn't it? especially considering that most 42 W CFL's emit the same lumens, which these bad boys achieve at nearly HALF the wattage! the reason I'm so concerned is because i paid close to 20 bucks a pop for these things, so they might as well be coated with gold. it's not too late to return them tho. so my final question is: are the lumens achieved because of the 24K gold plating on the bulbs, or is this some nasty snivelling snot nosed 12 year old's trick?

to reiterate, these are plain ol' screw-yew bulbs, not tubes.
macnasty Reviewed by macnasty on . 26 watt = 2500 lumens??? is this possible? alright folks and luminescently inclined growers, riddle me this: i bought 2 Sun Blaster 26 watt bulbs which CLAIM to provide 2500 lumens of light each with a color spectrum of 6400K and are equivalent to "145 W" incandescents. sounds absolutely fantastic, doesn't it? especially considering that most 42 W CFL's emit the same lumens, which these bad boys achieve at nearly HALF the wattage! the reason I'm so concerned is because i paid close to 20 bucks a pop for these things, so they might as Rating: 5