26 watt = 2500 lumens??? is this possible?

[macnasty]

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 10-02-2008. 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

[macnasty]

crap. i forgot to mention that the 26'ers are CFL's, though any1 who's knowledgeable enough to answer my question probably would've guessed that. ciao.

[Revanche21]

http://www.keepwarm.illinois.gov/documents/lighting.pdf

I have no idea about a new type of gold plated bulb :/

[phatsesh101]

sounds good to me my 400 produces like 60,000 lumens and if u have enuf to get 400 its only like 40,000 so yeah dony know if it matters but it sounds good

[macnasty]

Rev, thanks for the .pdf, that seems to confirm my suspicions. also, i wasn't serious about the gold plating. is this some kind of super-cfl or what?