Globe 4860201 13-Watt Ultra-Mini Compact Fluorescent Spiral Bulb (60-Watt Incandescent Equivalent), Soft White, 4-Pack | 
 enlarge | Brand: Globe Electric
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $14.99
Buy New: $10.00
You Save: $4.99 (33%)
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1447
Color: Soft White
Media: Tools Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 1.8 x 1.8 x 4.1
Model: 4860201
UPC: 842235486026
EAN: 0842235486026
ASIN: B000GBBUDE
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | A 13W CFL is equivalent to a 60W regular incandescent bulb. It uses less energy, and helps protect the environment. Depending on your kWh rate, you will enjoy significant dollar savings per bulb! | | • | Globe's Ultra Mini size fits most fixtures that require a standard medium base regular incandescent bulb. | | • | As an Energy Star certified product these bulbs meets Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency. | | • | The lifespan of one Globe Enersaver bulb is 8,000 - 10, 000 hours and will outlast 8-10 regular incandescent bulbs. | | • | Globe Enersaver bulbs are warranted to last 5 years! If it fails before that time, we will replace it. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Light bulbs October 28, 2008
D. Moore (Washington, DC)
Delivery was fast. The 13-watt is a little dim, but will get the 23-watt the next time.
 Read this to know the best energy efficient light bulb to get October 24, 2008
Benjamin Bakondi
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've searched for the best bulb, tried maybe 5 different brands and the best ones to get are from "N:vision". They turn on right away even though it doesn't say that on the packaging and the light is a soft glow. The ones that say that they turn on right away have a sterile glow to them, and most others (e.g. Globe) have about a 2 second delay for turning on after you flip the switch. br /Hope this helps, br /-b
 Watch your incentives.... August 26, 2008
Benjamin M. Bethel (Phoenix, AZ USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In Arizona, local retailers sell these bulbs for under a buck.... check for local incentives from your energy company!
NOT long lasting! August 25, 2008
Mrs. Carol A. Spare (waldo, oh United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was so excited to find these mini lights that fit our kitchen recessed fixtures. I ordered them in May, and less than 3 months later, every single one has burned out. WAY too short a life, and WAY too expensive. A good idea if only they'd be longer lasting.
Dangerous Mercury-- BEWARE--Do not break! August 16, 2008
Concerned about Safety (Arizona)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Please read this article before buying or breaking this type of bulb! br / br /ANOTHER BRIGHT IDEA br /1 broken bulb pushes contamination to 300 times EPA limits br /Poisonous vapor so bad, researchers recommend families no longer use CFLs br /August 11, 2008 br / br / 2008 WorldNetDaily br / br /Compact fluorescent light bulbs have long been known to contain br /poisonous liquid mercury, but a study released earlier this year shows br /the level of mercury vapor released from broken bulbs skyrockets past br /accepted safety levels. br / br /Following a story reported by WND last year about a Maine woman quoted br /$2,000 for cleaning up a broken fluorescent bulb (or CFL) in her home, br /the Maine Department of Environmental Protection studied the dangers br /of broken CFLs and the adequacy of recommended cleanup procedures. br / br /The results were stunning: breaking a single compact fluorescent bulb br /on the floor can spike mercury vapor levels in a room - particularly br /at a child's height - to over 300 br /times the EPA's standard accepted br /safety level. br / br /Furthermore, for days after a CFL has been broken, vacuuming or simply br /crawling across a carpeted floor where the bulb was broken can cause br /mercury vapor levels to shoot back upwards of 100 times what's br /considered safe. br / br /Following the study, the Maine DEP made eight new recommendations for br /usage and cleanup of CFLs, including the recommendation to not even br /use the bulbs in carpeted rooms where children, infants, or pregnant br /women live. The likelihood of breakage, near impossibility of cleanup br /and risk of prolonged exposure, the study concluded, are just too great. br / br /The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences website br /acknowledges that Brown University published a similar study last br /month confirming the Maine results: breaking a fluorescent bulb sends br /mercury vapor levels to unsafe levels for the elderly, pregnant and br /young - and those br /levels remain elevated for days. br / br /The NIEHS website states, "Today's CFLs underscore mercury's volatile br /vapor form, which is still a significant health concern - ventilation br /reduces but does not eliminate this toxicant. Mercury vapor inhalation br /can cause significant neural damage in developing fetuses and children." br / br /According to a Mercury Policy Project overview paper, unpolluted air br /contains 1-2 nanograms (or billionths of a gram) of mercury vapor per br /cubic meter. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established br /a level of 300 ng/m3 as the safety threshold for prolonged exposure to br /the poisonous gas. br / br /Some states, though not the federal government, have also established br /a safety threshold for a one-time, acute exposure to mercury vapor. br /California, for example, has established that any level of exposure br /over 1,800 ng/m3 has potentially harmful health effects. br / br /The Maine study, however, br /discovered that upon breakage of a CFL, br /mercury vapors can rise "with short excursions over 25,000 ng/m3, br /sometimes over 50,000 ng/m3, and possibly over 100,000 ng/m3 from the br /breakage of a single compact fluorescent lamp." br / br /In other words, the study found breaking a single bulb can send br /mercury vapor levels in a room to over 50 times the level that br /California considers dangerous and to over 300 times what the EPA has br /established as a safe level for prolonged exposure. br / br /Researchers in the study broke 45 bulbs in a variety of flooring br /surfaces and then studied lingering gas levels after a variety of br /cleanup techniques. The results contradicted a number of commonly held br /thoughts on CFLs, for example: br / br /* Though proponents of CFLs often argue a single bulb only br /contains 5 mg of mercury, the study found it was an average. The bulbs br /actually range from 0.9 to 18 mg of mercury. br / br /* Though the EPA's br /Energy Star program recommends placing a broken br /bulb "in a glass jar with a metal lid or in a sealed plastic bag," the br /study discovered mercury vapor leaches right through plastic bags. "Of br /the 12 different types of containers tested during the 23 different br /tests, the plastic bag was found to be the worst choice for containing br /mercury emissions," researchers stated. "Based upon this study, the br /DEP now suggests that a glass container with metal screw lid with a br /gum seal be used to contain debris." br / br /* Though the Energy Star guidelines suggest ventilating a room for br /15 minutes before attempting cleanup, the study found that in every br /case - even in well-ventilated rooms - it took over an hour to drop br /mercury vapor levels below the EPA safety standard. br / br /* And for cleanup on carpets, the Energy Star guidelines suggest br /vacuuming and disposing of the dust bag. The Maine study, however, br /discovered that br /vacuuming served to simply stir the vapor into the air br /and "irreversibly contaminate the vacuum". The researchers, br /acknowledging it was inconvenient, recommended only one course of br /action for broken bulbs on carpet: remove the carpet. br / br /The Maine study also discovered, however, that carpets aren't the only br /problem with broken bulbs. br / br /"All three flooring surfaces in this study (pre-finished hardwood, br /short nap carpet, and shag carpet) were able to be cleaned up with br /pre-study cleanup guidance so that they looked clean. However, mercury br /vapors emanating from all three surface types were detected, br /especially when agitated, for weeks after the cleanup of a break. ... br /Flooring surfaces, once visibly clean, can emit mercury immediately at br /the source that can be greater than 50,000 ng/m3." br / br /"Flooring surfaces that still contain mercury sources emit more br /mercury when agitated than when not agitated. This mercury br /source in br /the carpeting has particular significance for children rolling around br /on a floor, babies crawling, or non mobile infants placed on the floor." br / br /As WND has reported, several countries, including the United States, br /have signed laws that will eventually phase out typical incandescent br /light bulbs and dictate their replacement with CFLs. br / br /Even the U.S. EPA, however, has recognized that recent studies show br /CFLs aren't safe for all circumstances. br / br /The Maine study may prove the most condemning of the use of br /fluorescent bulbs yet. br / br /Part of the study detailed the potential hazards posed by mercury vapor: br / br /"There are a number of studies documenting neurotoxicity as a br /consequence of inhalation of elemental mercury in adults. ... Studies br /documented changes in EEG, deficits in peripheral nerve function, br /autonomic effects, psychological and sleep changes, and deficits in br /fine motor performance, br /visuomotor coordination, visual reaction time, br /visual scanning, memory, concentration, and executive function." br / br /In children, and especially unborn children, the results can be far worse: br / br /"It is well established that the developing organism may be much more br /sensitive than the adult to neurotoxic agents. For example, br /methylmercury exposure can produce devastating effects in the fetus, br /including cerebral palsy, blindness, deafness, and even death, while br /producing no or minimal effects in the mother." br / br /Children are also more susceptible to mercury vapor exposure from br /broken CFLs: br / br /"Infants and toddlers also have a much higher rate of respiration than br /adults. Therefore they have a higher exposure to similar br /concentrations. They also are lower to the floor and therefore closer br /to the source of the exposure and presumably more apt to obtain a br /concentrated dose of mercury." br / br /The study, however, br /didn't leave out the elderly: br / br /"Elderly and unhealthy individuals may already be at comprised health br /and be more susceptible to mercury effects than a healthy individual. br /For example, mercury does kidney damage which could exacerbate an br /already existing kidney disease." br / br /Unlike many poisons that can be flushed out of the body, mercury br /bioaccumulates, which means the various tissues store the toxin in br /increasing amounts, a particular concern as the use of CFLs increases. br / br /The Mercury Policy Project summary paper quotes an estimate that the br /U.S. currently releases 2 tons of mercury vapor into the environment br /each year from broken fluorescent bulbs alone. Two tons contrasts br /startlingly with the level the EPA has established as dangerous to br /human health: a mere 300 billionths of a gram.
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