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Totally agree, I have lost 3 or 4 in the past year, these things are misleadingly overhyped. Even worse, it turns out the dangers from mercury contamination when one breaks could be much more serious than we have been told:

http://issuu.com/iwishart/docs/invaug08/32

I am not buying any more, and only keeping some full spectrum daylight simulating ones I invested in before reading the above article (and which haven't failed yet). Try Halogen, or look into the emerging LED technology which looks to be far superior and safer, but as yet are not as powerful:

http://ultraledlights.com/about.htm

That's strange, we've had energy saver in all our fittings for 3 years now, with zero failures.

We replaced nearly all the bulbs in our house with energy savers, some as long as 9 years ago. Most are high usage, as we are seldom in bed before midnight, and up at 6.30, also tend to leave lights on. We still have most of the originals operating, probably replaced 10 out of 30

Like most things now, I am keeping dockets and some packaging which gives me come back if the product like those above fails. If the packaging says it should last 3yrs etc then so it should. If the retailer wont come to the party then surely the manufacturer will or should otherwise I will have them for false advertising. Its the same with toasters and other household appliances.

Ditto! on a purchase cost compared to the old ones and their short life they work out more expensive and they take forever to light up!

I am trying halogens as we have electronic switches, but they only seem to last as long as normal bulbs.

I've only had failures in the bathroom, and that only twice after about a year - they started flickering. I'm wondering if the steam reduces their life?