Cheap ALZO 85W CFL Video-Lux® Photo Light Bulb 5600K - Pack of 4

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Bought these as DIY video lights. They're HUGE and they require a cage or other support don't just hook em up to a clamp light or you'll have an expensive pile of broken glass when it falls to the ground. Besides that, they're great for lighting your subject with a green screen in the back (I light the greenscreen with the 45W bulbs and use the 85W for talent). Enjoy!

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Use these for commercial film projects when I need a good daylight balanced light source. Combined with some of the octo sockets and soft boxes on here you can really get a good quality light source for any kind of application. I use anywhere from 1-8 of these combined with 1-12 of the smaller 35w variants to achieve any kind of lighting situation the set calls for. In short, if your on a budget and need light, these are the way to go. Don't waste money on the china florescents/led's, the manufacturing process just isn't there yet to delivery quality lights at a bargain price.

4 stars for not having free shipping.. Cmon guys its 2012 and this is Amazon!!!

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I've been using these bulbs for almost a year now. The light output is excellent, they barely give off any heat, and the color temperature is spot on.

I use them with a Lumenex Studio 5500K Day Light 420 Watt Photography 32" Umbrella Continuous Photo Lighting Kit.

However, they are EXTREMELY large and heavy. This isn't a fault of the product, as a CFL that puts out this much light must have a large amount of surface area. The down side is that if, like me, you aren't used to having top heavy lights around your work space, you end up knocking them over and clenching your teeth each time you hear the sound of $20 hitting the floor.

Fortunately, after losing 2 out of the 4 lights to knocking them over, I realized there's NO WAY that people in photography and video production could keep people from bumping into their lighting stands, so I started doing some research.

Turns out there's an easy solution: sand bags! In fact, saddlebag sandbags are sold for the exact purpose I needed to weigh down a lighting stand. I found some "PBL SANDBAG HEAVYDUTY SADDLEBAG DESIGN 4 BAGS HOLDS 20LBS OF SAND NEW by PBL" and bought some play sand from the nearest hardware store. After filling a bunch of zip locks with sand, then putting those into the sandbags, and finally draping them over the bottom of my lighting assembly, I now have "untippable" umbrella stands and my 2 remaining Alzo bulbs are alive and well.

tl;dr Great bulbs, very bright, VERY HEAVY make sure whatever you use these in is tied or weighted down, and that the socket itself can handle some weight.