I hate the compact bulbs. I had one in my bedside reading lamp, replaced a 60 w bulb with a 40 w and I can barely see when its on , certainly not well enough to read, the light is also very yellow.  I am buying incandescent bulbs when I can get them on sale and stockpiling them.  The little bulbs that I can actually read by are almost $6 in the USA and dont seem to last as long as claimed. 

China is one day going to have to send people over and start taking stuff to get what the USA owes them.