<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

So, with the new law banning real light bulbs as of the first day of next year, I decided to buy a variety of different "energy efficient" light bulbs to try out and see if I need to rent a storage unit to fill with a lifetime supply of honest light in the next 11 1/2 months.

I bought halogen bulbs and CFL bulbs of several different brands, from 9W CFLs from IKEA (to replace 40W proprietary-shaped IKEA real lightbulbs -- which are sadly no longer sold) to a 40W "2700 lumen (150 Watt replacement)" CFL from Sylvania.

My bulbs are of 4 brands:  "Bright Light", Sylvania, GE, and IKEA.  (The "Bright Light" are the Lowe's store-brand, I think).  I only found one LED bulb, and it was $48.95 for a single 100W replacement.  I didn't buy it.

The only bulbs that worked out at all were some 28W IKEA halogens to replace 57W and 60W clear incandescent bulbs in my bathroom.  Everything else sucked so bad that it was unusable.  (The bathroom lights turn out to be fantastic.  They are a little harsher light, but in a bathroom, bright white light is fine, so long as it doesn't hurt and doesn't cast weird shadows.  These bulbs are fine).
<bot>: I bought a ton of CFL and halogen bulbs, and I mostly hate them all.  Help me find some that don't suck, please.