LED 60w equivalent bulbs really are getting cheaper

Yes I saw those in their email yesterday then went to the web-site and found:- NEW! Out of Stock for Delivery

and at my nearest 5 stores...

Brilliant marketing.

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A quid in Poundland. Lovely quality of light too. I got several of the small globe bulbs and the clear candles.

MM posted

After your precious European Commission forced us all to buy them, at great expense and significant inconvenience.

They seem to be reserved for the Screwfix *light and power* outlets.

I replaced 4 x 60w halogen with 2 x 10w LED small panels that fit flush with ceiling, more than happy with the result. The kitchen will be next as currently with 9 x 60w halogen. probably replace with 5 x 10w panels. I am slowly converting all my main lamps over to LED.

Which panels are you using? My kitchen has 5 x 50W (75mm) downlighters that I'd like to replace, but I also need to make it a bit brighter.

Well, they've probably got a run on them at that price. Yesterday morning Spalding Screwfix had 4 in stock, but when I got there a couple of hours later they only had 2.

I first compared the price at Wilko. The cheapest equivalent I could find was £7 each!

MM

We've got a seat on the Commission too, you know! It's not all nasty foreigners being horrid to Brits.

Anyway, do you consider Britain on its own initiative would have introduced power saving bulbs?

Of course it f***ing wouldn't! We can't even get acres of potholes repaired that last longer than a couple of months.

MM

HotUKDeals are to blame I think, posted on there a while back, I got 1 pack, been OOS since.

I concur on the Poundland ones, excellent, who knows how long they will last, I got the 5w GU10s for the kitchen, brighter than the 50w Halogens.

There is a big difference there, making other people buy energy saving bulbs doesn't cost the government any money.

Now if they coud make repairing potholes outside your front door compulsory...

I bought these off ebay, probably not the best quality but if they dont last long then I will buy better but so far so good.

My kitchen is 26 feet long and I reckon on 5 x 9w will be more than adequate, probably 4 would suffice.

Thanks, they look very interesting.

My kitchen is 25' x 11' with a pendant (CFL) over the breakfast table and the halogens over work surfaces - on reflection I think only one of the halogens is 50W and that the rest are 35W.

I'd be reluctant to open-up the existing 75mm holes to 157mm - would they look daft if they were surface mounted? Alternatively, I might try one of the 3W units and see how it compares with a halogen.

Rant: why do advertisers have meaningless statements such as "Lifespan up to 30,000hrs" - do they think we're all stupid?

There's a Toolstation offer flyer at the moment:

Says prices are valid until 29th Feb.

I'm curious how well the 'filament' LEDs work - are they good enough to replace clear incandescents in fittings where the exposed filament is a feature?

Theo

Toolstation have been doing the same for some time

Colour 3000K rather than 4000K & 10w. Seem fine to me, none failed yet though too soon to tell.

Chris K

The 'filaments' are an array of 24 LEDs in series in a COB arrangement, seem to be 1W per filament.

Chris K

Yes I would buy one to compare although I would probably go for the 9w. What I did was buy one as a test and just done a temporary hook up to some cabling on a plug and just tacked it to the ceiling, I was more interested in the light output at that stage, one 10w would have been sufficient for the bathroom but I thought if it fails I have no light so installed 2. I got the cool white 6000k.

They fit flush with the ceiling which I like, I suppose it would be possible to surface mount but you would probably need to make some kind of bracket as they are held in the ceiling with spring loaded clip thingies.

COB? Ah, chip on board. I wonder how the cooling for these works - given presumably the glass envelope is sealed it can't vent to the outside?

Some of the others seem to have some kind of optics - big LED in the base, light pipe up to plastic/glass lump that's vaguely shaped like a filament with stand.

Are they fussy about orientation?

Theo

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Yes, absolutely. Some of the ones I have seen have been stunning. I was in a pub recently which had a line of retro fittings with exposed bulbs over the bar. I had to look closely before I realised they were LED.

People may also be interested in this very unusual new style of LED lamp. It's the same size and shape as a normal incandescent bulb but the 'bulb' is ventilated plastic and light is provided by a glass plate with LED strips mounted within the plastic 'bulb'.

Interesting to look how 3M were proposing these should be manufactured 4 years ago.

"New 3M LED Advanced Light Bulb Illuminates the Future"