Light bulbs

You want "warm white" and 10 or 12W to match a 60W filament bulb. Philips or Samsung are robust choice is then dimable or not. (not dimable are cheaper)

Beware of being caught out by CFL "60W" being dim as hell whereas LED bulbs pretty much do match their claimed incandescent equivalent.

They are cheaper on Amazon or specialist online retailer for the same branded kit than in most highstreet shops.

Top notch and thanks for that. Pardon my stupidity in asking, would "warm white" 10 or 12W be LED or something else?

LED

LED also come in cool white or daylight and depending on your age and eyesight they be better as they give a better perceived contrast for reading.

It's all down to personal preference, I prefer the cooler (towards the blue spectrum) white bulbs.

I live just South of Stoke on Trent there is an ETS near us, if they are all as good I suggest you pay them a visit, if there is one near you. I had much the same problem and they fixed me up fine.

I've changed all of ours to daylight bulbs. An amazing difference in the light quality. I compared our old existing incandescent bulb in the bathroom with the new daylight bulb and the old bulb gave out a really yellowy light against the daylight type. The new ones really cheer the place up.

Think in terms of lumen and not "wattage equivalent". The best LEDs are around 100 lumens/watt now, and seem to be getting better.

You can get 5 x bayonet cap LAP GLS LED Warm White for a tenner at screwfix:

At 810 lumen, they're actually a bit brighter than a 60w incandescent.

Thanks.

Well, the walls are white and I'm sort of colour blind as in red is orange.

Brilliant and thanks. I looked at Screwfix but did not understand what I was seeing. All of this for a few light bulbs!

And thanks to all of you courageous men that took the time to reply to me.

Then you may be looking for the wrong thing!

Beam angle is important when buying LEDs.

Your lamp shades and light fittings make a difference when buying LED replacements if you do care about your lighting.

I've been sorted out by the hallowed members of this group. But thank you for your input.

You bought something for a quid then?

I would imagine to illuminate those pikey ornamental butterflies in his garden.

I have bought LED replacements for a strip of spotlights in the kitchen, reducing the power from 50watts each to 5 watts each. They are also much brighter having chosen 'daylight'

The six bayonet 75watt equivalent LED bulbs I bought for room lights were slightly disappointing, although only consuming 12 watts each, they have a perceptible flicker. Probably designed for 60hz system, but had adapted the base to bayonet.

If you need something that throws light in the all the directions that a normal bulb does, then have a look at the filament LEDs:

Yo knobstick, why do you keep cross posting to uk.legal?

Daylight lamps are not brighter. They have a differenct CRI to warm white and make certain things look brighter.

He is a spark living on a council estate.