Megaman bulbs

John · 2007-11-12T11:01:23+00:00

As a follow up on the problems with GU10 Megaman bulbs I have found in the packaging is a leaflet, this changes the claim yet again. In one part you are again wrongly told a life of 15.000 but hunt about with a magnifying glass and you find ?up to15,000 hrs?. So in this they are not even saying your average life may be 15,000 but that this is the maximum you can expect. This latter is in my experience the reality.I was very keen to adopt low energy bulbs, but am now very concerned that they are to be hoisted on everyone when they are not any thing like what is claimed for them. The ?low? cost is on the bases of using cheep Chinese labour with low levels of heath and safety and wages. The energy costs are being reduced at the expense of China building coal fuelled generators so the pollution is merely being exported else where. And the actual savings don?t really exist any way as the live claimed is at best doubtful and possibly dishonest.As for the bulbs I have those I have receipts for I am now keeping a log and as soon as they fail within there clamed life they will go back to the retailer they came from for a refund or replacement. On current experience that means every single one of nearly 30 we have in the house will at some point be sent back. One they are finished with, its back to ?normal? bulbs for as long as we are able to get them, or the fraudulent low energy bulb is performing as claimed.

Nov 12, 2007 41 Replies

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Derek Geldard 18 years ago

What do you expect from 40 watts ?

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Derek Geldard 18 years ago

Some of them are alright-ish.

None of them are any good where colour rendition is important, the results would be totally unpredictable, this includes places where men get shaved and women apply make up. They make people look ill.

If you notice TV studios are not lit with CFL's although the savings in electricity and air conditioning would be tremendous.

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