Just popped into Poundland today and noticed they had some new LED bulbs in.
My store (Loughborough) had:
5W GU10 3000K - 350 Lumens
6W E14 2700K - 470 Lumens (Golf and Candle shape).
I bought a E14 candle and it is great as a bed side light.
I popped the plastic cap off and it looks to be using 5630 SMD diodes.
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easy tiger
5 Nov 154#7
I once bought a spirit level from poundland. It was over 30 degrees out. I kid you not
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jimbobjoe
5 Nov 15#1
t121anf
5 Nov 15#2
Was surprised at the gu10s. Not as bright as other 5w ones, but a nicer light.
LOUGHBORO GUY
5 Nov 15#3
Absolute bargain
luminox
5 Nov 15#4
i think they only have the warm white but they are a bargain, pity I need the cold white
mistafaz to luminox
5 Nov 15#13
Day light is much better..
fatdude
5 Nov 15#5
very good price I agree, but electronics from this place just break so easily. I would personally buy from atleast screwfix or led Hut with their discount codes then you have a chance getting your money back.
tek-monkey
5 Nov 151#6
I recently had a foray into LED lighting, setting up a wedding dress shop. These E14s will project light upwards only, and are useless in form of chandelier light fitting. Most suffer from the same problem, they al have wide bases. The most cost effective viable lights were the filament cob style, they replicate old style bulbs remarkably well and are hard to tell from the originals whilst using 10% of the power. We ended up using these just because of the warranty, they are available for half the price from China:
I once bought a spirit level from poundland. It was over 30 degrees out. I kid you not
montana78 to easy tiger
5 Nov 151#10
I bought their AAA batteries and put in my beard trimmer. Didn't even turn on. Lol
cannycoyote to easy tiger
5 Nov 15#15
im with u on that. i had one and depending on which way up you faced it the bubble would alter. i only realised after putting my tv on the wall standing back and screaming !
smiggy
5 Nov 152#8
I wouldn't trust LED bulbs from pound stores. Cheap LED bulbs frequently omit some safety features, or don't have constant current drivers or have inadequate heatsinking leading to premature failure, or are manufactured incorrectly etc (sometimes if you reverse one component, the outside metal can become live). I once took a risk with some cheap bulbs on eBay - one of them burned itself to a crisp and only *then* caused a trip at the fuse box. Made the room stink for ages of burned plastic.
Consider the bulbs at Asda and Aldi instead - they seem to have proper and probably legit CE+other safety markings. Asda recently reduced the price from £5 per bulb to around £4.17, from memory.
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My store (Loughborough) had:
5W GU10 3000K - 350 Lumens
6W E14 2700K - 470 Lumens (Golf and Candle shape).
I bought a E14 candle and it is great as a bed side light.
I popped the plastic cap off and it looks to be using 5630 SMD diodes.
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http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-candle-led-lamps-ses-4w-pack-of-4/3733h
Consider the bulbs at Asda and Aldi instead - they seem to have proper and probably legit CE+other safety markings. Asda recently reduced the price from £5 per bulb to around £4.17, from memory.