Happened to one of mine, just installed a standard lamp switch and moved it to the other half's side of the bed

I give up

Trick with these is to avoid triggering sensor when changing bulb/moving lamp. If you disconnect from mains first, will last a lot longer. Holding on to the lamp for a significant amount of time will blow sensor!

You're very welcome, happy touching! :smiley:

I have these and they are great!!

Anyone know where you can get the unit which controls the touch system?

I have a couple of really nice touch lamps which have stopped working and is a shame to throw them out of I can get them fixed.

Tried all the usual places but nowhere seems to sell the control unit on its own.

Just what I was needing and without me having to search. Many thanks :smiley:

Just reserved some to collect tomorrow :smile:

Thanks, pick these up later

Heat! Been looking for some good price 3-brightness touch lamps.

​Amazon UK sell various lamp touch sensors that you can fit but they have their restrictions (bulb type, wattage) and I don't know how easy they are to fit.

These touch lamps never last very long, the touch function always fails.

Replacement cover for 3 years is showing as £2.49, might be worth bolting on if folks are worried about reliability. I think I'll add it in view of these comments.

Ordered

Good price for a pair of lamps.

Shame that they aren't led lamps...
What bulb fitting do these take?

Trick with these is to avoid triggering sensor when changing bulb/moving lamp. If you disconnect from mains first, will last a lot longer. Holding on to the lamp for a significant amount of time will blow sensor!

My 2yr old set have the SES (small Edison screw) fitting.

Oh cool yeah I suppose they're quite small aren't they, ta.

sorry for the **** that should have read shoutsbefore should have read before,,,arthritis in my hands doesn't help..

I give up

Just ordered. Thanks

got the square ones that were last on offer, one didn't work so stripped it down, very poorly made with a non connected wire in the unit.... fixed, work fine, well worth a tenner :smiley:

These are four-touch ones - brighter, dim, dimmer and then off. I use energy saving bulbs and all three-touch show the same brightness - bulbs do not dim.

Good deal home base have similar. If purchased by 4th January you pay £5.19. Available online mocha colour

http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/chrome-touch-table-lamp---mocha-291794?

Thanks for posting, might replace a dead one I have.

8 other colour choices - http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?s=Price%3A+Low+-+High&catalogId=25051&langId=110&q=colourmatch+touch+table+lamps+pair&authToken=

Shame they only sell them in pairs as I only need a single beside lamp.

I bought these about 3 years ago after finding them in a holiday cottage we were staying in and assumed they were expensive, so very happy to find they were argos cheap ones. Still on the first bulb and no problems with them at all. Love them.

Thanks! I was looking for this. Just reserved a pair!

Another thing paid for just because I saw it on here :stuck_out_tongue:

Heat! I've been waiting for something like this and at this price its a steal. I went for the grey ones (many colours available). Free del. for me too :smiley:

Was that due to ordering other stuff alongside to take it over a certain value, or any other way to achieve it?

these are good value. . we've had them for over 2 years now.. work well and look good too :smiley:

Had ours over three years and still going strong

That is wonderful! I didn't think homebase sell them individually. I'll buy it from them. Thank you so much for your help.

Nope, they gave me delivery for free because it was a 'third party' delivering it instead of them or something.. Never seen that message before haha.

Lovely

Ordered thank you for posting

Fantastic, thank you!

Have ordered these for my own room, and a single one from Homebase for my son's room. Hot!

Cold. Why? Because i've had 2 pairs of these in the past. First pair, one worked OK until i got electric shocks every time i touched it (wish i was joking). The second one in the pack was dead on arrival.
Second pair. First one kept blowing bulbs (no i didnt rapid touch it), second one did the same electric shock thing again. Absolute junk, meanwhile my 10 year old normal bedside light is still going strong.

At least they covered the 'buy cheap buy twice' part for you!

No you can't because you need a dimable bulb. You can get dimable LED bulbs, but not from Poundland and they will probably make loud buzzing noises.

By the way, these lamps don't have special "touch sensors" in them. You are simply adding a capacitance to the circuit, therefore they also only work when you are touching ground yourself in order to complete the circuit. Try touching one while jumping in the air - it won't do anything!

These are fabulous, they vibrate when you touch them (if it hasn't been mentioned). I got them for a couple of quid more thinking they were an excellent deal then.

Managed to get the red set for £8.92 delivered on Flubit :innocent: , with the usual caveat that they can cancel orders.

Assuming I get them could someone suggest a nice cheap pack of bulbs that will work in these?

Any suggestions for some suitable dimmable led bulbs that are reasonably priced?

Everything else in that socket works flawlessly. I'd put it down to the 50p to make argos lamps!

Humorous, you must work for Argos.

I bought some of these about 10 years ago from argos and they still work fine... Bought another set though a few years later and they lasted no time at all. I like to use it on very low settings though and I found a 40w too much so I replaced the bulb on my one with a 15w cooker bulb, much better switching that on from pitch black if you have other lighting for when you want more. Top brightness on that is still surprisingly bright anyway to be honest (in a darkened room obviosuly).

ooh cheers op, will check stock - got some for my daughter a while back & I like them muchly <3

any links for cheap bulbs thanks

Bought. Cheers!

I bought some dimmable led bulbs from b&q for these and they work well. Was surprised they only cost £3.50 for Philips.

Bought a set and at 1st they worked great. Switched 1 on, a bit of a crackle and that was that. Argos promptly replaced and no sooner than it was plugged in, it did the same again. What I will say is, there is a warning sticker on the bottom to use only "quality" bulbs. I was using Phillips but they were the energy saving type that warm up once on. This may well be the issue but the bulbs work fine in our old lamps so took them back for a full refund.

Picked mine up today and they work a treat. They look good too :smiley:

I just got some of these bulbs to try and they work great in these table lamps - they dim perfectly, no buzzing either.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/a-bright-idea-philips-6w-led-candle-dimmable-light-bulb-half-price-5-b-q-2371447#post27067540