That's a good price but these are better quality and are dimmable.
Dimmable LED light bulbs are normally a lot more expensive than £2 each.

Good price for normal gu10 led bulbs!

These ones from ASDA are dimmable and better quality.
Dimmable bulbs normally cost a lot more than £2 each.

Will keep an eye out for these next time i'm in Asda!
Good price, especially if they're actually dimmable.

My Bad. I should've read the full description. Didn't realise yours are dimmable

345 lumens though, wouldn't be using these to replace kitchen gu10. Probably more suited to mood lighting or somewhere that doesn't require decent illumination.

Forgot to add I have 5w similar to these in my recessed kitchen lighting, so as tried and tested by smugjojo.

nice find op, heat

Brilliant value for money. Thanks.

Actually americanv8 is correct. These are very low lumen and wouldn't give off a huge amount of light. If you have a very small kitchen they might suffice but if you want to have your kitchen properly illuminated you should be looking at something between 700 - 900 lumen per lamp.

As a rough rule of thumb a traditional 60W light bulb gives off 'about' 800-850 lumens.

OP - have some heat though as an introduction to LED these are a good find. Other users note though that dimmable LEDs will NOT run on a traditional dimming system.

Did my whole house with mid-range LEDs but couldn't find a cheap dimmable. Good find.

what's the color temperature of these bulbs; warm white or cool white. It says "White bulb" doesn't say anything about color temperature.

Can you recommend a bright white GU10 LED for a bathroom?

Any good for the garden?

my local asda got warm white color

Verbatim and Philips do some very nice LED GU10, if you want 'bright white' you're probably looking at either a 3000k or for a more white, clinical type light 4000k (this is often referred to as the Colour Temperature). I'd look at either the Verbatim LED VxRadiator or the Philips MASTER LEDspot MV Value Dimtone GU10.

Quoting ipswich78 :"""Other users note though that dimmable LEDs will NOT run on a traditional dimming system."""

So do I have to buy a new LED compatible dimmer switch? Am new to LEDs and my Lidl multi-colour LED ( with remote) will only dim in steps and not very much at that, would these ones have diming similar to old incandescent bulbs, i.e. continuous ?

Good price :smiley:

50 watt gu10 lamps typically emit 400 lumens, many 5 Watt leds will give the same light. These are dimmable which generally emit less light than non dimmable though still in the same ballpark. 700-900 lumens is much brighter than the tungsten 50 watts most people would be replacing. These dimmable (daylight - I like clinical) 9 Watt gu10s emit 810 lumens...
http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/hk-ld211a/lamp-gu10-cob-led-9w-dimmable/dp/LP0793603?ost=Lp0793603&selectedCategoryId=&categoryName=All+Categories&categoryNameResp=All%2BCategories

I've just installed some dimmable LED's using this switch. Yes the switch does matter, they did not work on a regular dimmer switch.
Varilight Dimmer Switch

very good price, thanks op, heat added!

What does the size of the room have to do with it? If the room is bigger don't you just have more of them? I don't think you are supposed to have 1 in the middle of the room?

Does it say what the beam angle is?
I'd prefer a wider angle 120 or so than the usual spotlight 60 degree.

Thanks for the info, very helpful :smiley:

I can confirm these spots are great, I bought 5 for £15 a while back. They replaced 40w halogens in my kitchen and the light output is equal brightness and colour temp. The dimmng works well, no flicker unless it's at the absolute lowest setting. No comparison to bargain shop LED lights, they aren't worth the saving.

Absolutely. Comment makes no sense if you don't take account if how many of these per unit area.

You're right you should have more of them. However the light / room size ratio isn't always the same. Four spots in a small kitchen would light a room better than say six spots in a room twice the size.

3000K is a warm/yellow light; 4000K is a daylight/normal white; 6000K is a cool/bright white.

i quite like mine. the problem with gu10s is they blow often the leds dont.

the only thing you will notice when you go to a restaurant with old gu10s is the heat they give off

Same price in Wickes,well 10p cheaper but they only have warm white
Your text here

Exactly .
"you should be looking at something between 700 - 900 lumen per lamp." - this depends entirely on how many/how big etc. etc.

My bad, absolutely you're right.I bought the one's from wickes last week and for anyone who doesn't need dimmable it's a good option.

The last sentence may be a little misleading: some LEDs will dim properly with a normal (leading edge) switch, but on the whole a trailing edge dimmer is likely to work better because they have a lower minimum load (generally <10W). So, the only part of the dimming system that needs to be changed is the dimmer switch, for a trailing edge one. This is a bit more expensive (but not much: perhaps £15 instead of £10), but has exactly the same electrical and mechanical fittings, and so is a one for one replacement. Changing a switch for a like for like replacement is not notifiable work, and so is not expensive (any competent person can do it).

Heat added: good find.

I've bought these a few weeks ago and nearly returned them as they're too bright for the living room and don't dim enough. Compared to the halogen ones they replaced they really don't feel warm at all and I ended up only fitting 2 instead of 4 on each side of the room. I'm gonna use the rest in the kitchen as they're just as bright as the halogens I have there now.

They're ok considering the price, but one of them was noisy when dimmed.

Thanks for correcting me, I was getting a bit out of my depth with the technical elements.

I'd avoid any LED bulbs that aren't at least 400lms and between 4000k-4500k (which is the colour range that is actually something like "daylight"). Anything lower is always too yellow and anyhting higher too blue. It's usually 350(ish)lms 3000k bulbs that you'll find on offer and in bargain stores, and it's for a good reason.

Got some of these today. Very impressed, I would say they seem brighter than my 35W old ikea bulbs, and they are also quite a bit whiter.

Tosh! I have a large kitchen with an AGA as its centre piece. A combination of recessed down lights with spotlights all using 5w leds illuminates it brilliantly. Recessed spots over principal working areas - sink, food prep etc. The ceiling line is stepped over two areas for aesthetic reasons, with lights operated in 3 banks independently switched.

I speak with authority.....buy them peoples, you will be so happy.....

So not just these low lumen GU10 LEDs then...? Thanks for clarifying that you'll need more light.

Clarification needed. I have the equivalent of these lights in my kitchen/breakfast room area. They are all 'GU10's' x 5w low lumen, white light. Never bumped into anything yet. Jeeeez. :smiley:

The last time I bought dimmable GU10 Chip-on-Board from Ebay, half of them died in the first year.
Its the electronics that failed not the LED.
So now I buy a non-transformer (capacitor drop) version such a the 5w, 330lm ones from Poundland.
Which are half the price of ASDA ones !

400 lumen vs 800 lumen? The eye perceives brightness logarithmically so 800 lumen does not look twice as bright as 400 lumen. However, if it has a broader beam it can cover twice the area with the equivalent intensity.

Absolutely brilliant find, just installed 10 bulbs and cannot tell the difference between these and conventional gu10 bulbs. I had been replacing other gu10's with crompton gu10 bulbs which are approximately £7 a bulb. First impressions, this is a no brainer, £2 per bulb plus they are dimmable, you normally pay £9 for those. Time of course will tell regarding their longevity, but really pleased with them.

Fitted 13 of these in my hallway and 6 in my kitchen, well impressed.
I then bought a Varilight trailing edge 1 gang dimmer switch and a Varlight trailing edge 2 gang dimmer switch from Screwfix (cheap, white and cheap looking but great reviews).
Stripped the internal dimmer modules from them and used them to replace the ones that were in my more expensive looking switches. The switches work well and look good.

Whats the warranty on these anyone know?

Voted hot, but I will be returning to Asda.
Tried using with conventional dimmer switch, but as previously mentioned didn't work correctly. They would dim, but on max were noisy, and even with the switch off, the bulbs were still dimly lit. Pity but not going to change the switches at the moment which are also remote control.

Have some Samsung dimmables from CPC and they work with a normal dimmer but are a bit flickery on low setting.
Just Bought Home Bargains £1 5watt led and if wanting non dimmable are good value bright with 110* beam angle and with 2 year guarantee?

Thanks OP! Well chuffed. There were loads of warm white packs at my nearest ASDA.

Got 2 packs of these from local Asda, 1 white & 1 silver. These are TCP manufactured :smiley: Thanks op...