Philips LED light bulbs in 3pack. Bayonet and screw type available.
6w 3 pack - equivalent to 40w £10 per pack
9w 3 pack - equivalent to 60w £12 per pack
Currently 4 for 3 ob light bulbs, online and in store.
Quidco available for click and collect / home delivery. I don't know when the offer runs to, but potentially 10pc if you go with someone over 60 on Weds.
This is the cheapest i have seen for these bulbs - Amazon do a 4 pack for 20 quid which is normally cheaper than most.
Doesn't make sense if you're buying a couple, but I'm rewiring my house and could do with a new set of bulbs.
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bojangles to kalvinlions
17 Jul 165#12
after the manufacturing cost of making them, they then need to be stored, packaged, shipped, etc. - that also costs money.
SFconvert
17 Jul 163#10
£3 for a bulb that should last 15-25 years sounds like a deal to me. These save around 1kwh every 20 hours of use compared to halogen or incandescent, so about 12p. Therefore after 500 to 600 hours these have not only paid for themselves, but will still have another 14.5 years life left.
5 for £10 and I'm buying the Energiser ones from cash & carry at £2.25 each. Seems there's a lot of profit in these bulbs.
It really surprised me to find that all the old fluorescent type energy saving bulbs had been moved to a single bay and were now as expensive as the LED ones which have taken over. I assume that there was some kind of subsidy being applied in the past which has now been removed.
LED is marginally more energy efficient than the old one but has other benefits. They are instantly bright, and don't have to 'warm up', there's no flicker, and they are a good approximation to the shape of an incandescent bulb which designers have proved incapable of moving away from.
If you have the old type then I would say it isn't worth swapping them out just for the sake of it, wait until they fail & then change them for the LED ones.
I was surprised to find that they are now making LED tubes to replace the large fluorescent ones as well !
jans to kalvinlions
17 Jul 163#4
I was just thinking... What world are we living in where you have to spend £36 to get 12 60w bayonet bulbs (yes, I realise they are LED versions, but still !) And the best of it is, this is the offer price, not the regular price and seen as a deal on here . It's just crazy, the world's gone mad.
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RossC91
17 Jul 16#1
Do they have SES bulbs?
DoHS to RossC91
17 Jul 161#2
have a look @ Screwfix. i bought few moths ago, and they are really good. Not Philips, but LAP ones, and they are fine.
My local ha loads of LED bulbs the other day and I picked up a few SES. They were only quite low power (equivalent to 20 something watts) but they were for lamps so exactly what I needed.
They also had a lot of others in different shapes/sizes/outputs. Bought a few.
Worth a try at £1 a bulb.
kalvinlions
17 Jul 161#3
Any Bulb should not be more than a pound each IMO. These Bulbs are more than likely made in China, where they cost probably 5-10p to make taking in account the exchange rate. We get ripped here in Britain and it's very wrong.
jans to kalvinlions
17 Jul 163#4
I was just thinking... What world are we living in where you have to spend £36 to get 12 60w bayonet bulbs (yes, I realise they are LED versions, but still !) And the best of it is, this is the offer price, not the regular price and seen as a deal on here . It's just crazy, the world's gone mad.
Besford to kalvinlions
17 Jul 16#6
And your qualification for such a statement is....................?
I think vehicle fuel should be no more than 5p/litre - but I'd just call it wishful thinking.
bojangles to kalvinlions
17 Jul 165#12
after the manufacturing cost of making them, they then need to be stored, packaged, shipped, etc. - that also costs money.
benfisher1991
17 Jul 16#5
Thats not SES. Thats ES.
I literally went to screwfix yesterday and the best cost/light LED bulb was these, installed 3 and they're great.
aaa, just saw that you wanted small ES, i bought few for bedside lights from Poundshop and they are really good to be honest, cant go wrong for a pound.
5 for £10 and I'm buying the Energiser ones from cash & carry at £2.25 each. Seems there's a lot of profit in these bulbs.
It really surprised me to find that all the old fluorescent type energy saving bulbs had been moved to a single bay and were now as expensive as the LED ones which have taken over. I assume that there was some kind of subsidy being applied in the past which has now been removed.
LED is marginally more energy efficient than the old one but has other benefits. They are instantly bright, and don't have to 'warm up', there's no flicker, and they are a good approximation to the shape of an incandescent bulb which designers have proved incapable of moving away from.
If you have the old type then I would say it isn't worth swapping them out just for the sake of it, wait until they fail & then change them for the LED ones.
I was surprised to find that they are now making LED tubes to replace the large fluorescent ones as well !
andybrock
17 Jul 161#9
Bought several of these when previously on offer.well constructed and correct output.worth paying slightly more for reliability/warranty.The best value seemed to be the vtac brand from home bargains, around a £1 for 40w SES-excellent quality and output.
SFconvert
17 Jul 163#10
£3 for a bulb that should last 15-25 years sounds like a deal to me. These save around 1kwh every 20 hours of use compared to halogen or incandescent, so about 12p. Therefore after 500 to 600 hours these have not only paid for themselves, but will still have another 14.5 years life left.
bojangles
17 Jul 16#11
Screwfix selling 5 pack for a tenner.
I believe Screwfix are part of whatever group owns B&Q?
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6w 3 pack - equivalent to 40w £10 per pack
9w 3 pack - equivalent to 60w £12 per pack
Currently 4 for 3 ob light bulbs, online and in store.
Quidco available for click and collect / home delivery. I don't know when the offer runs to, but potentially 10pc if you go with someone over 60 on Weds.
This is the cheapest i have seen for these bulbs - Amazon do a 4 pack for 20 quid which is normally cheaper than most.
Doesn't make sense if you're buying a couple, but I'm rewiring my house and could do with a new set of bulbs.
Top comments
5 for £10 and I'm buying the Energiser ones from cash & carry at £2.25 each. Seems there's a lot of profit in these bulbs.
It really surprised me to find that all the old fluorescent type energy saving bulbs had been moved to a single bay and were now as expensive as the LED ones which have taken over. I assume that there was some kind of subsidy being applied in the past which has now been removed.
LED is marginally more energy efficient than the old one but has other benefits. They are instantly bright, and don't have to 'warm up', there's no flicker, and they are a good approximation to the shape of an incandescent bulb which designers have proved incapable of moving away from.
If you have the old type then I would say it isn't worth swapping them out just for the sake of it, wait until they fail & then change them for the LED ones.
I was surprised to find that they are now making LED tubes to replace the large fluorescent ones as well !
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http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-gls-led-lamps-cool-white-es-9w-5-pack/9600j
My local ha loads of LED bulbs the other day and I picked up a few SES. They were only quite low power (equivalent to 20 something watts) but they were for lamps so exactly what I needed.
They also had a lot of others in different shapes/sizes/outputs. Bought a few.
Worth a try at £1 a bulb.
I think vehicle fuel should be no more than 5p/litre - but I'd just call it wishful thinking.
I literally went to screwfix yesterday and the best cost/light LED bulb was these, installed 3 and they're great.
http://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-candle-led-lamp-white-ses-6w/1565g
5 for £10 and I'm buying the Energiser ones from cash & carry at £2.25 each. Seems there's a lot of profit in these bulbs.
It really surprised me to find that all the old fluorescent type energy saving bulbs had been moved to a single bay and were now as expensive as the LED ones which have taken over. I assume that there was some kind of subsidy being applied in the past which has now been removed.
LED is marginally more energy efficient than the old one but has other benefits. They are instantly bright, and don't have to 'warm up', there's no flicker, and they are a good approximation to the shape of an incandescent bulb which designers have proved incapable of moving away from.
If you have the old type then I would say it isn't worth swapping them out just for the sake of it, wait until they fail & then change them for the LED ones.
I was surprised to find that they are now making LED tubes to replace the large fluorescent ones as well !
I believe Screwfix are part of whatever group owns B&Q?