Have been looking around for some GU10 LED dimmable bulbs to replace the halogen ones in our kitchen and came across these.
I'm lucky to have a Screwfix opened recently 5 minutes away, otherwise Next Day Delivery is £5
These are Cool White and Dimmable. (There was a post last week for Warm White Non-Dimmable)
I needed 15 so its costs me £23.97 which I thought was pretty good.
On Clearance, were £19.99 now £7.99
LAP GU10 LED LAMPS 3.7W 5 PACK
4kWh/1000h. A++ rated. 15,000 hours average rated life.
3 Year Manufacturer's Guarantee
Cool White
Cap Fitting: GU10
Wattage: 3.7W
Equivalent Wattage: 35W
Full Instant Light
Dimmable
Glass Housing
Traditional Halogen Effect
Colour Temperature Value 4000 K
Energy Rating A+
Equivalent Wattage 35 W
Product Diameter 50 mm
Product Length 53 mm
*** Update 23rd October ***
Just an update for anyone who may have subscribed to this post or happens to come across it.
I fitted the first bank of 5 LAP 3.5W LED bulbs replacing the original halogens and the difference was stunning! As a result, I went ahead and replaced all 15 halogen bulbs and they have transformed the kitchen space.
I most certainly didn't need to replace existing 50W halogen bulbs with 5W LED's, these 3.5W are really bright enough. This is possibly down to the number you are replacing, in my case it was 3 banks of 15 bulbs. But the lumen output is great even with just one bank on.
There is no flicker whatsoever, even when you dim the lights low, maybe I've just been lucky with my existing dimmer switch (which is six years old though?) but thankfully I won't need to upgrade the dimmer switch to trailing edge as also suggested.
The whole family really like the new lighting, These cool white LED's are almost like daylight (and not clinical as I thought they might be). It may be because the kitchen is pretty contemporary i.e. high gloss white cabinets and white and green glass tiles on white wall.
These LED bulbs have really made a huge difference, instant on, no flickering and will be costing so much less to run. The kids love them as they can see better when doing their homework or reading...I don't even mind as much when they leave the lights on as I like the way they light up the kitchen...that novelty will wear off soon I suspect!
Good warranty from Screwfix so will take any back that fail. I was so blown away with the transformation from the old halogen bulbs which looked 'yellow' against these I wanted to come back and share my thoughts...I did have a few doubts after some of the comments posted but so pleased I went ahead and bought them anyway.
I've now changed all the bulbs in the house over to warm white LED's, apart from the kitchen which have these cool white. I've been gradually replacing them, buying when Screwfix etc have good deals on the the investment has been minimal. Reading the various reports on the cost savings you achieve from LED's over halogen, CFL etc these should pay for themselves in a relatively short time.
All comments (31)
whok1844
16 Oct 16#1
I got few of these fron the Pound shop. They are 5W 330lm insted of 230lm which these are ir nearly 50% brighter. And only 1 £
shadey12 to whok1844
16 Oct 162#3
not knocking the poundshop, but these are branded and dimmable.
cat410 to whok1844
16 Oct 16#5
cant see pound shop selling LED's at £1
allginger
16 Oct 16#2
Thanks ordered
sradmad
16 Oct 16#4
good find op, heat added
SFconvert
16 Oct 16#6
I've got a few pound shop ones, 3w for bedside lamps and a 5w candle one, they seem pretty good.
snapdragon
16 Oct 16#7
Screwfix do 345lm ones for the same price that are dimmable. They also do Philips 390lm for a bit more.
sabresonic to snapdragon
16 Oct 16#13
I didn't see those. Do you have a link please?
If these aren't bright enough I'll maybe exchange them for the ones you mention if they are the same i.e. cool white, dimmable and glass housing?
whok1844
16 Oct 161#8
I belive all leds are dimmable. I have some led lights from ikea for £4.99 each which are 7W they get so hot as you cant touch them but all the pound shop ones i bought stay cool, to me lamp getting hot shows that they are inefficient and tha was the main reason i bought more if pound shop one.
shadey12
16 Oct 161#9
all LEDs are not dimmable, I have some pound land LEDs they are not dimmable and there 3watts
othen
16 Oct 162#10
Not all LEDs are dimmable. I'm almost certain the bulb you bought from Ikea was not a LED, it was probably some sort of low energy halogen as LEDs produce almost no heat.
Screwfix sell both the dimmable and non-dimmable types, both are fine. Users may find these 3.5W items rather lacking, I normally fit 5W and find them much better.
Poundland sell non-dimmable LED GU10 bulbs for a pound. I've tried these and they are perfectly good as well. Generally LED bulbs last a very long time (I've fitted hundreds and not has any failures on domestic applications).
Users will almost certainly have to change dimmer switches to the trailing edge type if they move to dimmable LED bulbs (this is quite an easy job and the new switch will only cost about £10).
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I'm lucky to have a Screwfix opened recently 5 minutes away, otherwise Next Day Delivery is £5
These are Cool White and Dimmable. (There was a post last week for Warm White Non-Dimmable)
I needed 15 so its costs me £23.97 which I thought was pretty good.
On Clearance, were £19.99 now £7.99
LAP GU10 LED LAMPS 3.7W 5 PACK
4kWh/1000h. A++ rated. 15,000 hours average rated life.
3 Year Manufacturer's Guarantee
Cool White
Cap Fitting: GU10
Wattage: 3.7W
Equivalent Wattage: 35W
Full Instant Light
Dimmable
Glass Housing
Traditional Halogen Effect
Colour Temperature Value 4000 K
Energy Rating A+
Equivalent Wattage 35 W
Product Diameter 50 mm
Product Length 53 mm
*** Update 23rd October ***
Just an update for anyone who may have subscribed to this post or happens to come across it.
I fitted the first bank of 5 LAP 3.5W LED bulbs replacing the original halogens and the difference was stunning! As a result, I went ahead and replaced all 15 halogen bulbs and they have transformed the kitchen space.
I most certainly didn't need to replace existing 50W halogen bulbs with 5W LED's, these 3.5W are really bright enough. This is possibly down to the number you are replacing, in my case it was 3 banks of 15 bulbs. But the lumen output is great even with just one bank on.
There is no flicker whatsoever, even when you dim the lights low, maybe I've just been lucky with my existing dimmer switch (which is six years old though?) but thankfully I won't need to upgrade the dimmer switch to trailing edge as also suggested.
The whole family really like the new lighting, These cool white LED's are almost like daylight (and not clinical as I thought they might be). It may be because the kitchen is pretty contemporary i.e. high gloss white cabinets and white and green glass tiles on white wall.
These LED bulbs have really made a huge difference, instant on, no flickering and will be costing so much less to run. The kids love them as they can see better when doing their homework or reading...I don't even mind as much when they leave the lights on as I like the way they light up the kitchen...that novelty will wear off soon I suspect!
Good warranty from Screwfix so will take any back that fail. I was so blown away with the transformation from the old halogen bulbs which looked 'yellow' against these I wanted to come back and share my thoughts...I did have a few doubts after some of the comments posted but so pleased I went ahead and bought them anyway.
I've now changed all the bulbs in the house over to warm white LED's, apart from the kitchen which have these cool white. I've been gradually replacing them, buying when Screwfix etc have good deals on the the investment has been minimal. Reading the various reports on the cost savings you achieve from LED's over halogen, CFL etc these should pay for themselves in a relatively short time.
All comments (31)
If these aren't bright enough I'll maybe exchange them for the ones you mention if they are the same i.e. cool white, dimmable and glass housing?
Screwfix sell both the dimmable and non-dimmable types, both are fine. Users may find these 3.5W items rather lacking, I normally fit 5W and find them much better.
Poundland sell non-dimmable LED GU10 bulbs for a pound. I've tried these and they are perfectly good as well. Generally LED bulbs last a very long time (I've fitted hundreds and not has any failures on domestic applications).
Users will almost certainly have to change dimmer switches to the trailing edge type if they move to dimmable LED bulbs (this is quite an easy job and the new switch will only cost about £10).