OK, firstly I apologise about the mega long TL:DR post, but it is worth looking through to see what is available.
It seems that with the prices listed below, you could now easily swap most of the bulbs in your house/commercial property, and they should pay for themselves inside of a year or two (unless you have hundreds of bulbs). Quoted life span on the bulbs in circa 25 years, but I think if you got 10 then you are doing well, not to mention in 10 years time I can imagine LED technology is going to be almost an order of magnitude more efficient.
PLEASE NOTE - I have not measured the output of these bulbs using a light meter, so cannot confirm the quoted luminosity, but I have been using some of these for well over 6 months now and I am very impressed with the value for money, particularly the cheap 100w equivalents.
This list is by no means exhaustive, and was gathered from only two branches, both seemed to have the same type of bulbs, give or take one or two or the styles or colour temperatures. No doubt there are others that I may have missed, or been out of stock/hidden, but if I get a chance next time I'm in I'll dig through them again to see what else they have.
GU10 Dimmable
3000K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
5w=50w or 350 lumens - £1.99
MR16 Non-dimmable
3000K Warm White Only (that I can find)
5w=50w or 300 lumens - £1.19
Standard GLS Bulbs
Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
9w=60w or 806 lumens - £1.59
12w=100w or 1500 lumens - £2.99
Dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
10w=60w or 806 lumens - £3.49
I've yet to find any of the very rare, 12w (1500 lumen) dimmable species, they are very elusive. :stuck_out_tongue:
Candle Style
Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
3w=25w or 250 lumesn - £0.99
6w=40w or 470 lumens - £1.49
Dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White
6w=40w or 470 lumens - £2.99
The daylight white in the candle always seem to be in smaller numbers, but don't forget to dig past the first one on the peg as normally they are burried!
R80 Reflector Style Bulbs Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
3000K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
9w=60w or 806 lumens - £2.99
Golf ball style Non-dimmable
E14 (Small Screw)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
3w=25w or 250 lumens - £1.19
G4 Non-dimmable
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
2w=20w or 200 lumens - £1.29
I will try and update this thread if anyone replies with confirmed prices and sighting of other bulbs, or likewise if I find them myself.
Happy hunting :smiley:
Top comments
backinstock
20 May 1711#1
Thanks, I'll get some tomorrow.
With my bad back, my GP told me only to do light jobs.
sb170 to danh88
21 May 174#25
Easy for you to say. :neutral_face:
Siddy
20 May 173#7
I got 6 off R50 mini spots just over a year ago same packing but different name, had 5 fail between 10 & 11 month and took them back to be replaced. We don't exchange bulbs, now played my ace card - they are a electronic device. all 5 were replaced. they are all working so far.
Good colour from them.
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backinstock
20 May 1711#1
Thanks, I'll get some tomorrow.
With my bad back, my GP told me only to do light jobs.
themachman to backinstock
20 May 172#9
I felt light headed when i read that :wink:
deanos
20 May 17#2
Poundland now have a good range of different shapes and sizes led bulbs
dexix to deanos
21 May 17#28
Poundland bulbs used to suck, unless they are manufactured differently now I wouldn't go near them
packard
20 May 172#3
They have had this range for about a year in some home bargains, I've replaced 20 odd with only 2 failures so far.
Muig1972 to packard
20 May 172#11
"Only"? 10% failing to last even a year doesn't sound encouraging!
jasee to packard
21 May 17#38
That's rather high IMO, when you consider they're supposed to have a 16-20 year life
Springerbhoy
20 May 17#4
Thanks OP.
Agent004
20 May 171#5
Credit to the OP for the effort gone into this post , I'll be checking these in Home Bargains tomorrow , Heat Added :smile:
tipsy1973
20 May 17#6
B22 60w are flash priced on the package £1.59, bought one today and its good & far better than the old philips energy bulb it replaced.
Uncommon.Sense to tipsy1973
20 May 17#8
Yep, more than 90% of the newer style packaging ones were in stock, all with the price on the packets rather than an SEL.
They did have a few of the of the old ones, but not too many. :smiley:
Siddy
20 May 173#7
I got 6 off R50 mini spots just over a year ago same packing but different name, had 5 fail between 10 & 11 month and took them back to be replaced. We don't exchange bulbs, now played my ace card - they are a electronic device. all 5 were replaced. they are all working so far.
Good colour from them.
Uncommon.Sense
20 May 17#10
Oh, they also sometimes have non-dimmable GU10's for 99p, in a blue and white box, can't remember the name but I got 24 of them about 8 months ago, only one failed and I didn't bother to get it replaced. :smiley:
Opening post
It seems that with the prices listed below, you could now easily swap most of the bulbs in your house/commercial property, and they should pay for themselves inside of a year or two (unless you have hundreds of bulbs). Quoted life span on the bulbs in circa 25 years, but I think if you got 10 then you are doing well, not to mention in 10 years time I can imagine LED technology is going to be almost an order of magnitude more efficient.
PLEASE NOTE - I have not measured the output of these bulbs using a light meter, so cannot confirm the quoted luminosity, but I have been using some of these for well over 6 months now and I am very impressed with the value for money, particularly the cheap 100w equivalents.
This list is by no means exhaustive, and was gathered from only two branches, both seemed to have the same type of bulbs, give or take one or two or the styles or colour temperatures. No doubt there are others that I may have missed, or been out of stock/hidden, but if I get a chance next time I'm in I'll dig through them again to see what else they have.
GU10
Dimmable
3000K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
5w=50w or 350 lumens - £1.99
MR16
Non-dimmable
3000K Warm White Only (that I can find)
5w=50w or 300 lumens - £1.19
Standard GLS Bulbs
Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
9w=60w or 806 lumens - £1.59
12w=100w or 1500 lumens - £2.99
Dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
10w=60w or 806 lumens - £3.49
I've yet to find any of the very rare, 12w (1500 lumen) dimmable species, they are very elusive. :stuck_out_tongue:
Candle Style
Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
3w=25w or 250 lumesn - £0.99
6w=40w or 470 lumens - £1.49
Dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
2700K Warm White
6w=40w or 470 lumens - £2.99
The daylight white in the candle always seem to be in smaller numbers, but don't forget to dig past the first one on the peg as normally they are burried!
R80 Reflector Style Bulbs
Non-dimmable
E27 (Screw) & B22 (Bayonet)
3000K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
9w=60w or 806 lumens - £2.99
Golf ball style
Non-dimmable
E14 (Small Screw)
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
3w=25w or 250 lumens - £1.19
G4
Non-dimmable
2700K Warm White & 6500K Daylight White
2w=20w or 200 lumens - £1.29
I will try and update this thread if anyone replies with confirmed prices and sighting of other bulbs, or likewise if I find them myself.
Happy hunting :smiley:
Top comments
With my bad back, my GP told me only to do light jobs.
Good colour from them.
All comments (41)
With my bad back, my GP told me only to do light jobs.
They did have a few of the of the old ones, but not too many. :smiley:
Good colour from them.