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.
Latest comments (41)
nomnomnomnom
21 May 17#41
The Philips ones are a nightmare. We've been through many of them now. Not an issue when from Amazon, but we had a bunch from Tesco when they were on clearance there.
Googling the part number stamped on it brings up others with the same issue. The Philips ones were by far the best I've found for light, but too unreliable.
koimaster
21 May 17#40
I've also had two of these and both have failed in under a year. Cheap yes, but for the convenience and reliabiltiy i'd rather pay the extra at ikea and get reliable ones.
Faba1993
21 May 17#39
3 out of 5 were crap. never ever again :/
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
blugardian
21 May 17#37
Can get 150w equivalent LED on amazon for £6. Ebay is even running out of old style bayonet 150w
sexyminxy
21 May 17#34
Don't ever buy normal light bulbs from home bargains. I tried them three times and every bulb blew in seconds
luvsadealdealdeal to sexyminxy
21 May 17#36
yep same here
in fact mine blew before I even got them out of the wrapping
they are totally useless
Jonathan2400
21 May 17#35
I've got 10 Philips MASTER GU10 bulbs and not a single failure yet, the majority of which have been in for between 1 and 2 years.
termite
21 May 17#33
These are old hat. Replaced all mine with big bulbs containing half a mile of filament that glow orange.
Does anyone want to share this can of craft IPA
johnraggett
21 May 17#32
Been in HB for a while, always thought theu look a bit ugly
uksnapper
21 May 17#31
Well done for knowing your rights.
sam_of_london
21 May 17#30
voted hot.
munchman30
21 May 17#29
Great bulbs highly recommend
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
montana78
21 May 171#27
Any b15/small bayonet bulbs?
herbertsimpson
21 May 17#26
Purchased several of these in the last year or perhaps even longer from HB and no failures so far. Happy with the lumens too. Thumbs up from me.
danh88
21 May 171#23
all my local home barigins these light bulbs don't do dimmable there all none dimmable dimmable and there all warm white
sb170 to danh88
21 May 174#25
Easy for you to say. :neutral_face:
sb170
21 May 17#24
Bet that's not the only bright idea he's had
dilahk
21 May 17#22
the best Leds around for almost 3 years bright and long life. been using these ones from Home bargain for a long time and are excellent product now even cheaper WOW.
GearJammer
21 May 17#21
I'm generally content with these bulbs from Home Bargains however the last batch of these I got (three e14s for the spotlights in my kitchen) were pretty shoddy, all demonstrating varying degrees of flicker. I took one apart and the problem was the actual LEDs not being properly soldered to the board they were mounted on. Am currently enjoying some 5w Pro-Elecs from CPC that came in at about £2.20 each.
Gollywood
20 May 17#20
Because it's not a deal? My local HBs started selling this range in its entirety at this price last summer. Price hasn't gone up or down & I've probably bought 6-7 bulbs as and when required.
No need to get so defensive or precious about your post
Gollywood
20 May 17#18
This has been standard HB pricing since last year.
Uncommon.Sense to Gollywood
20 May 171#19
Indeed, but it hasn't been until the last 3 months or so that the started having such large ranges, of E27, B22 and colour temperatures across the whole range. The space in my local shop used to occupy a small top section of one wall board, where now there's is almost 1/4 to 1/3 of an isle occupied (one side).
Also, if you knew this how come you didn't post it then :wink:
M1ke_Hunt
20 May 17#17
Heat for the detail and informative post OP <3
bigkev2001
20 May 17#16
Not interested in these yet but I have added heat for the amount of work put in by the poster, Great Job,
dreamt12
20 May 171#15
I've changed my whole house to these bulbs over the last few months all have been great. I think some are 79p in my local have wide range, daylights and warm light and options of wattage on alot of the bulbs. it deffo depends which store you look in tho, I've been in 3 different ones and all had different types of bulbs and varies in size of range, also the bulbs dwindle down quite regularly for a couple of weeks before they restock. these are deffo better quality than the poundland ones and better options too. one of the £1.49 bulbs here was £4.50 in morrisons, similar all over the place too.
DoHS
20 May 17#14
really good bulbs, i am using standard GLS ones, 6400k in the kitchen really bright, and also replaced all the ones in my parents house as well, around 10 of them as well, some 6months or so. so far so good. i prefer 6400k daylight ones.
Uncommon.Sense
20 May 17#13
I've had three on the twelve Philips bulbs I got from Amazon less than 10 months ago fail, and had to get them replaced, except they were over £4 each, not £1.59!
OB1
20 May 171#12
I bought oven lights from home bargains and two separately bought sets failed within a few months. Wouldn't make me trust their LEDs.
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:
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:
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.
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:
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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.
Latest comments (41)
Googling the part number stamped on it brings up others with the same issue. The Philips ones were by far the best I've found for light, but too unreliable.
in fact mine blew before I even got them out of the wrapping
they are totally useless
Does anyone want to share this can of craft IPA
No need to get so defensive or precious about your post
Also, if you knew this how come you didn't post it then :wink:
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.