Ikea light bulbs...not from Ikea?

cid_2

Hi folks - does anybody know if it's possible to buy Ikea light bulbs from anywhere other than an Ikea store?

Seems like a daft question I imagine, but I need four light bulbs (precisely, these: http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50085412) but they don't deliver items as small as that by the look of it. Not having a car I've no chance of getting to an Ikea without an expensive combination of tube and taxi to Wembley, so I sit here gazing at the single surviving bulb of the original set of four the previous occupants of my flat put up, willing it to keep glowing to prevent me sitting here in darkness.

There's little chance they'll pop up on ebay, so does anyone know a place that sells Ikea bulbs other than their own stores?

Thanks,
cid.

Belnahua

There doesn't appear to be anything special about them.

Most places sell these, Supermarkets, ebay, screwfix, etc

1st search on Ebay = http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MR16-LAMP-12V-20W-Light-Bulb-GU5-3-Low-Voltage-New_W0QQitemZ150321261815QQihZ005QQcategoryZ20706QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Screwfix - (Although it says packs, but doesn't say how many in pack!) - http://www.screwfix.com/prods/73798/Lighting-Lamps/Lamps/12V-Halogen-Lamps/Sylvania-MR16-Coolfit-Superia-Low-Voltage-MR16-Halogen-20-W-Lamp

littlemissfrugal

will ask my hubby as he is a manager at IKEA he is on late shift so bear with me

cid_2

Ahhhhhhh you see I was under the impression they were a specific Ikea design that only they made to fit into their light fittings, so I only searched for 'ikea light bulbs' on ebay. That's excellent, thank you very much indeed Belnahua. No need to ask your fella littlemissfrugal but thanks anyway!

zenseeker

You can get these pretty much anywhere that sells lightbulbs, even £1 stores I just bought a pack of four from Pound World for..well...£1

cid_2

And now I feel like a right berk!

zenseeker

cid wrote: »

And now I feel like a right berk!

No need to feel like a berk, it is an understandable thing to have assumed

Belnahua

Yeah not to worry. It's easy to assume that they make specialist lights, as other stuff they make is unique sizes (like their beds!)

Hope you have light soon! Given the winds here, we won't much longer, they're already flickering!

meanmum

Packs of 4 in the pound store - just take an old one along to check the spacing between the prongs is exactly right (& the wattage, obviously)

perfectpeta

i was just going to say, i dont mind nipping into our ikea and posting them onto you if they was "specific" ikea bulbs, but wilko sell these too, i think tesco and asda do also

littlemissfrugal

No worries he aint home yet anyways