LED light bulbs

savemoney

I just bought 8 megaman led candle bulbs along with led dimmer. They very bright for led candle 400 lumens many of the cheap ones are less than 200 lumens 1/2 bright. My CFL candles are 280 lumens hence why I got dimmers

Cheapest place I could find was here http://www.tradeledstore.co.uk cheaper than ebay/amazon and many other sites. You can pay less for led's but wanted a good reliable make

heatonparkmassive

Anyone curious about a good LED replacement for normal light bulbs, check out Asda's 3 for 15 quid offer at the moment.

These bulbs are by far the closest to normal incandescent I've had, they are warm in colour, bright and give off superb light spread.

They really are a bargain at 3 for 15 quid, the 6 watt ones are a great replacement for 40 watt bulbs. They do have a 12 watt which is a more than adequate replacement for a 60 watt incandescent (it's more like 75-80 watts), but it's pricey at 14 quid. I do have one of those in the living room and it's very good, but I'm waiting until they do an offer on those now.

At a fiver each, these are very good LED bulbs. They're Asda branded, but are actually made by a company called TCP who are a well known, good quality LED manufacurer.

You notice no difference at all if you use then with a warm coloured shade.

sunshinetours

heatonparkmassive wrote: »

Anyone curious about a good LED replacement for normal light bulbs, check out Asda's 3 for 15 quid offer at the moment.

These bulbs are by far the closest to normal incandescent I've had, they are warm in colour, bright and give off superb light spread.

They really are a bargain at 3 for 15 quid, the 6 watt ones are a great replacement for 40 watt bulbs. They do have a 12 watt which is a more than adequate replacement for a 60 watt incandescent (it's more like 75-80 watts), but it's pricey at 14 quid. I do have one of those in the living room and it's very good, but I'm waiting until they do an offer on those now.

At a fiver each, these are very good LED bulbs. They're Asda branded, but are actually made by a company called TCP who are a well known, good quality LED manufacurer.

You notice no difference at all if you use then with a warm coloured shade.

What is the guarantee like on them and what is the lumen output on the box please?

Biggles

sunshinetours wrote: »

What is the guarantee like on them and what is the lumen output on the box please?

I can't see that offer on their website but, in any event, Asda don't seem to think it important to show the lumens rating. I thought that was standard now.

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The lumens rating is clearly visible on the photo - ASDA 6 Watt LED GLS BC Light 420 lumens, 3 for £15 or £8 each. Duracell 6.5w/470l were £5 a fortnight ago, now £7

jonesjw

RobGuggle wrote: »

This is an interesting read on the lifespan of LED's. It seems to counter what most companies are claiming.
Thats the problem with these things, you simply don't know what to believe which makes it a very frustrating and a near impossible task of understanding it all.
Is this industry regulated by anymore?

The customer needs to stand up for his/her rights. If we all insist products which fail prematurely are replaced, the manufacturers will have to fix their quality problems, otherwise it gets too expensive.

My first 4 LED lights came from B&Q, about £9 a pair. Said up to 30,000 hours on the box. One failed after about 100 days @ max 1 hour per day. I had to spend about 20 minutes in store arguing to get B&Q to replace it, which they did.
Recently purchased 4 lights on line. One failed, so I e-mailed the retailer and they sent me a replacement immediately with no hassle.

missesther

We have Philips 7W LED spotlights all downstairs, kitchen and everything and they are brilliant. Better than the halogens and much, much cheaper to run. Decided to put spots upstairs in the bathroom and hallway and we went with Megaman (it was less than half the price) - bad move. The lights are more blue white than yellow white and make me feel like I'm in a seedy rental property in a dodgy part of town

No need to say that I'll be replacing those as the funds become available... I heartily recommend the buying of Philips LEDs.

Oh and to add, some of the Philips have been in for two years so far with no problems. None have blown or have been faulty. If that should change, I'll update.

JohnB47

heatonparkmassive wrote: »

Anyone curious about a good LED replacement for normal light bulbs, check out Asda's 3 for 15 quid offer at the moment.

These bulbs are by far the closest to normal incandescent I've had, they are warm in colour, bright and give off superb light spread.

They really are a bargain at 3 for 15 quid, the 6 watt ones are a great replacement for 40 watt bulbs. They do have a 12 watt which is a more than adequate replacement for a 60 watt incandescent (it's more like 75-80 watts), but it's pricey at 14 quid. I do have one of those in the living room and it's very good, but I'm waiting until they do an offer on those now.

At a fiver each, these are very good LED bulbs. They're Asda branded, but are actually made by a company called TCP who are a well known, good quality LED manufacurer.

You notice no difference at all if you use then with a warm coloured shade.

Thanks. I can't see anything about this on their website. Can you post a link, or do you mean in-store? Ive just tried some leds from ledhut and they're either too dim or too cold, despite being warm white. They'll be going back. It seems a bit trickyky to get leds that are truly equivalent to 50 watt halogn gu10's and are the same colour temp.

almillar

JohnB47 - yes it is difficult. In my experience, no matter what the 'equivalent' says, you'll be looking for at least 400 lm to replace a 50w halogen. If you can see what the halogen's beam angle is that you're replacing (mine said on the bulb), match it. The cheaper the bulb, the more likely they are to be exaggerating.
I got the V6 version of these:
http://www.energysavingled.com/led-spots/
for about £15 I think, but that dimmable one looks like about the best value.

marjrie_2

I have a floor standing lamp that has 5 halogen G4 capsules, 3 are 10w and 2 are 20w, this lamp is used a lot, my husband sits close to it to read....
Will this be using a lot of energy, is there an led bulb I could switch to ?