Energy saving bulbs GU10 for kitchen & bathroom

joess

I have 10 downlights in my kitchen and they were eating electricity!

I've swapped to these: http://www.lowenergysupermarket.com/#/80-led-gu10-light-bulbs/4553306664

They look great, I too was worried about the 'bobble' look but I'm really happy with them - especially for the money too!

Fingers crossed I'll notice the saving soon!

HTH

Dan_Iggulden

joess wrote: »

I have 10 downlights in my kitchen and they were eating electricity!

I've swapped to these: http://www.lowenergysupermarket.com/#/80-led-gu10-light-bulbs/4553306664

They look great, I too was worried about the 'bobble' look but I'm really happy with them - especially for the money too!

Fingers crossed I'll notice the saving soon!

HTH

Very narrow angle of light, only 30 degrees, that is really a true spotlight! Can't light up the room particularly well?

locky123

After reading around and visiting some local lighting shops I decided on trying Kosnic 5W LED GU10 36 deg daylight lamps. £10 each plus pp from eBay. Not sure whether I should have gone for warm white colour as daylight is rather clinical in kitchen, may try them in bathroom next. They are reasonably bright.

Heepster

Just replaced some GU10 50W spots in the kitchen with Philips low energy bulbs (7W/25W equiv). These are quite a bit longer but they look OK'ish and they do the job, although obviously not as bright. We also have some spots in the bathroom and en-suite which I would like to replace with low energy types. These are recessed into the ceiling. Can I use the LED type to replace these within the recessed fitting? i.e. are they an identical size to the conventional halogen type?
Many thanks in anticipation!

Dan_Iggulden

Heepster wrote: »

Just replaced some GU10 50W spots in the kitchen with Philips low energy bulbs (7W/25W equiv). These are quite a bit longer but they look OK'ish and they do the job, although obviously not as bright. We also have some spots in the bathroom and en-suite which I would like to replace with low energy types. These are recessed into the ceiling. Can I use the LED type to replace these within the recessed fitting? i.e. are they an identical size to the conventional halogen type?
Many thanks in anticipation!

Yes LED are exactly the same size as regular Halogen GU10 bulbs. Some LED bulbs, usually the ones with a wide angle of light, will have the LED's protrude slightly, usually by 4mm, this helps to achieve the spread of light. You can also buy LED bulbs that are encased with a glass cover, exactly the same as Halogen, these would be better for a bathroom or shower room but will have a narrower angle of light.

spannerzone

I just got an led GU10 from TLC - compared to standard halogen's it looks very similar in colour tone (warm white) and although it has 3 LED's, it gives a pretty good light. I also compared to a megaman flourescent GU10 which was considerably 'bluer' looking as flourescents tend to be sometimes. They also stuck out by nearly an inch whereas the LED is the same size exactly as standard GU10's- if the megaman flourescents were the same depth then I'd probably use them.

Here's what I got:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTGU3WW.html

After my test I've decided to get the LED GU10's to replace my power hungry halogens.

Heepster

Thanks Dan and spanner. The tlc-direct product looks to be very good value compared to some of the prices I have seen.

Anyone got any ideas / suggestions / experience of LED GU16 energy savers please? (Maybe this should be a new thread really...?)

baldelectrician

I have the Kosnic GU10 lamps.

They are really good and give out a better light than the 50w gu10's they replaced

Yoges

spannerzone wrote: »

I just got an led GU10 from TLC...

Here's what I got:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTGU3WW.html

Thanks for the review, Spanner.

I've been looking at the TLC units every since I found this (apperently) independant technical review of them:
http://www.luxmagazine.co.uk/2011/04/chinese-raise-bar-for-gu10s/

TLC also sell a 4.9W variant at higher cost which is of particular interest:
http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTGU9W.html

elstimpo

locky123 wrote: »

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I dont believe LED bulbs will be powerful enough.

i know of a 7w LED bulb which is far better than 50w Halogens. In 12 years in the industry its the best LED Spot i have ever seen. Possible to get it with a 5 year warranty too.

50w Halogen
http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/cjsphotos/DSC00205.jpg


7w LED - 550 Lumens, 135 degree beam angle (this spot has also just won the red dot design award 2011)
http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af179/cjsphotos/DSC00377.jpg

You need at least 120 degree beam angle to replace 50w halogens properly. When we do lighting installations for kitchens, we use high powered 7w LED's with 38 degree beam angles over the kitchen worktops and the focus is all about the lighting on the worktops themselves and we use the 135 degree beam angle 7w LED for the rest of the lighting in the kitchen.