LED Replacement Bulbs for 50W GU10's?

macman

I currently have 2 light fittings (bathroom and utility room) with conventional 50W GU10 bulbs. These run hot and don't last long, but I have avoided LED's until now as the output seems to be so poor and the cost so high.
Can anyone recommend a suitable brand that gives a decent output, doesn't cost a fortune and will have a reasonable life expectancy?
Second question-is 6W LED the approximate equivalent of 50W? All the ones I can find seem to be rated no higher than 4.9W.

gas4you

I'll be interested in the replies as well, as I have 20 of these bulbs that I am considering replacing with led's

Steve_xx

I recently bought two lots of these for my sister's kitchen. The first lot had 21 led's and we decided they were too dim. I then purchased a second lot and these each had 24 led's apiece. They are much better and quite satisfactory. She has 16 of them in the kitchen and I think they use just over 2 watts each, whereas the former GU10's were 50 watts apiece.

I got them from eBay. So I guess the more led's there are per lamp, the better the light.

fwor

Steve_xx wrote: »

So I guess the more led's there are per lamp, the better the light.

Certainly not. It's far more dependent on the brightness of each individual LED than the total number.

If you compare the 3 LED lamps that I've got now with the 12 LED lamps that Homebase have been selling (or trying to sell) for several years now there is just no comparison - 12 versus 3 is definitely not better.

[Edit - just realised this is a duplicate thread with exactly the same subject. I described the triple LED lamps that I'm using in the other thread.]

Steve_xx

fwor wrote: »

Certainly not. It's far more dependent on the brightness of each individual LED than the total number.

If you compare the 3 LED lamps that I've got now with the 12 LED lamps that Homebase have been selling (or trying to sell) for several years now there is just no comparison - 12 versus 3 is definitely not better.

Yes I'm sure there is much in what you say. However, in my case the 24 led lamps are certainly a great improvement over the 21 led lamps.

I bought the second lot from eBay, supplier is called led-lamps. Here is the spiel from the web page:

24 Leds = 1.8 Watts = 30 Watts, 90-170 Lumens. These bulbs are the new 24 Leds equivalent to 30 Watts (not 21 Leds which compare to 20 watts)
48 Leds = 3 Watts = 40 Watts, 160-280 Lumens.
60 Leds = 3 Watts = 45 Watts 160-310 Lumens.
80 Leds = 3 Watts = 50 Watts 180-390 Lumens These are 80 Leds (not 78 Leds) and we also use 4mm Leds which are brighter than the 3mm Leds used by our competitors.

Lumens vary depending on distance measured from bulb.

Our Led bulbs are the same measurements as a standard halogen light bulb so you can just remove the old fashioned halogen light bulb and replace it with our Led energy saving bulbs (No transformer required as they are 240 Volts)

This listing is for one of the above Superior Quality individually boxed CE & RoHS Marked Bright Led Bulb. Please enter the quantity required and the correct postage will be worked out.

Our Led Bulbs have a very high lifespan of up to 25 years (50,000 Hours) and will pay for themselves many times over so invest now for the future.

Think before buying cheap non-CE compliant Bulbs that could become a fire risk.

CE Marking Significance
By affixing the CE marking, the manufacturer asserts that the item meets all the essential "Health and Safety" requirements of the relevant European Directive(s) that provide for the CE marking. Examples of European Directives requiring CE marking includes low-voltage equipment, there are about 25 directives requiring CE marking. It is therefore important that you see this marking printed on the Led Bulbs as a legal requirement and not rely on some seller saying it is CE approved. Any seller confident that this requirement has been met would show the CE Marking in the picture of the product being sold as we do!

If you want to risk a fire by saving a few pence per bulb by not buying approved CE Marked Bulbs then there is something seriously wrong.
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Hintza

We paid a fair bit for Halers (36 of them at around £35) but I think they are well worth the money and will save you a lot in the long run.

ukjoel

Pop down to sainsburys.

They are doing the Philips 4w or 5w led ones with what looks like a single LED in them for £7.99. Think its living ambience or something similar.

We tried several from ebay, and other chinese sources and they were all awful. The philips one is in and my mrs hasnt noticed.

And hasnt moaned - so it gets the no moan mark of approval from me.

muckybutt

As a retail maintenance engineer I use loads of different types of lamp, recently started going onto LED lamps.

Of recent I have been usin the Philips GU10 LED in a multitude of different wattages and have found them to be excellent both in perfomance and light output.

rygon

im using phillips 4W instead of 50W halogens and dont notice any difference in brightness, the colour is a bit bluer but i find them better that way

docmatt

Philips all the way. Don't buy ebay !!!!!!!

ukjoel

Hi - Further to previous post I got off my backside to check the brand and its a philips MyVision 4w which is equivilent to 35W and described as warm white.

Have seen them in various places but most seem to charge just over a tenner so Sainsburys seem to be best priced at £7.99 each