Light Bulbs

montymud

Not a rant as such, more of a musing - since when did it cost so much for a blimmin light bulb? Theres none in Morrisons priced under around £1.60. 12 years ago when I lived in an army quarter in Pirbright I remember buying a box of lightbulbs from asda for less then £3, this was about 22ish saver lightbulbs. What I find strange is that previously I have purchased energy savers for mere pennies- where have all the cheap light bulbs gone?

Antispam

The bulbs in recent times were often subsided by energy companies, this I believe stopped

Meadows

Either subsidised or they were old bulbs (the ones that take for ever to warm up) that were being sold as the more efficient energy saver bulbs were avaiable.

maninthestreet

I still have in a drawer somewhere the free lightbulbs I was sent by both my electricity and Gas suppliers a few years ago.

Meadows

maninthestreet wrote: »

I still have in a drawer somewhere the free lightbulbs I was sent by both my electricity and Gas suppliers a few years ago.

I HAVE A DRAW FULL AND HARDLY REPCE A BULB :eek: (PICKED UP CHEAP - AROUND 10P OR SO EACH FROM TESCO MANY YEARS AGO).

Krojan

Poundland, they're all in there nowdays

Bumblefeet

39p in Home Bargains for 100w bayonet bulbs. - I cant be doing with these energy saving bulbs that blow after 2 months and take an age to actually light up the room!

ThumbRemote

Bumblefeet wrote: »

39p in Home Bargains for 100w bayonet bulbs. - I cant be doing with these energy saving bulbs that blow after 2 months and take an age to actually light up the room!

If that's happening you're either buying dodgy bulbs or need your home wiring checking out.

SpammyTheSpammer

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4384809

Particularly from a visit to Tesco:-

The "Value" bulbs were £2.89 each and claimed to last 5 years, the others were £3.50 and claimed to last 10 years. I could have bought about 40 incandescent bulbs for that price.

Incidentally, that thread seems to have been censored as I see that I made a reply to someone who statedthat they had paid £8 for one Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL). My HOW MUCH post remains but the poster with more money than sense had disapeared. Upset the mod did they?

peter_the_piper

SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4384809

Particularly from a visit to Tesco:-

The "Value" bulbs were £2.89 each and claimed to last 5 years, the others were £3.50 and claimed to last 10 years. I could have bought about 40 incandescent bulbs for that price.

Incidentally, that thread seems to have been censored as I see that I made a reply to someone who statedthat they had paid £8 for one Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL). My HOW MUCH post remains but the poster with more money than sense had disapeared. Upset the mod did they?

As each incaandescent bulb uses up to 10 times the electricity, I wonder how much the running costs of the 40 bulbs would have been.

DCFC79

Bumblefeet wrote: »

39p in Home Bargains for 100w bayonet bulbs. - I cant be doing with these energy saving bulbs that blow after 2 months and take an age to actually light up the room!

Not had an energy saving bulb blow ( have had to replace maybe 1 or 2 but not done that for at last 2 years. ) nor takes an age to light up the room, yes it does take maybe a minute for there to be decent light.