LED Candle E14 Light Bulbs

boxy123

Looking to buy 15 LED Candle Bulbs, E14 warm white for 3 new lounge lights.

Looking at ebay I've heard all about the cheap Chinese versions not lasting too long and some being dangerous.

However, come across these London based bulbs and not sure if they are any good. They come with a 1 year warranty.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item232581c20a

Ikea do their own version:-
http://www.ikea.com/...ducts/10255289/

The BandQ site is down at the moment but they were doing Diall 4 x candle bulbs for £17.

Are any of the above any good or can anyone recommend some other well priced bulbs which are going to last? Buying 15 in one go is not going to be cheap.
I'm a bit concerned that buying cheaper bulbs at around the £2.00 mark means that I've got no chance of a replacement if any break.

MX5huggy

Are you happy with opaque bulbs? I have invested in these for a bit of twinkle they a dim able as well.https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/3372376555380173139?q=philips+led&client=safari&hl=en&biw=667&bih=331&ei=o61SVOffCM3aOIyZgKAO&ved=0CI0DEKYrMA4

CFox

I would recommend using the following website since they have a great range of LED bulbs in warm white/daylight with both BC and ES fittings (and at a reasonable cost too!) valuelights.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/q=minisun+led+candle+bulb

Cornucopia

I think I'd be tempted to populate them with incandescent bulbs to start with (boxes of 3 or 4 in poundshops) and then gradually replace with LED bulbs over time. They are only going to get cheaper and better.

Diall is (just) B&Q own-brand, BTW. (I have a feeling it's a sideways reference to Do-it-all).

DevCoder

LedHut do a new filament range

http://www.ledhut.co.uk/2-watt-e14-led-candle-bulb.html

jimbo_the_jetset

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Philips-30W-SES-LED-Frosted-Candle-Bulb/p/218981

My opinion, buy quality that will last. These are a reasonable price for Phillips.

almillar

This IKEA one is twice as bright as the one you listed, for the same price:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30255740/
The LED ones say the are 160 lm equivalent to a 35W bulb. That is NOT true by any stretch of the imagination! Rip-off!
The LEDHut one is pretty but again, not that bright.
B&Q (and Homebase) seem to be expensive and not very bright at the moment.
£4 for 400lm for a decent brand of bulb seems to be the best so far...

MX5huggy

Cornucopia wrote: »

I think I'd be tempted to populate them with incandescent bulbs to start with (boxes of 3 or 4 in poundshops) and then gradually replace with LED bulbs over time. They are only going to get cheaper and better.

Lets have a bash at the numbers on this.

LED bulb is £6.38 today say its 10% cheaper per year. Old bulb is 25W LED is 2W.

I will ignore the cost of the old bulb, as most people already have these.

So in 1 year the LED bulb will be 64p cheaper. Electricity is 13p per kWh (1000Wh).

So for 64p you get 4923Wh, the LED bulb is 23w less per hour to run. so if you are going to have the bulb on for more than 215 hours per year (less than 1 hour a day) you should buy the LED now.

pitkin2020

MX5huggy wrote: »

Lets have a bash at the numbers on this.

LED bulb is £6.38 today say its 10% cheaper per year. Old bulb is 25W LED is 2W.

I will ignore the cost of the old bulb, as most people already have these.

So in 1 year the LED bulb will be 64p cheaper. Electricity is 13p per kWh (1000Wh).

So for 64p you get 4923Wh, the LED bulb is 23w less per hour to run. so if you are going to have the bulb on for more than 215 hours per year (less than 1 hour a day) you should buy the LED now.

savings on single bulbs arent massive but still a saving,plus LEDS are much better than the stupid energy saving type bulbs that take forever to get bright

OP the only thing to think about with LED bulbs is they are changing all the time so when you buy them specifically for a room like your lounge buy them all at once from one source and buy spares. If you find one goes down at a later date colour matching it to the others is very hard