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Reliable - LED Candle Bulb Bayonet Dimmable 60W Daylight?

Can anyone tell me where you can get reliable LED candle bulbs which are

-Dimmable

-Bayonet fitting

-Provide 11W (Equivalent to 60W)

-Daylight / 5000K+?

I recently purchased two light bulbs at £7.49 each and both have stopped working within 7 days of starting to use them so I want someone who has purchased one of these light bulbs, used it and who would recommend it because it does actually work.

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  • bloss0m
    bloss0m Posts: 1,923 Forumite
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    I use Megaman and Philips candle bulbs but I have yet to find a proper candle bulb that can deliver 11W I just checked in case things have changed you normally get around 4w-6w possible 7w in candle

    here's a Philips 8w (11w) equivalent but only warm white

    http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/8718696555972/led-lustre
  • Jo4
    Jo4 Posts: 6,843 Forumite
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    bloss0m wrote: »
    I use Megaman and Philips candle bulbs but I have yet to find a proper candle bulb that can deliver 11W I just checked in case things have changed you normally get around 4w-6w possible 7w in candle

    here's a Philips 8w (11w) equivalent but only warm white

    http://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/8718696555972/led-lustre

    You would wonder how getting a light bulb could be so difficult?!?
  • bloss0m
    bloss0m Posts: 1,923 Forumite
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    Yeah they are but my philips bulbs is very bright, lights up my whole living room and its a decent size but its a SES candle bulbs. I think main problem is heat dissipation as candle are quite small bulbs. They certainly got brighter since I bought my megaman bulbs 3 years ago that was 7w 286 lumen now you can get 6w 470lm. Had no problems with them at all.
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    Dispense with the dimmer.
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    5000K would be very blue. 2700K is 'sun' and more natural.
    11W is not what to look for, you want about 600lm (lumens) to be equivalent to what a 60W standard light gives. 600lm is still a lot for an LED in that size.
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