LED light bulbs

atmartins

My "energy saving, 10-year lasting" bayonet fitting light bulbs are beginning to fail after about only 3 years of providing inadequate lighting & threat of mercury contamination if broken.

Now LED light bulbs are being promoted, no mercury, but they are Edison screw fitting so need an adapter or changed pendant light fitting - more expense!

Has anyone experience or opinion of LED light bulbs, in particular do they give a "better" (subjective, I know) light, and as "bright" at least as the old-type 100 watt bulb?

bsod

bayonet are available, they are far better than cfl and incandescent if you avoid cool white

anna42hmr

I personally prefer the LED bulbs, especially as they unlike the prior energy saving bulbs do not take time to light up, you just have to ensure you decide what type or light you want for what rooms (warm white or cool white etc) the higher the lumens the brighter the light).

Also if you shop around you can find different fitting bulbs (i.e. bayonet, small edison screws, GU10's etc. I personally got mine from LED hut but home diy places such as b&q, homebase etc also now stock a wide variety of LED bulbs.

which have a guide here you may wish to read
http://www.which.co.uk/reviews/light-bulbs/article/five-tips-for-choosing-the-right-light-bulb

stan5001

LED bulbs come in all fittings these days, I've just finished fitting bayonets and screwcaps (Edison) in both small and large sizes.


Bought mine from Amazon, although heard good things about LEDhut.


Don't buy ultra-cheap ones, as they tend to be poor quality and/or fail quickly.

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atmartins wrote: »

My "energy saving, 10-year lasting" bayonet fitting light bulbs are beginning to fail after about only 3 years

Have you tried taking them back? Tesco gave me a replacement free when I had one that didn't last 10 years.

dogshome

Like yourself, over about a year I fitted the house with CFL's - The warm-up period was an annoyance, but the life was good and the wattage cut from 100w to 20w for some and 40w to 9w for others

Now there are LCD's and the big question is it worth paying the price to cut 20w to 8w and 9w to 5w - With a price of around £8 apiece it's hell of long payback period, and will they last that long?

My local Morrisons has own brand in a reasonable choice of size/fitting for £5, stacked alongside Osram at £8 - I suspect the Osrams are only there to point up Morrisons value - But the worth-it factor can only be proven over time.
I've bought 2 of the Morrison bulbs and fitted them to lamps on which I have a good guage of useage hours - LCD's have a bulky white base, on which it's perfect to write in pencil, the date fitted
I'll report back, maybe in two months or in 2020

lstar337

jack_pott wrote: »

Have you tried taking them back? Tesco gave me a replacement free when I had one that didn't last 10 years.

But then they would have to put up with all that mercury! :eek:

lstar337

dogshome wrote: »

Now there are LCD's and the big question is it worth paying the price to cut 20w to 8w and 9w to 5w - With a price of around £8 apiece it's hell of long payback period, and will they last that long?

It's been asked here before and consensus is that it is not worth swapping CFL's to LED's until the bulbs naturally give up. It'll never pay off.

Incandescent to either CFL or LED is a whole different matter due the the significant savings on running cost.

stan5001

lstar337 wrote: »

It's been asked here before and consensus is that it is not worth swapping CFL's to LED's until the bulbs naturally give up. It'll never pay off.

Incandescent to either CFL or LED is a whole different matter due the the significant savings on running cost.

From a financial point of view yes. Some people (myself included) found the brightness, better light quality (warmth/Kelvin) and startup times of LED bulbs to be worth the move from CFL.

lstar337

stan5001 wrote: »

From a financial point of view yes.

Would it not be the logical assumption that we would mostly be discussing the financial point of view on a money saving website? :money:

https://www.brightnessbetterlightqualityandstartuptimesofLEDbulbsexpert.com :rotfl:

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lstar337 wrote: »

Incandescent to either CFL or LED is a whole different matter due the the significant savings on running cost.

Even then it's unlikely to pay if it's a lamp that's used infrequently. On any bulb used for less than 20 minutes a week the savings won't even pay for the interest on the purchase price.