ASDA 100 watt daylight bulbs

Biggus_Dickus

sweetgirl2015 said:

Was wondering if anyone had the same problem as me obtaining ASDA's own brand of 100watt daylight led bulbs?
I contacted my local branch and they said they been discontinued, but I fail to see why as they are a brilliant bulb all be it a little over priced at £12 for a pack of 2 bayonet bulbs, but very energy officiant.
The problem is I started buying a pack each week to gradually do the whole house, but after I bought 3 packs they were gone from the shelf. 
Any ideas? I have left a link below to ASDA official web site so I can include a pic of them.
https://groceries.asda.com/product/bayonet-cap-light-bulbs/asda-led-filament-classic-100-w-bayonet-cap-frosted-daylight-light-bulbs/1000101555689

I think LED’s stocks are a bit patchy at the moment depending on the specification;...stock that was in abundance not too long ago seems to be running dry.

Screwfix and Toolstation have low, or zero stock of many LED bulbs across the range BC, SBC, ES, SES;...indeed, Screwfix have been showing zero stock of SBC led bulbs (of any specification) for many weeks now.

However,

Your Asda BC bulbs are: 1521-lumens, 12watt, 5000k Daylight, £12 for 2-pack.

These Amazon BC bulbs are : 1521-lumens, 13.5watt, 6500k Daylight, £17.90 for 6-pack;...might??? be worth a punt. The reviews, for what they’re worth, seem ok.

 

 

 

John_Gray

I got some 1521-lumen (100W-equivalent) LED BC bulbs from Tesco recently for £3 each.  Literally 'brilliant'!  But note the comments about keeping the receipt in case their lifespan is lower than expected...

RumRat

We've replace all ours with smart bulbs and just change the colour temperature as and when required/desired. Just don't get sucked into the Phillips hue wallet drain.

sweetgirl2015

RumRat said:

Concentrate the ones you bought maybe upstairs and start again with a more reliable brand.
Those appear to be an old style that's probably ended it's production run.

No they were not out long, I was attracted to them as they omit brilliant daylight resemblance and are cheap to run.  I got one in the bathroom and leave it on all night just in case our daughter wakes up in the night. 

Carrot007

I would always recomend something like this over simple one colour bulbs.

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/ANWIO-Bayonet-Replace-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B08BRCMXRN/

You never use the colour feature after a quick play. However the adjustable colour temerature really comes in handy.

(I cannot vouch forthese as I use the 60w equivalents as they are bright enough for me).

grumpycrab

chrisw said:

I think the point with Watts is that there were only about 4 wattages in common household use, you didn't really have to worry about colour temperature

Speaking as an oldie (so possibly not very relevant) I look for 2 things in a light bulb - equivalent wattage, which I guess is not that sensible from what is being said here, and colour temperature.   Perhaps its just my eyes but daylight bulbs are very blue and cold - but guess depends on use.

RumRat

sweetgirl2015 said:

RumRat said:

Concentrate the ones you bought maybe upstairs and start again with a more reliable brand.
Those appear to be an old style that's probably ended it's production run.

No they were not out long, I was attracted to them as they omit brilliant daylight resemblance and are cheap to run.  I got one in the bathroom and leave it on all night just in case our daughter wakes up in the night. 

Just because Asda had them for a short while doesn't mean they were new. When I say old style, you don't get many with the full length of glass anymore.....Asda probably had them at a bargain end of line from the manufacturer, packaged them as Asda and now can't get more stock.

getmore4less

I have a couple of smart Lohas lamps and they have been fine(got them cheap) 
Like the dim feature we use them in a hall. 
Dim and colour temp would be handy


They do regular 1600lm


https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06Y6JBVTX/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_5WV3ZKQ96B5260RKVCE2

fenwick458

chrisw said:
Lumens now seen to be one of many variables and are often expressed as odd figures such as 357 or 452 lumens. Whilst one is clearly brighter than the other, I have to divide it by 10 to get a ballpark figure of how bright it is, in this case, about the same as a 40W bulb which I can envisage.

I'm not sure why you are having to divide by 10, you have lost me there.
an old fashioned 60W light bulb is around 8-900 lumens. 
an old fashioned 100W light bulb is around 1500-160 lumens

Biggus_Dickus

fenwick458 said:

chrisw said:
Lumens now seen to be one of many variables and are often expressed as odd figures such as 357 or 452 lumens. Whilst one is clearly brighter than the other, I have to divide it by 10 to get a ballpark figure of how bright it is, in this case, about the same as a 40W bulb which I can envisage.

I'm not sure why you are having to divide by 10, you have lost me there.
an old fashioned 60W light bulb is around 8-900 lumens. 
an old fashioned 100W light bulb is around 1500-160 lumens

It’s very complicated these days;..lumens, Kelvin colour temperature, wattage equivalent, BC, SBC, ES, SBS, GU10, G53, GLOBE, MINI-GLOBE, FROSTED, CLEAR, CANDLE, G9 CAPSULE, LED FILAMENT, SMART BULBS etc etc....the list goes on forever. It makes your head spin.

We should bring back the old gas-light!...your house might burn down but at least there’ll be no confusion.