Energy Saving 50w Equivalent GU10 Halogen Replacements

Conanius

Conanius

Conanius

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Hi All,

Just moved into a new pad in London, where the developers clearly had a deal with all the major energy suppliers to fit as many spot lights into each room as possible ! As a result, every time I turn on the lights the owners of the decommisioned battersea powerstation across the road keep asking if I want them to start it back up !

Anyway, I digress.

I am a little bit baffled by all the choice for either LED or 'other' replacement bulb options. Some seem to cost £2, others quite literally £16 per bulb.

I have two 'normal' bayonet bulbs in the hallway and they are almost instantant (quite literally 2-3 seconds) and they are at full brightness which are 11w energy savers.

Has anyone here replaced their GU10 bulbs with anything that doesnt cost £16 per bulb and turns on to full brightness/80% within 5 seconds?
 
brummie said:
Forget LED as they are rubbish. i chucked mine after a few days.

http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/YWCFL103.html
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I have similar ones to those, seem to put out a decent enough amount of light (although given there are six in my tiny kitchen, that's to be expected). If you want them for spot lights (i.e. lighting up a particular area) they're not great, it doesn't matter where I point mine, but they do at least provide even lighting.
 
Would love to know this aswell, just started looking into it today as I have about 17 GU10's around the house at the mo, and that may increase as I'd like to change the bathroom lighting.
 
I don't know much on this, but Morrisons seem to do energy saving bulbs for 10P. The other week, I bought 6 boxes of 6 energy saving bulbs for 10 P each too :).

Was very happy with that :p
 
Conanius said:
Has anyone here replaced their GU10 bulbs with anything that doesnt cost £16 per bulb and turns on to full brightness/80% within 5 seconds?
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I've used a Philips 3W LED version which was about £16 and it was the only one that I considered a direct replacement. It had the correct beam angle (which was a product feature) and the correct amount of light. The rest are just a bit rubbish at the moment, unfortunately.

Edit: I know they are expensive as an outlay but you'll save that a hell of a lot of times over on your electricity bill. Maybe worth trying one to see what it's like before you commit? If you're renting make sre you take them with you. That's what we used to do when normal bayonet energy savers were still very expensive.
 
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Megaman's are pretty much the best CFL GU10's you can get at the moment and if the fact that they're a bit longer than normal GU10's isn't an issue I'd go for them :)
 
That answers my question in a way then....

JohnnyG, these megamans... my bulbs all go into a ceiling recess and then the end of the bulb (the part with the light !) clips into the ceiling... do you forsee that to be an issue?
 
I have some of the Megaman bulbs in the hallway. Because of the time they take to turn up to a decent brightness, I think they are best in places where the lights are on for an extended period of time. I wouldn't put them in the kitchen if you just want some light to find the tap to fill a glass of water for instance.
 
Conanius said:
That answers my question in a way then....

JohnnyG, these megamans... my bulbs all go into a ceiling recess and then the end of the bulb (the part with the light !) clips into the ceiling... do you forsee that to be an issue?
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It depends, I assume you're talking about recessed downlights (as opposed to spotlights?) and in some models the lamp is just clipped in place with a spring wire so longer ones aren't an issue whereas other models must have the standard length lamp used :)
 
That's where LED technology works better, but the prices for the good ones have a long way to come before it becomes feasible.
 
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