LED Bulbs - Whats out there?

bryant.english · 13-11-2012, 07:57 AM

I remember a couple of years ago there was an infommercial about LED lighting every night starring those kids from La Dolce Vita. Remember that? Must have been on the telly for at least a year...

Creative83 · 21-11-2012, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by shri:

Creative83 : Point me to a better source in the UK or Europe then.

The variety on Amazon UK is not that significant either - http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...3ALED+Bulb+E27 (usual suspects at about $100-150 a bulb and not much available in the 10W+ range )

The listings in Amazon UK, for whatever reason, are all liars.
They lie about how much light equivalent to incandescent it emits.

I would hold off for another year, because as you purchase the lightbulbs, you'll begin to see better and better ones coming out every couple of months.

From Amazon UK, the best bang for the buck 'deal' currently is Sanyo. It's a much better deal than Philips & Megaman. The business relationship Philips and Megaman built up in these chain stores kept them visible. They're not even playing catch up. They're simply unable to catch up.

The issue with Sanyo is that they don't have the technology to increase the efficiency as compared to CFL. In other words, using Sanyo LED doesn't save money by the minute, but it evens out the cost eventually due to the hours it lasts for. When they say (120W Incandescent Bulb), it's really only ~70W. All the listing in Amazon UK are lying about their brightness in layman's term.

What Japan Home Center carries right now is a better deal than Sanyo. But it looks really crappy if you ever look for it. It's called "Everlight"

The best LED manufacture is targeting the European market first. They're going premium for now instead of mass producing their goods for everyone.

Just buy CFL and wait a bit. Within 6 months, it will show up in the market, in 12 months the math will make sense to get one even though people will still get it for reasons other than the math. I could be off on the date.

That's all I can say.

BCD · 02-12-2015, 07:00 AM

Hashing up an old thread...

I'm looking for E14 candle shaped small bulbs. They need to be dimmable. I would like them brighter than 400 lumens if that is possible.

Any new hints on where to look for these?
Ikea has the 400 lumens but I haven't had good luck with them in the past.
The store mentioned above on Jervois St is gone and the other shops in the area as well - all turning into trendy restaurants.

Thsnks

shri · 02-12-2015, 07:28 AM

We are still using out original IKEA bulbs.

We opted out of the dimmable bulbs as I was not convinced that the technology was mature enough.

AM due for a replacement. Will look around Morrison Hill Road this weekend if I pass through that area.

flameproof · 02-12-2015, 09:59 AM

I would look for: Dimmable + no flicker

The cheaper ones you can't take pictures (flicker = stripes). If you stick to brands should be no problem. Nowadays many use filament LEDs.

Apliu St. should have a good selection.

BCD · 03-12-2015, 08:15 AM

Well, turns out my ceiling fan fixtures are not compatible with LED bulbs. I should have have contacted SMC earlier!
So back to the old school bulbs.

shri · 03-12-2015, 09:08 AM

Weird. Our decorator told us something like that but the sockets are just dumb 220v light bulb sockets. Something liken IKEA bulbs are not usually compatible. Figured they were trying to squeeze some commission by recommending another product that only they could source.

Bought an IKEA bulb and it worked and took the risk and bought a ton of them for every fixture at home.

So why can't they be compatible??

imparanoic · 03-12-2015, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by shri:

Weird. Our decorator told us something like that but the sockets are just dumb 220v light bulb sockets. Something liken IKEA bulbs are not usually compatible. Figured they were trying to squeeze some commission by recommending another product that only they could source.

Bought an IKEA bulb and it worked and took the risk and bought a ton of them for every fixture at home.

So why can't they be compatible??

Maybe smc lights ceiling fans has dimmer function, led lights using edison screw or bayonet fitting have internal transformer to convert input voltage at 220v to a voltage which is suitable for led bulbs such as 9 or 12 v, therefore dimmer feature on switch not suitable

I have dimmable multi coloured ambience lighting in my wall coving, but the separate transformer and controller has been designed to allow full control of dimming, colour, transition, etc of these rgb led strips lighting