Anyone else saving up for a light bulb?

The long life bulbs start so dim and seem to take ages to come to life. My sons laugh as I call them Low Calorie Lightbulbs!

We inherited three chandelier type light fittings when my daughter bought our current house - they hold five bulbs each so I replaced them with LED bulbs asap -she hates the light fittings so they will be replaced as soon as she can afford to - I quite like them so will probably take them into my annex side of the house once it is built. I have noticed though that they do seem to blow if we have a power cut.

Offers in Aldi and Lidl. In France Action and Brico Depot

Be careful about online purchases. I ordered 10 small Edison screw fitting light bulbs before Christmas. Only 5 of the 10 actually worked. The packaging wasn't up to the job.

We changed to LED light bulbs last year when we moved into our new house. We bought them at the local DIY store and yes, they were expensive, but as they are supposed to last for thirty years and we are both over 60, we assume we won't be buying all that many light bulbs!

I discovered this winter that you have to be careful when screwing them into a light fitting that it does not unscrew itself while you are putting in the new bulb. If it does the new bulb certainly does not last 30 years - 30 hours is more like it.

Apart from that we are satisfied with them, and we have saved quite a bit on our electricity bill, but as the company that supplied our electricity has been amalgamated twice with others in the year and a half we have been living here, and as all our new electric equipment, washing machine, dryer, vacuum, freezer and fridge are ones that use the least possible electricity, I can't really work out how much of our saving is due to the light bulbs.

We bought a replacement light fitting for the bathroom from Ikea. It cost £9, - the bulb to fit it cost £8 !!!

I buy mine from Poundland and have never had a problem

LED last longer too

I still buy the old sort of light bulbs. They sell them in bulk in my local hardware store on a shelf marked 'illegal' !!!...... but at least I can still see in my house. about £12 for 10. 100 watt bayonet.

had a new kitchen 2 years ago had 8 led lights put in two just went last week £10 each,wow ,its a expensive at least they did not all go at once

Another vote for LED , we too swapped-on the advise of ds who explained the savings in electricity bills and the improvement in brightness compared to our halogen. They have been amazing in difference.

I am buying mine at Aldi. Replacing them as the others fail.

Quizqueen The new LED lights are entirely different from the old luminescent low energy bulbs that took ages to warm up and give a decent light. LEDs switch on and off like the old style bulbs and you have instant clear lighting.

Isn't that worth investigating and trying them if it results in your lighting electricity bill being reduced by 90%? What you spend on the bulb you save on the electricity.

Go online to buy bulbs or from an electricity wholesaler. They are so much cheaper than buying them from any High Street store or supermarket. Online, you can buy 5 or 7 watt bulbs for £5 or less.

I've just changed all our bulbs to LED, £3.99 for 4 at Home Bargains its the best price I have found. Lots of different ones to choose from as well.

Try Home Bargains - as above - great price with lots of choice.

DH is saying now that there's no point in buying long life bulbs as he doesn't expect he'll last another 25 years.

Another advantage of LED bulbs is that they don’t heat up as much as the old ones. Before there were always black spots on the ceiling above them. Best price I’ve found is Screwfix.

I am converting to smart bulbs, voice control for colour and brightness, between 15 and 25 quid a bulb but dimmable and colour by voice control.

Alexa turn on "whatever Light" is cool and good for the wow factor for grandchildren, also all the other things that can be done the same way...

life is so much better with Led's and also the cost of running them !!!

I am converted...

Just got a return fare from Herts to the NEC tomorrow for £6.85 for the motorhome show too.... bonus with disabled carsd .. which is cheaper than the old persons card... me I have hearing aids which qualify !! go figure

P.S. I am looking for a newer Motor home...

I'm not so much bothered about the price just about the brightness! We have a 3-light fitting with candle shaped bulbs in our sitting-room and I replaced a bulb last week which is obviously the newer type. It looked the same as before but it is very white. I am obviously going to have to replace the other two as it looks really stupid but I don't really like the brightness and would prefer a softer light. I have a daylight side light for reading and a standard mother and child light which suits us fine and only occasionally use the main light but I don't think I'll be using it all now!

The one I bought in the pound shop say 'heavy duty, not for household use' on them. I was very annoyed

I bought some LED bulbs, and they gave us a headache. I can get halogen bulbs in Robert Dyas, which are more like the old incandescent bulbs.

jacq10 You can buy LED bulbs in different shades of white. We buy bulbs described as 'warm white'. We did, once, accidentally, buy some very white ones and, yes, it looked as if we were lighting our house with fluorescent tubes, but there should be a choice. You could also buy a lower wattage bulb.

Thanks MOnica - warm white sounds good. Will prowl around till I find them.

I think i'll have a look for some of those, too.