Hello,

All my "normal" lights have been changed with low energy bulb and the saving have been quite subsential.

I had managed to find very cheap bulbs on an auction website and through the council.

Now, I am struggling to find for nearly a year now some GU10 energy saving bulb. They are sold at £5.99 each for the cheapest found.
Obviously those lights are usually set in group ! So, I will basically need 67 bulbs !!!!! which can be quite pricy !

Any help to where to find those cheap GU10 low energy would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Regards

E.

E sorry I cannot find these bulbs for under £5.99. Perhaps someone else has some ideas?

P

Thanks for your message.

Ok, It seems, that I can get the GU10 Bulb (Energy Saving) from China. Is it compatible with british standard ? Or my bulb are going to burst ????

Thx

E

http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/GU10_Low_Energy.html has buk purchases of over 10 units - might be worth a go. Bulk is best.

This supplier on ebay sells GUI0 energy savers made by Lumineux which are a good make, he did me a great deal on eight bulbs. They are currently selling lots of 5 for total £24.00 inc p&p thats £4.60 each, but if you email them for a quote for a bigger order that price will get cheaper the more bulbs you buy at once. And let me re-assure you they are respectable dealers and replace any faulty bulbs straight away. I have not been able to find them cheaper than that.



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-x-GU-10-Energy-Saving-8000-hrs-life-23-99-Inc-p-p_W0QQitemZ290044574429QQihZ019QQcategoryZ20706QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.lamps-on-line.com/cgi-bin/gl_products.pl?HALOGEN|HALOGENPAR16GU10-50MMDIAMETER&gclid=CJjatsHWgooCFQ_NXgodMwFYMw

Try this site, £3.20 ish each i think

Ooops, sorry, just re-checked the site i think the bulbs i saw were standard GU10 not energy savers.

If your wanting low energy GU10 bulbs try this link - http://www.yourwelcome.co.uk/acatalog/GU10_Low_Energy.html they sell LED GU10 bulbs and offer a 20% discount for bulk purchases

However you look at it, it's going to be costly replacing all your GU10's. If you are thinking of replacing 12v units (Low Voltage) you might want to think again. Most 12v systems are regarded as Energy Saving.

DAVE

The light thing to do?

Good Afternoon

 Reference your requirment there are a number of low energy gu10 on the market at the moment, I wont hide the fact that we are a Lighting retailer www.energybulbs.co.uk but it does allow us to give some accurate information reference some of the suggestions you recieved.  There is absoloutley no point incomprimising on the quality of low energy GU10. Of all energy saving bulbs these are the type that vary most in performance. One respondent quoted Your Welcome as a supplier and I will agree with them completley great supplier really good service. But LED GU10 bulbs are no where near good enough to use as main room lighting yet. Even the most expensive offer a very limited light output. We sell them as cheap as anyone in the market but unless you are looking for an accent light then choose CFL GU10's other wise you will be out of pocket and dissapointed.  On to cheap low energy GU10, one person referenced the Lum ineux brand as a cheap option.  We know from experience having replaced over 350 of there products from 1000  bought that they are of a very poor quality this issue was even admitted by them hence the cheaper price on the products. Alot of the cheaper GU10 products and most of the stuff found on Ebay are all from the same factory.  There light performace is very poor in terms of light given out and the colour compared to halogens, give off a very blue light. The claimed 8000 Hour life tends to be very hopeful  You will also notice that none of them are Energy Trust Recommended as they just dont make the grade. There are a couple of very good mid range Far Eastern GU10 bulbs from the likes of Pro lite and Auroraa  but our advice is this.  There are two reasons for switching to low energy GU10's reducing your lighting bill and reducing your Carbon footprint so pick the most enviromentally friendly and highest performing GU10's and these are by a longway the Megaman low energy  GU10 products www.energybulbs.co.uk whether you buy from us or another supplier you will not be disappointed they are not the cheapest but the are Energy Saving Class A rated, last for 15,000 hours and give the most natural light available. As an example the 67 GU10 bulbs you are looking at swapping will save you over the life of the lamp £4020 ! That is why it is false economy to try and cut corners you might save a few pounds today but you will miss out on big savings in the future.

I ordered from energybulbs.co.uk...

but nothing arrived from them, and now they are igonoring my attempts to contact them, both my emails aswell as my posting though their webform, results in nothing whatsoever.

So I suggest you be very careful dealing with these guys!

kurgan:

I ordered from energybulbs.co.uk...

but nothing arrived from them, and now they are igonoring my attempts to contact them, both my emails aswell as my posting though their webform, results in nothing whatsoever.

So I suggest you be very careful dealing with these guys!

Apologies for this being the wrong place but would like to confirm that this was our fault (Energy Bulbs) Customer was refunded in full, issue was due to the fact order was placed from and for delivery to Norway. Our system is set up for UK orders only. So apologies to Mr Kurgan.

well it was denamrk, but I can confirm they refunded my money...

unfortunately the rate of GBP against DKK, had dropped, so I ended up loosing money in addition to wasting my time :/

The cheapest place for the Megaman 11w GU10 is www.ryness.co.uk: See direct link below (it's not easy to find those Megamans on the web site!). You can get a 10 pack for £75, including VAT and free post+packaging... an excellent deal - you'll pay at least a tenner a bulb on all other web sites.

http://www.ryness.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?categoryID=823&productID=5268&category4ID=998

The Megaman 11w GU10s are an able replacement for 50W Halogens. But I would recommend trying out one or two first before spending your life savings on a bulk purchase. The light is slightly whiter than a halogen, and not quite as strong - you do not get the "spotlight" effect the same, with more of a flood fill. Having said that, we quite like the effect, and are quickly getting used to it (the halogens seem very yellow in comparison!).

I agree... another word of caution..

the Megaman dimmerable are not compatible with the common dimmers in Denmark, but when i made them aware of the issue, they immedeately ordered a setup through their danish agent, and they are going to investigate what can be done..

That is In my opinion some of the best customer service I ever experienced