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| Thread ID: 80630 | 2007-06-30 00:18:00 | Dont buy Basix energy saving bulbs | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 564495 | 2007-06-30 00:18:00 | Hi Guys Six months ago I bought a few Ecobulb brand energy saving light bulbs from New World for low use areas in my house. I am very pleased with them so far. None have blown and the light output/quality is not too bad. They only go up to 100W equivalent. So I wanted some 200W equivalents for my workshop and studio areas. I buy Philips 200W bulbs from New World and whilst they are good they only last 4 or 5 months and they are rather dear at $2.69 which was the price several years ago when they were made in New Zealand and now they are made in Indonesia they still have the same retail price ! So I heard that Mitre 10 ? Mega have some bigger wattage energy savers and the other day I bought a Basix brand 45W lamp (in a big blue box) which is supposed to be the equivalent of a 150w or 200W bulb. I am very disappointed with it. The light is an eerie kind of blue and it is nowher near as bright as my 200W bulbs. Indeed during the last week or so I am sure that the light output has dropped ! I strongly recommend that you do not buy any of these bulbs as they are bloody terrible. I am looking for a good quality name brand energy saver of 45Watts, but they do not seem to exist. Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 564496 | 2007-06-30 00:25:00 | You may need to go to using those large mercury vapour lamps often used in commercial installations. I'm currently using a 100W (equiv.) Basix energy saving light bulb, and it's actually quite good. It's important to get ones which are "warm white" rather than "daylight", to avoid the eeire blue glow. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 564497 | 2007-06-30 01:25:00 | I'd buy them except they all so hideously ugly. | pctek (84) | ||
| 564498 | 2007-06-30 01:48:00 | Hi Guys Six months ago I bought a few Ecobulb brand energy saving light bulbs from New World for low use areas in my house. I am very pleased with them so far. None have blown and the light output/quality is not too bad. They only go up to 100W equivalent. So I wanted some 200W equivalents for my workshop and studio areas. I buy Philips 200W bulbs from New World and whilst they are good they only last 4 or 5 months and they are rather dear at $2.69 which was the price several years ago when they were made in New Zealand and now they are made in Indonesia they still have the same retail price ! So I heard that Mitre 10 ? Mega have some bigger wattage energy savers and the other day I bought a Basix brand 45W lamp (in a big blue box) which is supposed to be the equivalent of a 150w or 200W bulb. I am very disappointed with it. The light is an eerie kind of blue and it is nowher near as bright as my 200W bulbs. Indeed during the last week or so I am sure that the light output has dropped ! I strongly recommend that you do not buy any of these bulbs as they are bloody terrible. I am looking for a good quality name brand energy saver of 45Watts, but they do not seem to exist. Regards Digby They would be 'daylight colour' bulbs which produce a bluer light. You would want 'warm light' colour which have a warmer light. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 564499 | 2007-06-30 02:22:00 | The best commonly available are the Philips "Tornado" series 23 Watt spiral lamps, they have quite a good light output for a domestic CFL. You need to remember that (particularly in winter) the CFL's can take 30 seconds or a lot more if really cold to come up to full brilliance. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 564500 | 2007-06-30 02:45:00 | yes you are right I did get the daylight ones. But they are more like moonlight ! regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 564501 | 2007-06-30 04:35:00 | yes you are right I did get the daylight ones. But they are more like moonlight ! regards Digby Yeah, I purchased some myslef a while ago, and they don't make it very clear on the box that they aren't 'warm light' I don't think basix do 'warm light' ones. I replaced them with ecobulbs when they had the special offer of 5 for $10 at PaknSlave. |
rogerp (6864) | ||
| 564502 | 2007-06-30 04:46:00 | Yeah, I purchased some myslef a while ago, and they don't make it very clear on the box that they aren't 'warm light' I don't think basix do 'warm light' ones. I replaced them with ecobulbs when they had the special offer of 5 for $10 at PaknSlave. Basix do have "Warm White" bulbs - I bought a couple last week. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 564503 | 2007-06-30 04:48:00 | I'd buy them except they all so hideously ugly. Because your lightbulbs are part of your interior decor rather than a utility? :confused: |
V1sta (6614) | ||
| 564504 | 2007-06-30 05:16:00 | Because your lightbulbs are part of your interior decor rather than a utility? :confused: Of course. They are both. |
pctek (84) | ||
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