Hey guys,

Myself and the Missus were out shopping for "house stuff" in Dunelm today when we came across a shining example of a glowing deal! (sorry will stop the light bulb jokes )

[b][color="#00BFFF"][size=5]10 OSRAM energy saving light bulbs for just £1 [/size][/color][/b]

So loving a good deal when i see one i bought 20x 70w energy saving bad boys for 2 whole sovereign pounds!!

Happy Shopping!!

Thats pretty impressive, good find.

Was this at a local shop, or something national? I think the 70W ones are the tungsten filament halogen bulbs (ie much more like traditional bulbs) so you can dim them, have a much warmer tone of light etc etc - is that what these are?

That type are £1.99 EACH at Sainsburys at the moment, but I still think they're better than the compact flourescent types with their sickly greenish light...

whats energy saving about a 70w lamp ?

against a 100w its 30w less
but against a 60w its 10w more !

but............it still uses 70w of energy

where as the Flouresant equivalents use about 20w

and are about 80% more efficient !


its not a bad price for them though

I was assuming that FiZiX meant they were 70W-equivalent bulbs. Though of course I could be wrong.

Have you got a chandelier in your lex then?

Most of us use HID's on our cars

Mike_B, not sure if its national... by the size of the stock they had there (Nottingham branch) i would have thought yes it would be... Check out your local Dunelm... haha sound like a ruddy advert now!!

[quote name='Steviewevie' post='642924' date='Mar 4 2009, 07:10 PM']I was assuming that FiZiX meant they were 70W-equivalent bulbs. Though of course I could be wrong.[/quote]

You are indeed correct mate, sorry I should of explained it a tad better... They are infact 75W equivalents only consume 14W of power and are a warm white colour, not bad at all.... 10,000hrs use... according to the box

[quote name='aztecbandit1' post='642949' date='Mar 4 2009, 08:38 PM']Have you got a chandelier in your lex then?

Most of us use HID's on our cars [/quote]
Aww now thats an idea! Hey it would be pretty bespoke... dont think anyone else has one!! Haha... i think HIDs would be too bright for chandelier bulbs mate

[quote name='FiZiX' post='643007' date='Mar 4 2009, 11:20 PM'][quote name='Steviewevie' post='642924' date='Mar 4 2009, 07:10 PM']I was assuming that FiZiX meant they were 70W-equivalent bulbs. Though of course I could be wrong.[/quote]

You are indeed correct mate, sorry I should of explained it a tad better... They are infact 75W equivalents only consume 14W of power and are a warm white colour, not bad at all.... 10,000hrs use... according to the box

[quote name='aztecbandit1' post='642949' date='Mar 4 2009, 08:38 PM']Have you got a chandelier in your lex then?

Most of us use HID's on our cars [/quote]
Aww now thats an idea! Hey it would be pretty bespoke... dont think one else has one!! Haha...
[/quote]

think you'd get fed up of the "chink chink" sound as you drive though mate with it rattling around all the time

Good price for the bulbs though

Haha, yeah i abandoned the idea... i think the "chinking" would be the last of my problems, i think my missus wud leave me!