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Household bulbs

  • 09-02-2021 8:45am
    #1
    barneygumble99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,232 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    Can anyone recommend an online shop for buying household bulbs?? Preferable Irish based. Thanks.


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  • #2
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,595 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    Its not just a question of looking for bulbs

    1: Fit for Purpose is paramount.

    2: Lumens for the amount of light.

    3: Watts for the running cost.

    4: Colour Temperature for required ambience
    [2,700 K to 4,700 K typical]

    5: Colour Rendition Index (CRI).
    >90 CRI for colour-critical applications such as food displays.

    6: Beam Angle needs to be considered.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #3
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Solus.ie


  • #4
    ElderWanderer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭ElderWanderer


    barneygumble99 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Can anyone recommend an online shop for buying household bulbs?? Preferable Irish based. Thanks.

    Ikea for value. They'll be made in China, but the ones on offer from other retailers will be too, just at a far higher price.

    Beyond that: lumens, shape & fitting type would be my only considerations. 400 lumens is fine for most places in my opinion, 600 lumens if you want the place well lit; there's nothing over 600 lumens in my house, but a relative briefly had a 1000 lumen bulb in his house, which was rapidly removed to avoid blinding the residents...


  • #5
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,666 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    barneygumble99 wrote: »
    Hi,
    Can anyone recommend an online shop for buying household bulbs?? Preferable Irish based. Thanks.

    What type? Smart/dumb? Ceiling pendant or task light?
    What type fitting ? Etc.


  • #6
    barneygumble99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,232 ✭✭✭barneygumble99


    E24 and E14 fittings. Just standard bulbs nothing fancy. Just hard to get them in shops it seems.


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  • #7
    Static M.e.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Static M.e.


    stoneill wrote: »
    Solus.ie

    Am I missing something with this site, I can pick a bulb but not buy it and yet they have shopping cart feature?


  • #8
    Bikerman2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 992 ✭✭✭Bikerman2019


    When you say standard bulbs, do you mean the old fashioned cheap ones? I think they were banned and now you have to buy the energy efficient ones which are more expensive.


  • #9
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,595 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    ElderWanderer wrote: »
    Ikea for value. They'll be made in China, but the ones on offer from other retailers will be too, just at a far higher price.

    Beyond that: lumens, shape & fitting type would be my only considerations. 400 lumens is fine for most places in my opinion, 600 lumens if you want the place well lit; there's nothing over 600 lumens in my house, but a relative briefly had a 1000 lumen bulb in his house, which was rapidly removed to avoid blinding the residents...

    Turn on the light look at it through your phone camera and if it flickers its crap for interior lighting

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #10
    stoneill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Static M.e. wrote: »
    Am I missing something with this site, I can pick a bulb but not buy it and yet they have shopping cart feature?

    Always works for me?


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