Best GU10 LED bulbs?

[EoinConway]

We have a Special on this week (until 19th June) on Spectrum 4W Retro's at £5.00 each (here), they're a 35W equivalent and have been very reliable. We've sold just over 17k of them YTD with no issues, previously had Eclipse brand which were double the money and a complete and utter nightmare, 30% fault rate with them.

4W LED RETRO GU10 @ £5

Eoin

 

[Paul.M]

Ok I'll take that back!

Thanks Meteor and nice talking to one of your lads. Account getting set up tonight and an order going in for them, look good and the price is great, thanks.

 

[superadnim]

Well thank you Midwest. I have these GU10 LED bulbs in my gaff. Are they the best? I don't think so but for the cost I think they are about as good a value you can get.

I am dealing with a customer at the moment who is very picky about the colour temperature of the LED bulbs. The cool white looks great but when you star trying to replace a halogen it looks a clinical. Has anyone managed to find true LED halogen replacement? There is a caveat - it has to be under £15 a lamp.

 

[Fin170]

I've been using the Robus 4w versions where applicable, sticking the JCC led3s in now as they're so cheap + 10 year warranty

As for colour temperature, I think the cool white looks so much better where applicable (bathrooms and kitchens especially) and haven't had a customer choose them and regret it yet

 

[lauriehurman]

TOOLSTATION !!! you're kidding, right?

The cheapest chinese crap it's possible to buy. Toolstation is the one place that I avoid.

LEDlite at TLC. white in hte bathroom and warm white in the kitchen.

Laurie

 

[superadnim]

Those Robus ones are not that good - they use the older style cluster LED. The newest type LED bulbs use SMD chips and I have even heard about COB chips which are like large orange blobs that emit the light. COB stands for Chip on Board. I have put the Robus up against a LightRabbit GU10 SMD and COBs and the LightRabbit lamp looks much better. I just think that the Robus lamps are way behind the times.

 

[muymalestado]

Those Robus ones are not that good - they use the older style cluster LED. The newest type LED bulbs use SMD chips and I have even heard about COB chips which are like large orange blobs that emit the light. COB stands for Chip on Board. I have put the Robus up against a LightRabbit GU10 SMD and COBs and the LightRabbit lamp looks much better. I just think that the Robus lamps are way behind the times.

Following on from the OP, and if you are right that SMD type LED bulbs are best, who makes / sells them in the household W range of 4W to 7W?

 

[amlu]

following the topic... can you recommend some tested dimmer/led combinations?
used ledlite ane trailing edge before, this time got 4 bedroom rewire and client want all them lights to be spots
looking for some more affordable alternative.

 

[rosewood]

Take a look at our site, we fit these in Southampton airport and they come with a 5 year warranty. They are made from aluminium too, not the cheap plastic rubbish.
Whatever you go for, pay attention to the heat dissipation. That’s what’ll make them last. Also if you can find out which LED chip they are using, go for something with Cree, epistar or bridgelux chips.
Also beam angles are important, LED gu10s come with different angles, anything from 60 degrees to 120 degrees is common. The angle you want really depends on the situation they’ll be used in. I prefer wider angles in open rooms, but narrow areas like hallways and thin bathrooms often benefit from the narrow beam angles.

 

[Dazza1976]

On the advice of someone else on this forum, I tried out the following :-

Megaman 4.5W LED GU10 Bulb Warm White | LEDBulbs.co.uk

They are the megaman brand 4.5w, and I found them to be absolutely superb.
They claim to be equivalent to a 40w lamp, but I would say they are equally as bright as a 50w halogen, when fitted you can barely see the difference, and they are very reasonably priced too at £7.39 each.
I can't comment on the life of them yet, but they do come with a 5 year guarantee, and they are definitely what I will be using and recommending to clients from now on.

 

[Elecnerd]

Hey everyone, just wondering what everyone thinks the best LED GU10 bulb is. Factors include: lux, spread, cost, lifespan, colour and size. Also which make of bulb is most equivalent to the 50watt halogen bulb including all the above factors.

I have noticed a lot of cheap imports that probably don't meet standards
More LEDS per bulb do NOT make it better - they are usually the rejects and you cannot get colour consistency ie 54 LEDS etc is nonsense - the light cannot be focussed into a spotlight instead they have clear glass! the light output is all over the place,the better bulbs have 6 to 1 LED ie high output and a lenses for a good cone shape output.

 

[Barry White]

Tested a few leds started with low voltage (you must use a transformer supply or a dedicated driver as electronic balasts will overdrive the bulb and it will fail) mr16 clusters = crap output poor and dont last long

The gu10 cluster version from wingpanpong were the same.

Tried the 3w (3 x1w bulbs) in cool white 4000k mr16 have 9 of these in my bathroom and have been going 3 years now light output about 15w halogen but seem brighter as halogens are a warmer colour

Tried 4w (4 x1w bulbs) in warm white 2700k mr16 light output was similar in colour to halogens and =20w these are still working after 2 years

Just got some 7w gu10s 6000k by megaman been fitted 2 week now light output is clinically white her indoors loves the light (about time I did something right:6 had one pop 7 days after fitting hope this is an isolated issue. also no glass over the reflector

not tried the smd version as it looks naff

 

[Eddiesparks]

Am i the first to say 'BULBS GROW IN THE GROUND - WE FIT LLLAAAAMMMMPPPPSSS' ;-)

 

[nickblake]

well said Eddie , I have had 4 low energy bulbs planted since last year and nothing has grown

Best led lamps i have used are the COB GU10 5.4 watt lamp from light rabbit and if you have any of those large R080 fittings to change a direct led replacment is the 10 watt down light superb fitting very bright with 120 degree beam angle Shop LED Downlights & Dimmable LED Downlighters at LightRabbit UK

 

[Barry White]

wires or cables springs to mind