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  whiskey299 on 03/05/2013 - 13:43

  Are you planning to stock brightgreen dr700 GU10's?
  Reviews of these (MR16's) seem to be the pretty good except they cost a bundle.

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    XCelR8 on 03/05/2013 - 16:05

    I have 10 Bright Green (the brightest ones i could) in my kitchen/dining area (combined) and far out! I think you could see it form the moon. By far the best lights out there (huge spread and bright)! Would recommend to anyone if you can afford it. Mine were about $110 per piece from the electrician. So sure you could get them cheaper if sourced yourself.

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      Natura on 04/05/2013 - 02:39

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      No offence, but from contacts in the lighting industry it's well known among the big 4 lighting suppliers that bright green over state their specs and are all just fancy packaging with an overblown price.

      There have been quite a few reports of failures on their products too. Always not good when its an expensive product.

      Hence why they're not on the lighting council of australia.

      Not to mention their awkward physical size and weight of the unit.(massive and can be hard to install)

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        llama on 04/05/2013 - 17:57

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        Hence why they're not on the lighting council of australia

        That is hardly an endorsement. Anybody can be a member of the Lighting Council if you are prepared to pay the outrageous membership fees LOL. Oh and you also have to publically disclose all your sales figures (by product category) to all the other members, which is somewhat of a worry when you only sell a narrow range of products.

        Not to mention their awkward physical size and weight of the unit.(massive and can be hard to install)

        True, but at least they have at least some hope of keeping themselves cool. Most LEDs just cook themselves once installed in a normal Aussie ceiling cavity where temps can hit 50C and higher. Most of the chinese ones are struggling to rub the chips in spec at 25C ambient in free air.

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  Associatedplanetled @ planetled.com.au on 03/05/2013 - 14:43

  Hi Whiskey

  No we are not going to stock Bright Green.

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  jong on 03/05/2013 - 19:58

  If you've ever considered making the switch to save money on energy bills, why not make the leap now?

  …because none of your products seem to list which incandescent bulb they're equivalent too?

  I'm interested in replacing a couple of 100w incandescents - which of your products should I be looking at?

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    llama on 04/05/2013 - 17:49

    I'm interested in replacing a couple of 100w incandescents - which of your products should I be looking at?

    None of them. Even the reputable "big boys" have yet to develop a LED that replaces a 100W GLS.

    The industry has only just made an equivalent to the 60W (that is actually reliable and isn't lying about it's specs)

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Prize

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    Associatedplanetled @ planetled.com.au on 06/05/2013 - 11:42

    Hi Jong

    The simplest answer to your question would be to look for around 800 lumens to replace 60w and 1000 lumens to replace 100w incandescent. Because LED lights don't mimick past technologies but replace them, there are many variables which weren't available with standard GLS bulbs such as beam angle, colour, (CRI) colour rendering index variations

    Wattage is only one factor in measuring a bulb's light output, so unfortunately it means that two bulbs of the same wattage can put out very different amounts of light. This makes it pretty dicey to talk in absolute comparisons because each customer could have very different expectations of 100w bulbs (for example).

    So as not to mislead, we prefer to use the more accurate measurement of light output: lumens. You'll find that the industry is moving in this direction.