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Philips 7w LED MR16 60D Globes $24.90 Ea @ SaveLight ($14.94 Ea @ Masters With Price Match & Buy 2 Get 1 Free)

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Philips 7w LED MR16 60D Globes $24.90 Ea @ SaveLight ($14.94 Ea @ Masters With Price Match & Buy 2 Get 1 Free)
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31mop on 06/04/2014 - 13:26 savelight.com.au (729 clicks)
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Considered to be THE BEST halogen replacement, this is a BLOODY bargain!

https://www.masters.com.au/lighting-fans/light-globes

I showed them this website - http://savelight.com.au/Product_Detail.aspx?AID=31 ($24.90 each with free shipping).

They then beat that price by 10% ($22.41 each) and then they allowed me to do the buy two get one free deal which meant the 6 I bought cost $89.64.

They only have two versions. Both 60degree, the warm (3000K) and the cool white (4000K)

The buy 2 get one free deal is listed on the website, but the actual globe is not.

RRP is $49.95.

Standard sell price in Masters/Bunnings is $29.90

Cheapest I can find on the net - $24.90 for small quantities, ($20.95 if you buy 100+)

Should work for all Masters stores.

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  • Berek on 06/04/2014 - 13:38
    +3

    Bloody ripoff in the first place then.

    • 31mop on 06/04/2014 - 13:52

      Probably. Either way cheapest price I got my first 30 for was $22.50 a pop. Needed 6 more to finish the house off and got them for a bargain.

  • H_J on 06/04/2014 - 14:03
    -3

    My local Coles has some rpp $15, now $5. LED is a big lie.

    • voter1 on 06/04/2014 - 14:16

      big lie? please explain?

    • 31mop on 06/04/2014 - 14:27

      No, those LED's are just crap :)

    • mycosys on 06/04/2014 - 15:14
      +1

      you are just buying the wrong leds. I have sub $10 chinese 9W corn bulbs that put a 25W fluoro to shame. I have similar wattage torches that put car headlights to shame.

      • Steptoe on 06/04/2014 - 15:29
        +1

        Links please.

  • daver on 06/04/2014 - 14:15

    Paying for the name no doubt.

    • 31mop on 06/04/2014 - 14:28

      No, philips do have LED globes at $9.90 each (average price). These ones are top of the range, very popular and are VERY good.

  • Tuba on 06/04/2014 - 14:15

    How well do they render colours? ie: How true to sunlight do they show colour? Many LEDs have poor colour rendition.

    • 31mop on 06/04/2014 - 14:30

      The white ones (I have 4 in one room) are very white and bright. Kinda hospital-like LOL.

      All of my others are warm (3000k) and I think they are great. Not sure how 'true' the sun. There's a lot of hype on these particular LED's, particularly on whirlpool.

  • Snoop on 06/04/2014 - 14:18

    One of best things around now is genuine online competition! It's starting to stop these scammers from charging ridiculous prices for so called new technology that costs no more to manufacture than the existing product it replaces. Because it's a money saving device they charge us a higher initial outlay for no reason other than profiteering! Diesel and LPG fuels are a perfect example! Led lighting should be no dearer than the counterparts they're replacing!

    • 31mop on 06/04/2014 - 14:30

      Very true.. but I think a lot of the money pays for their initial research and development?

      • Snoop on 06/04/2014 - 14:43

        You mean that same R&D we used to do as kids back at school 30 years ago using leds in Electrical? ;)
        Fact of the matter is they're cashing in on the energy conscious and Government handouts! If they wanted to make a difference they'd be $5 and you'd find a lot of people would be happy to go out and grab some!

        • This Guy on 06/04/2014 - 17:36
          +6

          You made your own LED's as a kid in school? You figured out the most efficient compounds to produce certain frequencies of light? You realised you can create some colours more efficiently if you produce non visible EMR and convert it in to the visible spectrum?

          You developed manufacturing processes to apply even layers of compounds across microscopic surfaces? You then tested these methods to ensure the materials have bonded well enough that your LED's will usually out live the device they are installed in?

          You increased the power density of your LEDs by 100, and improved efficiency to the point you can using to light a room and you kept that R&D to yourself for 25 years?

          Sorry, I'm missing a ton of your innovations as I didn't invent the modern LED 30 years ago and keep it from society for 25 years. I'm not sure why you are letting the guberment cash in. I'm also not sure why you're setting the RRP at $49.95 if you say you want to sell them at $5.

        • Tuba on 06/04/2014 - 21:30

          Yes

  • Miami Mall Alien on 06/04/2014 - 15:03
    -3

    Who the hell still uses bayonet light sockets for goodness sakes? New houses haven't had those fitted for the last 10 years at least.

    An LED light with a bayonet socket… that's like a Ferrari with a coal-powered steam engine.

    • mycosys on 06/04/2014 - 15:21
      -2

      Bayonet is a superior design. Screw designs come loose, leaving potential for spark gap and fire, as wall as unnecessary maintenance. Also why there arent any on your car. They bayonet holder is also never live (unlike the screw) leaving little chance electric shock even if you forget to turn off the power, even if shielding around it is damaged.

      And given LED uses far less power - they would be fine in a car size bayonet - like on a ferrari.

      • Miami Mall Alien on 06/04/2014 - 15:36

        Thanks for the neg Mr. Presumptuous.

        I never said bayonets are bad, just that they're being phased out in the building industry. So to most home owners, these are as useful as a third testicle (unless you have a lot of chandeliers or something).

        If you don't believe me, walk into any lighting store and ask a salesman for bayonet light fixtures. Then walk out feeling embarrassed.

        Last time I saw a home with bayonet light fittings it was from the 1970s.

        • pmupsinep on 06/04/2014 - 15:49
          +1

          Last time I saw a home with bayonet fittings it was from the 1970s.

          What are you talking about! Didn't you read his post? Clearly ES fittings are being installed by builders and sparkies even though they cause house fires, constantly come loose and result in more "maintenance". They are also a serious safety hazard.

          That's right, builders and sparkies are intentionally using ES fittings over bayonet fittings so they get more maintenance call out work, they get to build more houses after they all burn down, and their mates in the funeral industry get to bury more dead bodies (???).

          Makes perfect sense doesn't it?

        • Snoop on 06/04/2014 - 16:08

          Last time I saw a home with bayonet light fittings it was from the 1970s.

          Well I can tell you that my house (now my other house) built in '99 had BC fittings throughout! Naturally I changed them, but merely based on aesthetic reasons! Likewise friends of mine have only had BC fittings installed in new houses because the cost developers/builders are charging per single downlight is ridiculous! $80-$100 per light compared to the $10 they actually cost!

          Who the hell still uses bayonet light sockets for goodness sakes? 

          I would imagine that the majority of houses in Australia still have BC fittings compared to the alternate fitting styles of late! Hence, why wouldn't these people want to save a little energy and money by retro fitting an led?

        • Miami Mall Alien on 06/04/2014 - 16:44
          +1

          I would imagine that the majority of houses in Australia still have BC fittings compared to the alternate fitting styles of late!

          The Edison screw cap is named after none other than Thomas Edison. It's been with us since 1909.

          The BC became the standard in the British Empire and its former colonies. The rest of the world uses ES. Again, I don't really care… it's a goddamned light fitting, but ES is rapidly replacing BC here in Australia.

          You can hardly find BC light fittings anymore unless they're in chandeliers.

      • pmupsinep on 06/04/2014 - 15:42

        Screw designs come loose

        No they don't.

        leaving potential for spark gap and fire

        Complete nonsense. Please link to evidence of screw type light fittings causing fires.

        as wall as unnecessary maintenance.

        Oh, this must be related to your first point about light bulbs that magically unscrew themselves?

        Also why there arent any on your car.

        A house is not a car. Just in case you didn't notice.

        They bayonet holder is also never live (unlike the screw) leaving little chance electric shock even if you forget to turn off the power, even if shielding around it is damaged.

        Except the metal screw part of the fitting is not connected to the active. If you're dumb enough to jam your finger into the bottom of the socket while holding the screw section through broken plastic shrouding, you probably deserve it.

        • Miami Mall Alien on 06/04/2014 - 16:43
          +2

          Screw designs come loose

          That really baffles me too. A bayonet light bulb only has to move about 5mm in one direction and it's out. If the plastic housing is cracked, it could easily wobble and become loose.

          An Edison screw-cap has to turn around 1080 degrees before it comes loose and it needs a fairly good amount of pressure to turn those initial 360 degrees.

        • Tuba on 06/04/2014 - 21:39

          A BC does not just require rotation, its also got a lip to get over, and thats prevented by spring tension. It needs to compress the spring loaded connectors upward first, then rotate. That is impossible to happen by itself. While the complete rotation of an ES to the point it falls to the floor is unlikely, enough to prevent operation is at least feasible.

    • fufufu on 06/04/2014 - 16:31
      +1

      Don't worry about mycosys. He's just a troll who goes around belittling others and makes really, really terrible arguments.

  • oz-dxer on 06/04/2014 - 15:04
    +1

    I found the Philips led warm white to be a bit "less white" compared to my halogens.
    However if you retrofit using 12v AC iron core transformers as i did the RF interference is extremely bad.
    This may not be an issue but can affect TV reception.
    Ok on 12v dc supply though.
    Anyway I replaced all of them with 12v Nichia from ledworkshop, much better light output and colour, NO RFI and 60 degrees. (3000k)
    Price was about $19 ea

  • sparemywallet on 06/04/2014 - 16:56

    I got these Philips LED in my apartment. Purchased it for $19ea on ebay. Would pay itself off after a 1 year based on my lighting usage.

    I originally purchased 20x in warm white (3000k) to replace my 50w halogens as they were generating noticeable heat.

    One thing I noticed that the warm white gave off a pink tint spectrum in comparison to the light gold/brown tint with the halogens. It was annoying so I replaced the living room with a mixture of 3000k and 4000k (cool white) which has extra more brightness (lumens) to neutralize the color temp

    With bathroom and kitchen, I put in all 4000k as I think it looks much better and produces more energised mood setting.

    If it wasnt for the off colour tint producing from the 3000k (I guess its not true warm temp) I would have kept them in.

    There is a 1 sec delay from switching on the lights before it turns on the LEDs but thats very minor and I got use to that.

    Would give it 9/10 for this product

    • This Guy on 06/04/2014 - 18:18

      4000k and 3000k refer to the spectrum of light emitted by a black body radiator at the temperature of 4000 and 3000 degrees Kelvin, respectively. They give off all frequencies of visible light*.

      Cheap LED's emit a few colours to make them look like "warm 3000k" or "cold 4000k" white. Some colours will look funny when lit by a cheap LED.

      Better LED's emit a larger range of colours, closer to the profile of a black body radiator, the sun or an old style light bulb.

      I have simplified concepts.

  • skysky on 06/04/2014 - 17:39

    I just tried to price match these at Masters (Knox, VIC) and they wouldn't combine it with the "Buy 2 get 1 free" offer.

  • fatice on 06/04/2014 - 18:15

    Just been to Masters in bibra lake wa. They refused to price match as buy 2 get 1 free works out 29.95x2 / 3 = 19.97, cheaper than the website.

  • anti hype on 06/04/2014 - 18:34

    Same problem in masters forrestdale wa. Initially the girl said it works but when I got another 15 globes, the manager came and refused!

  • flywire on 06/04/2014 - 19:08

    I bought a few LED downlights to replace my Halogens (on 12V power packs) from Aldi a couple of years ago at $5 each. I can't see anything wrong with them. Last time they were selling them they were $8 each. Still, seems much better than this offer.

  • [Deactivated] on 06/04/2014 - 19:18

    Wow, what a mark up! I just got 6x led 12v mr16 for less then this. 4x9w (3 leds) & 2x12w (4 leds).
    $3.50/light adding to my previous $5/light collection I bought 18ths ago on AliExpress. I've had 1 failure out of the 20 bulbs I bought 18mths ago. I added one of the new ones to a batch of the old ones. They're from a different supplier, but there's no discernible difference.

    Cold white are nice bright white light, so much better then the yellow halogen light. Especailly in the kitchen, laundry, hallway & bedrooms. They're probably a bit harsh for the lounge or dinning. I haven't tried the warm version. I decided to try the 12w ones for spaces where there's 2 down lights, but you dont really need both.

    About the only thing with led's is you do notice the beam angle being narrower. But it's certainly not an issue for us.

    This is the shop I got my recent order from
    http://www.aliexpress.com/store/903625
    This is the shop for my previous order
    http://www.aliexpress.com/store/606081

    • delfredo on 06/04/2014 - 20:11
      +1

      Most at AliExpress are about US$8. How did you get them at $3.50 each?

      • fatice on 06/04/2014 - 20:28

        Lots of fake ones from China

      • oz-dxer on 06/04/2014 - 22:32

        Not comparing apples here…..

        Firstly i doubt they are 12w, although they "say" they are.
        If you measure the current drawn at 12v and and do the calcs it will probably be about 5w.
        ( i have about 40 of these thigs from various vendors mostly well underspec)

        Also the beamwidth is probably about 36 degrees (ok for some applications)

        The philips LEDs are ok.
        BTW my missus complained about the "whirring" noise in ours as they had a small fan inside.
        i dont believe the latest one have a fan anymore

        • 31mop on 07/04/2014 - 11:19

          Correct, these don't have fans and are silent.

  • knowskillz on 06/04/2014 - 21:56

    can't seem to find a link to this product on master's website :(

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