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$3.65 AUD delivered Pure/Warm White Light LED 7W 600LM B22 36x5730SMD Corn Bulb 220V-240V
$3.65 AUD delivered Pure/Warm White Light LED 7W 600LM B22 36x5730SMD Corn Bulb 220V-240V
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Ive bought some from this seller. the 7w cool whites posted they are a good bulb for small rooms/ bathrooms i.e 3x3s. Ill probably buy more I think. I've only had them about a week so cant comment on their reliability. Not a bargain per se but i think they are a good bulb type either way.
These corn ones are great too super compact for fan lights etc.
Hi OP
Why are these a bargain? What is your 'normal' price?
Are they Certified as Safe for installation and use in Australia?
Thanks.
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Having bought from eBay / China before I'm not happy with the quality as the LEDS started to die after a month.
Some didn't even last a week!
Not sure on these ones though.
I bought one of these for testing. It's not on special or safe. Not near 600LM, more like 300LM and the warm white looks more like 4000k. They use coloured film over the leds that will degrade over time.
Also, there is no isolator meaning the soldering on the leds (if touched) has a 50% chance of killing you. Even though its covered, that clear plastic cap easily pops off. It would not be approved for Australia and any RoHS or CE markings were probably put there without compliance.
Save your money and buy a Aldi led bulb (any brand when available) or Philips. Both are fantastic quality for the price. Aldi <$10 (some Aldi stores have bulbs for $5.99 clearance), Philips $11.99 for 600LM, Philips $8.99 for 350LM. Avoid Mirabella (noisy drivers), Osram (if your sensitive to flickering), and Mort Bay (because they are just shit).
I bought one of these for testing. It's not on special or safe. Not near 600LM, more like 300LM and the warm white looks more like 4000k. They use coloured film over the leds that will degrade over time.
Also, there is no isolator meaning the soldering on the leds (if touched) has a 50% chance of killing you. Even though its covered, that clear plastic cap easily pops off. It would not be approved for Australia and any RoHS or CE markings were probably put there without compliance.
A neg from me on this deal now, after your review.
Save your money and buy a Aldi led bulb (any brand when available) or Philips. Both are fantastic quality for the price.
Agree on the ALDI bought LED bulbs. I used one (8w I think) to replace a 24w Mini Fluro. It is almost too bright now, instant on, just great.
Hi Guys,
I work for Lamp Replacements Australia (www.lampreplacements.com.au), if these don't have a c-tick, or the newer rcm mark, these are not approved for Australian conditions and may void your insurance should any accidents occur with them, not to mention hurt yourself as toxic dave mentioned.
With the lack of certifications you can also interfere with wifi signals and cause unnecessary interference to certain appliances.
Just thought i'd let people know from being in the industry. Not going to comment or neg this as i haven't personally tried this, but we do get a lot of people returning their ebay LEDs asking for a replacement spending more than anticipated through cheap nasties… as the old saying goes, "You get what you pay for pay for" with cheap LEDs.
Try to stick with the reputable companies if budget allows, or look at cfl's (compact fluoros) as they can still do just a good a job.
SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, but I had a similar experience here aye A3A, but on a larger scale. I've replaced all but two of the globes in my entire house with LEDs (bought from Oz outlets, not cheapy potentially death-trappy internet stuff), and have never looked back.
The lounge-room was an absolute no-brainer cause I have 4 downlights in there… so as soon as those LED downlight globes that can be directly slotted into the 240V circuit to replace halogens became available, I joyfully forked out $40 for four of them, and replaced my (worryingly) hot-running 50W halogens with 5W LED downlight globes. Just as bright, don't run hot, and 1/10 of the Watts (Mirabella, incidently… they seem to be a great product so far).
Then I replaced ALL the 'silly CFL's' except the two in the largest remaining rooms in my (pretty small) house with LEDs from various sources, at an average cost of $8 a bulb. Again, great results, for substantially lower wattage. Obviously not as much less wattage as the switch from halogen to LED downlights, but a lot less 'NET' in any case.
So now I just have two silly CFLs left running in my joint, and that's only because I need the equivalent of about an 80W old-school globe in those rooms, cause they're a bit big/dark at night otherwise. Anyways, I can now turn every light in my house on (including the two unfortunately required CFLs), and I'm only burning through less than 120W, total. I love LEDs.
I'm not suitably qualified to make any informed comment on the really cheap LEDs available from OS, but personally I wonder why anyone would bother with them/'risk' them, given the price differential and the apparent very long life of the ones available in shops here in Oz. Which brings me (at last) to a question… I have all the receipts for my LED globes, and while I didn't retain the boxes the globes came in, they all claimed that they would last for 30k hours (some claimed more). So, if any of them 'pops' in the next 3 years, would I be within my rights to ask for a refund, based on the fact that this was clearly not true (i.e., because less than 30K hours had elapsed since I bought them)? In other words, even though the standard guarantee on stuff is 1 year, if they make a claim on the box that they will last 30K hours, and they last any less than that, am I entitled to a refund anyway under some part of the trade-practices act or wherever it is, that says you have to live up to any claims written on the box, or provide a refund if they prove to be untrue?
Hi Gnarly, just my 2c,
Most of these Leds would have some kind of disclosure on their boxes, similar along the lines of "Based on normal operating conditions" but that is kind of vague what normal operating conditions is… Philips for example i think 'normal conditions' is indoor use at temperatures not more than 28-30 degrees depending on their product which is almost voids that life hour claim for all general aussie conditions given how hot in summer a downlight in a roof can get.
Generally though big manufacturers are good with their refunds, your mirabellas should be okay as they've been around for ages.
The main thing concern is really all these big claims, will those companies be around in that time to make the claim? Especially the smaller companies, theres been a lot that have come up and closed down in our experience, especially when they start getting failures in their products. I personally can think of two companies, one ex solar/LED company and a smaller upstart who has stopped trading all together in the last year.
Wise words Nats, but I'm talking about globes that actually specify an amount of hours of use (equal or greater-than 30K in my case) on the box, rather than those that specify a somewhat vague/pathetic time-frame, with provisos such as 'based on ~4 hours of use per day'.
But I take your point, if the company ceases to exist, then so does any recourse I might have had re a refund!Australian consumer law entitles you to a "refund, replacement or repair" if an item fails "within a timeframe that you'd generally expect" the item to last. If it has some hours printed on it, then I think it'd be hard to suggest you couldn't reasonbly expect them to last that long.
You take it back to the seller (not the manufacturer). It is the seller's obligation to provide a remedy.
Depending on the nature of the fault, they get to decide which of replace, refund, repair they'll give you. There are circumstances where some of those options are more appropriate than others.
Manufacturers are free to offer warranties over and above these consumer rights, which you might want to take up if you know the seller is going to fight tooth and nail to get our of their obligations and you don't think it's worth the effort.
http://accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/cons…
For this cost range, can buy CREE 120° 800 LM, ~$4.80 a piece (3 pcs; eBay).
so where can we get them from? links please, thanks
Yes please. Links to those items on eBay?
Bought a few months ago from CowStore_Global w/ 99.5%+ profile, although possible to get now elsewhere for some 20% less than 16.99 I paid for 3 pc.
* Search: Buy It Now, Worldwide, CREE 15W E27B22-Socket adapters find cheap around dollar ea, and you can source a handy 'E27 splitter adapter buy in coins' as well; just should you want 120 ° + 120 ° total beam angles w/ 30W.
They ARE truly Ultra bright plus backed by a name in Led ozbers will remember (all those torches:).
Thanks to all, never knew that there was so much in the light bulbs. your comments & suggestions are valuable. BTW how many ozbargainers are needed to change a lightbulb?
This was a good thread for me. I have one Led corn bulb in a light in my living room that dosent have a sheath. It will be getting thrown out as soon as I get home. I also wont be buying any more ebay globes any more. Not worth risking a life to save 2w over a cfl.
There's all sorts of China suppliers with all sorts of LED lights even around this price. I don;t think these are on special and there is nothing to say that these aren't really low quality.
Please support your belief that these are worth posting with some reasoning.