Osram 4 LED Globes for $20 @ Bunnings (Each 6.8 Watt)
LED A Shape Globe Value 4 Pack. These Daylight Globes are a perfect replacement for both CFL, halogen and incandescent globes and only uses 6.8W of power. Warm to touch and its durable plastic cover is safe around children. Long life of up to 15,000 hours and produces 660 lumens of bright light. ES Base.
Instant light
Uses only 6.8W of power
Value pack of 4
Lasts up to 15,000 hours
The way Bunnings works is that they aim to have lower prices than everyone else all the time, they don't run "specials" per se`
Bunnings are "everyone." Not much competition these days. Bunnings do what they want. They seem more reactive than proactive with pricing.
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Not true. Mostly people don't research best prices on stuff because of convenience.
Close. The way Bunnings market themselves is they say they aim to have lower prices. They just hope people don't check, and they wear the cost of the ones that do notice (ie. price matchers)
Same as Officeworks.
Exactly.
Price matching is ultimately bad for consumers as it signals to competitors "don't bother having specials - we'll match it and the customers will still come to us."
i've read how they bully suppliers especially smaller ones with their aggressive pricing. very thin margins there. it's the home brand, self-imported items where they get their profits from.
@ChiefAJ: not really. A price match policy signals to consumers that they shouldn't bother shopping around. Consumers who then don't price compare assume they're therefore getting the lowest price when in fact savvy shoppers know that price match policies don't mean much.
If what you were saying was accurate, then no hotels or OTAs (eg Expedia etc) would ever discount because their competitors are telling them "don't bother". But they do - all the time. Woollies, Coles, Officesworks, Flight Centre - they price match but their competitors still constantly run specials. So it's not really an effective example of price signalling to competitors
Wesfarmers style
Something has to pay for the loss making target and their struggling coal assets
Bunnings is for convinience not costs
For general plumbing maintenance seals and parts Reece can be cheaper than bunnings. The benefit of bunnings is its a one stop shop and you can get other things you need around the home. So people tend to not shop around for convinience.
tiles are cheaper and more variety at a tile shop rather than bunnings, plants are cheaper at a nursery than bunnings. But these places are usually further out of town and forman dan needs at least one person on site at all times
Agree. I know if I go there and buy screws, I'll be paying multiples more than what I would pay as a fastener shop. However, the fastener shops are not open at 8pm on a weeknight, or 4pm on a Sunday, which is when I typically need them. :)
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Isn't 6.8w is pretty low light and not bright enough?
depends on the size of the room. Small to med rooms such as bedrooms -> OK
Living room - you'd probably want 8-10 watts.
10 watts or more for bedrooms IMHO.
I have 15watt and 9watt leds in the bedroom. It's insanely bright, so much that that you don't want to turn it on at night because it keeps you up. The previous owner had two 70watt incandescent globes and the 15watt led alone is far brighter than both combined.
The rest of the house has mostly 9watt leds which are more than enough. We still have guests that complain they are too bright too in the living room.
It all comes down to preference really. I like rooms to be light up like daytime so i can see. Some people prefer darker rooms at night. Over 10watts in the bedroom would be too bright for what most people are used to.
Do they come in Red?
Agreed. Check out the lumen ratings to judge brightness. Looking at power output can be misleading.
A 24W CFL puts out 1300 Lumen (Philips)
A 15W LED puts out 2000 Lumen (Philips)
Granted, my LED cost 3 times as much ($24) but the difference is day, and brighter day - if you trust the lumen rating, it's like 60% brighter and uses a third less energy!
its a led bulb equates to a 40 w or so globe
You probably mean
Isn't 660 lumens pretty low light and not bright enough?
I'd wouldn't use anything lower than 1000 lumens.
For a 3x3m room its okay
40 watt equivalent? What is it, a night light? For many years 60 watts was the standard light fitting in Australia.
Ok for a pantry.
"produces 660 lumens of bright light" Ah, I love marketing speak. The bright light is only as bright as the 660 lumen output allows. It's like trying to sell water by saying it is indeed very wet.
To be fair, wetness is the essence of beauty, so you're selling some quality shit right there.
Moisture is the essence of wetness, and wetness is the essence of beauty
Stop it, I'm getting moist.
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Cheap for an osram
I'm trying to remember what led me here
OzBargains is turning into reddit :)
Not if I can help it.
My gf already has multiple osrams
Just becareful where she got them, they could be fakes.
+1 for your login id buzzzlight.
It's pretty annoying that it's always the dim lights that come on special, and never/rarely the bright ones. Most batten holder lights are designed with conventional 60w bulbs in mind, and the 60w bulbs typically produce around 800 lumens. If you retrofit these, you'll end up with a pretty dim house. Especially as the LED ages.
I use minimum 800 lumen bulbs, and generally aim for 1000 lumens.
How many lumens do I need to change a light globe?
And the lumen rating can't be trusted on 90% of the leds out there.
Most start out bright and and then as they got hot from insufficient cooling the lumens drop. Most of the bulb retrofits are guilty of this.
Not sure about the brand but my local Bunning has pack of 4 9W Click LED globes for $15
Can not find it on their website so not sure if it's nation wide.
I bought 6 packs of those.
3 packs of warm white.
3 packs of daylight white.
My question here may be out of scope. In my rented home, one light globe has failed. Can anyone advise who is responsible for replacing the light bulb (in Victoria)? Is it tenants' responsibility or landlord?
Can't really comment. Surely it's not worth the hassle to save a few bucks?
Just bought a set of screw daylight ones. Super white, great for the bathroom.
Very happy with these!
I think i'm gonna go back and get some warm ones for the lounge room too :) Toss the old fluoro ones..
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you might want the 1000 lumen bulbs for the lounge. my gran used to use 40w bulbs for her lounge though. single bulb fixture too was pretty dim.
Cool, thanks for the heads up.
Yeah, these 660lm were great for the bathroom, but my bathroom has 3 total!
So yeah good point, 1000lm sounds good for lounge room… didn't end up picking up another box. Will keep my eye out for 1000lm LED specials :)
Only one special this weekend……
Hmmm, they don't even try to beat Masters anymore?