IKEA RYET LED Bulb E27 400 Lumen, Globe Opal White $1.79

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P[Deactivated] on 16/06/2018 - 19:08 ikea.com (266 clicks)
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I spotted these when in Ikea today. regular price is over $7. Not sure when the special expires. They are a nice warm 2700k

The LED light source consumes up to 85% less energy and lasts 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
Good to know
The light from this LED bulb feels as strong as the light from a traditional 35W incandescent bulb.
Not dimmable.
LED life time approx. 15.000 hours.
Light colour: warm white (2700 Kelvin).
Lights up directly when switched on.
Use an opal light bulb if you have an ordinary lamp shade or lamp and want an even, diffused distribution of light.
The light bulb can be used in temperatures from -20°C till +40°C.

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  kahn on 16/06/2018 - 19:30

  Might want to also mention that it consumes 4 watts. Do you have any ikea where they are made? Gazorpazorp?

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    [Deactivated] on 16/06/2018 - 19:58

    5w according to the pack….no idea where they are made

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    postman on 16/06/2018 - 21:35

    China

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  nullAndVoid on 16/06/2018 - 20:48

  +1

  I think this is the regular price. They're certainly not normally over $7. I'm pretty sure the ones I bought a couple of months ago were $1.79.

  In the blurb down the page, it even talks about how the whole point of designing this bulb was to create a bulb that cost €1 - and how they did just that.

  Perhaps you've confused these with the more costly 'LEDARE' range. The E27 400 lumen LEDARE bulb is $6.99.

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  furyou on 16/06/2018 - 20:50

  What's this vs a compact fluoro 5w? apart from the $1 deal

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    dufflover on 16/06/2018 - 22:44

    A 5W fluoro is a pretty dim light

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    Russ on 17/06/2018 - 11:31

    +2

    LEDs have longer life than CFLs, and produce more light for the same wattage.

    I just checked one of my spare LED lamps (I'm slowly migrating from CFLs as they fail), and the box says 15000 hour life (Osram bulb). CFLs typically have 8000 hour life for good-quality brands.

    CFLs also have a much shorter life than the rated hours if they are turned on and off frequently, like the lights in toilets and bathrooms. LEDs aren't affected by this.

    LEDs come on instantly at full brightness, CFLs take up to a minute to reach full brightness, particularly as they get towards the end of their lives.

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  geek001 on 16/06/2018 - 20:53

  Any idea how long the low pricing is likely to be on till?

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  Russ on 16/06/2018 - 22:50

  +1

  A warning for anyone seeking B22 (bayonet cap) bulbs, Ikea only stocks E27 bulbs.

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    Jamesx on 16/06/2018 - 23:42

    strange or stupid for IKEA to have no ikea what we use here…

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      Russ on 17/06/2018 - 08:34

      +1

      Sadly, bayonet cap seems to be going extinct. It's a safer connection than E27, the exposed metal of a plugged-in bulb isn't live nor neutral.

      However I recently had to replace a light-bulb socket, because the ring that holds the B22 bulb in place had snapped - it was made of plastic! Then I discovered that you can't buy a B22 socket in Australia that has a metal ring, they are all plastic, and the electrician said they fail after ten years or so, and he regularly replaces them. In the end I imported some B22 sockets from Amazon UK, with metal rings, and the electrician was happy to fit them.

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        pizzaguy on 17/06/2018 - 17:41

        So many properties I've rented in Aus, so many crumbled cheap bayonets I've had to replace.

        Never came to my mind bayonet could be better than screw-in Edison mounts. It is safer however, if you replace bulbs with the lights on.

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        Russ on 17/06/2018 - 23:51

        +1

        @pizzaguy:

        Never came to my mind bayonet could be better than screw-in Edison mounts

        In a "good" bayonet fitting (with a metal ring), the ring can be connected to ground. I believe that is now mandatory, but that rule only came in about a decade ago, and most houses wired before that time don't have a ground wire in the lighting wiring.

        With B22 bayonet fittings it doesn't matter which terminal is live and which is neutral. With E27 screw fittings, the screw thread is supposed to be neutral, so if you touch it or the exposed metal at the base of a bulb, you won't get a shock, or perhaps a low-voltage shock if your house wiring isn't properly done. E27 was invented in America, where the 120V mains gives a much lower shock than Australia's 230/240V system, and is less likely to kill you.

        Also, with E27 fittings you can have a bad connection if you don't tighten the bulb enough, causing heat and maybe a fire. Not possible with a B22 bayonet fitting, if the bulb stays in the socket, then the electrical connection is good.

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        pizzaguy on 18/06/2018 - 10:28

        @Russ: Thanks for that, Russ!

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  amkssg on 17/06/2018 - 02:33

  There is a reason why it's so cheap.
  Unlike the LEDARE range, these RYET bulbs are made with minimal soldering and without a heat sink.
  You can find a tear down of this bulb on youtube.

  There is nothing wrong with this bulb though. I use quite a number of them.

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  uvbunny on 20/06/2018 - 14:57

  warm white (2700 Kelvin)

  Is it just me, or does anything other than 3000K look terrible?

  2700K looks like sickly yellow candle light, and 4000K and above gives a cold sterile blue tinge to everything.