Various Philips led bulbs 2 pack half priced at Woolies.
½ Price - Philips LED 2pk Globes 1055lm/1400lm $7/$8, Sungrow Medium Grain Rice 5kg $7.50 @ Woolworths
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1400 is on sale too
No Moongrow rice?
Marsgrow is coming soon
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I have so many 1400 lumen bulbs from previous sales I don't know what to do with them. They're going to take forever to die.
True ozbargainer.
I have so many 1400 lumen bulbs from previous sales
While they last say 15k hours, they start to lose the original performance by half that. If you like what you bought, change them before they die.
At 12 hours a day, thats roughly 3 years@15k hours.12 hours a day? That seems excessive for lights to be on per day. Also, I don't think slight degradation is going to do much harm. I'm not here trying to light up photography sets - just rooms.
Some people have outside lights on 24/7
Its not slight degradation, its colour shift and loss of lumens that are gradual so you dont notice it as being the light source, but it is. I wouldnt be using these at all for a studio
Is it just me or does anyone else dislike the colour temperature of philip bulbs for living and dining areas? I believe the Cool is rated around 6500k which makes me feel like I'm in a hospital, and the warm is too yellow and puts me to sleep.
Mirabella bulbs were on sale for 1/2 at Coles and Woolies over the last 2 weeks, and rated at 4200k which seems just right.This is why you get dual tone of WiFi colour changing ones, I haven't bought a bulb for more than this costs and I have decked out with WiFi bulbs. These days this isn't a deal for me, just go to bunnings and find the clearance
Usually the colour changing ones don't go super bright though?
I believe the Cool is rated around 6500k
I bought the cheap cool white from Bunnings and I found that they are not that white, I think is the Luce Bella.
"cool white" doesn't mean anything. Any LED you need to look at the specs to see what the colour temp is. Some manufacturers say 6500K is cool white, others it's only 5000k for example.
I've studied it and say 2700K is warm white, 4000K is daylight, and 6500K is cool white
Not just you.
The general consensus is:- 6~k for 'work areas' (Kitchen, Bathroom, Shed)
- 4~k for living areas (Lounge, halls, bedroom)
- Sub 4~k for 'soft' areas (bedroom, toilet, porch).
Obviously there's no RULE, at all, this is TOTALLY about preference. (I for example, like 4500k in the bedroom)
It's just the most common from when a few of my sparkie mates and I were discussing the other day when they 'plan a new house' on those 'walk in ready' contracts.
Warm White – 2700K to 3000K (close to standard incandescent bulbs)
Soft White/Warm White – 3000K to 3500K
Cool White – 4000K to 5000K
Daylight – 5500K to 6500K (starts to appear blue in color)Colour rendering of LED lighting is more important.
These Philips LEDs have very good colour rendering.
I use 2700K in all living areas but some people prefer 4000Kof 6 people I've asked in our complex,
1 insists that anything other than warm white 2700K is the work of the devil, and the other
5 prefer the coolest white 6500KIt seems to be an age thing. I much prefer 2700K. I've been a globologist for 35 years. Can't stand walking into an area for relaxing and feeling like I'm in a 7-11. As I said Colour Rendering is very important, I've tried heaps of different brands at home and finally decided on Philips for globes and SAL for downlights.
@Zodiacmindwarp: i've also settled on 2700k as my standard go-to for inside home
(some of lightshades also suck at diffusing light)
As per the above post, just be mindful of these green boxed Phillips Globes - they are different from the purple boxes ones.
I've tried a few of these warm white in the past - they are rated at 2700K - which is a bit too yellow for my liking. The purple ones I feel have a much nicer light - they are 3000k, and more of a 'white white', not 'yellow white'.
I've tried the Mirabella 4000k but that is a bit of a weird colour to me - almost a bit 'greeny' hard to explain.
I definitely don't like 6500k inside my house. I don't want my house to feel cold and sterile. Light is too harsh and uninviting for a home environment.
Everyone should buy one of the 3000k Phillips one against these cheaper 2700k Phillips ones and see what I mean. In my view, the 3000K ones are a perfect balance of warmth but nice white light.
Bunnings actually has some much brighter ones - 1600-1800 lumens and 2200 lumens. I've used a few of these in bathrooms where I like it very bright, especially if there's only one central light in the middle of the room.
2700k to 3000k just reeks old person yellow.
Only have 4500k to 6500k in my house.Actually, the whiter, the harsher it is. Think midday sun, and the desperate need for sunglasses (people confuse this for yeah, thats so bright), or early morning and that golden light that you just enjoy, still bright.
Cool white actually is uncomfortable for your eyes, its why we think its brighter, you feel it. But lumens is what counts for bright.
As for colour shift, thats not the k ratings of cool and warm. Its a tint shift. LEDs can have say a green or purple tint as well as the K temp range.
i enjoy living in sepia
I have tested a few LED Globes and the best I have found is the Philips 12W 1360lm A60 Cool Daylight. It has a a slightly different box, with a Made for Eye Comfort label. Only my personal opinion, YMMV.
whats the eye comfort label?
This is their own branding, so not sure. They explain it in a white paper:
Basically LED globes have a flicker or the stroboscopic effect, that strains the eyes. These new globes minimise these effects.
Rated > Risk Group 0: The lamp poses no photobiological hazard (blue light)
https://www.lighting.philips.com.au/b-dam/b2c/en_GB/marketin…
On the back of the Sungrow bag it says Product of India.
Kind of false advertising having "100% Australian" on the front.Exactly my thoughts.
Because it's "100% Australian Family Owned"
rice from india…damn i been buying sunrice for too long, support au or not?
I would avoid this company for the deceptive packaging alone.
Not much different from "Designed in Australia, made in China".
https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/61183/gold…
This also half price, just bought, Golden Wheel Thai Hom Mali Rice 10kg
I bought some twin packs of both BC and ES in 1400 lumens today from Bunnings - marked down to $4 per pack (so half the price of WW). They had both warm white and daylight.
Which bunnings was this?
What brightness would be the best for an outside bunker light with 2 x bulbs?
1055 or 1400
I'm thinking to buy both to test unless someone else has compared the two.
Thankslast I looked 1 brighter bulb was usually more energy efficient than 2 lower wattage bulbs
we have many glass-enclosed oysters and garden bollards which were originally max 60W probably due to heat but sufficient light
while it may be easy to assume more light is better, I've found brighter bulbs in some garden bollards tend to dazzle so it actually makes it harder to see the pathway beside it - so I prefer to stick to the original design spec which is ofter about 800 lumens - which I can get now from 6.5W exposed filament LED bulbs - the only difficulty is finding cool white as most are 2700K warm white
we had an old 60W incandescent bunker replaced by a 14W LED - which looks WAY overlit - walking past it is like a shock as you feel like you're suddenly walking through a blaze of unwanted floodlight - when you have overbright outdoor lights you can start to get complaints from neighbours about lights disturbing their sleep.
This rice is trash, do not buy.
Super super dry, the grains become Little Rocks after about an hour.
Barely digestible, literally.
Actually had to throw mine out
1055 lumens aren’t bright enough. But may be useful for certain types of place