Best quality lights?

[gaz1234]

Hello
Looking for recommendations for the above?
Quality, design and build.
Tried mantra - totally crap
Cheers

 

[ericmark]

Philips makes led bulbs that use a third of the electricity that other led bulbs do, but can only be purchased in Dubai.

 

[big-all]

Philips makes led bulbs that use a third of the electricity that other led bulbs do, but can only be purchased in Dubai.

most off big clives was way over my head but still watched every second lol.....

so next year may have much more efficent leds

 

[JohnW2]

Philips makes led bulbs that use a third of the electricity that other led bulbs do, but can only be purchased in Dubai.

Maybe they only need a third as much light in Dubai

 

[JohnW2]

Looking for recommendations for the above? ... Quality, design and build.

Been there, done that and given up on it. I now buy the cheapest and nastiest I can find!

I'm far from convinced that the cheapos are any 'worse' or less reliable, but even if they were a bit less efficient and had to be replaced four times more frequently than expensive 'reputable brand' ones, I'd probably still be 'in pocket' However, I'm sure that others will disagree!

 

[ericmark]

I go for cheap. I can buy a smart bulb for £5, so with a cup of coffee in each hand I can turn on the lights without spilling it down the wall. It also makes my wife more vocal, but gives me an excuse for not responding, sorry did not realise you were talking to me!

 

[SUNRAY]

Hello
Looking for recommendations for the above?
Quality, design and build.
Tried mantra - totally crap
Cheers

Are you asking about lights:View attachment 398369



or lamps:

or bulbs?

 

[Taylortwocities]

Are you asking about lights:
or lamps:
or bulbs?

Exactly my thoughts when i first saw this post.
Need clarification before i invest ANY time on this.

General comment:
cheap products are cheap for a reason...

 

[EFLImpudence]

 

[JohnW2]

General comment: ... cheap products are cheap for a reason...

Obviously true, but there is a wide spectrum of such reasons. An increasingly common one is that the manufacturers and distributors are not seeking to make obscene amounts of profit - instead relying on large volume and low margins.

 

[ericmark]

The lamp is the whole assembly, it could be oil, gas, or electric

so could have a wick, mantel or bulb inside, but if not bulbous, then not really a bulb, so we also have tubes. I have never found an encompassing word for the renewable part of an electric lamp, I remember ordering a head lamp, and that's what I got, minus the bulb, which is the bit I wanted.

So Luminaires also seems to cover all, as does lights, so even if not bulbous the word bulb seems to reduce ambiguity.

But suppose lights can mean how the light is generated, carbon, tungsten, neon, metal halide, sodium, mercury vapour (fluorescent) etc. Oh, yes, we now have LED.

The delay start, and colour varies, as does the running life, so it is like comparing motor vehicles and including steam trains, cars, and pipe transporters I remember working on one of these

does not compare well with one of these

even if both used with the same job. The phrase was "horses for courses" I find the "Smart" LED bulb, set to red, to replace the tungsten bulb in an electric fire with flicker effect fails to turn the disc, so one gets no flicker.

 

[gaz1234]

Yes sorry, lights. Assumed Mantra was a reputable company/brand others would know about.

I've already ordered: https://www.lights.co.uk/p/lindby-led-ceiling-light-wikani-white-rgb-cct-dimmable-9924008.html