LED GU10 downlighters.. experiences?

[d000hg]

Can you get higher than 100W equivalent? We have some low-energy bulb which IIRC claims to be equivalent to 200W which is very good as a single bulb in a large room...

[Spacecadet]

Smashing thanks for that. Just counted up and I have 83 of them to replace.

83??? In one house?

[stek]

LED GU10 downlighters.. experiences?

Good thing about the LEDs too is they're stone cold to touch when on, bloody halogens can take your skin off. That's where the leccys going - heat not light!

[northernladuk]

Can you get higher than 100W equivalent? We have some low-energy bulb which IIRC claims to be equivalent to 200W which is very good as a single bulb in a large room...

I don't know but the type of light is completely different. The max cone of light you get from an LED appears to be 120 degrees which is no good as a comparison to a bulb for a single room.

[northernladuk]

83??? In one house?

Yeah and the two kids bedrooms have a normal single bulb!

[ThomserveBAS]

I've got them in my kitchen, bedroom and lounge. I went for these for the lounge as they are "warm white". It's a relatively small house so we got away with replacing a 200w equivalent lamp with 6 of these and it is plenty bright enough without being harsh.

We've only had the downlighters in the lounge for 2 months and had already blown 3 halgens in there - so far the LED's are holding up well (6 months) and are pretty much a straight-swap for halogens (or the ones I bought were).

[vetran]

Bought 12 off ebay and failed in weeks.

got a load from B&Q half price when they were launching their Dial range. about £5 each.

4.5 - 6w and been reliable so far. about 35w equivalent.

The kitchen ones are hardly switched off.

Agree a bit stark but its a kitchen.

[Scrag Meister]

My brother has LED in his kitchen and I was unimpressed with the light level.

The wife and I looked at some LED ones for our kitchen and they were quite expensive, wasn't sure if they would pay for themselves.

May look again as the technology improves.

[Spacecadet]

My brother has LED in his kitchen and I was unimpressed with the light level.

The wife and I looked at some LED ones for our kitchen and they were quite expensive, wasn't sure if they would pay for themselves.

May look again as the technology improves.

It's worthwhile looking at a few different models. The ones we got are brighter than the halogen bulbs they replaced.

[Lockhouse]

I can report some success. We've got over 100 of the things - of which 14 take square halogen 12v MR16 bulbs (yes, square) in square holders. They burn out all the time and I've replaced countless transformers and tails in the past two years that we've been living here. I've got a box full of spare transformers and tails as I'm so used to swapping them out.

I tried one of these as a square bulb and holder replacement and it's been running for a couple of weeks with no issues - plus I went for the 3.5w and it's nice and bright. I've just ordered another 13 to replace all the square 12v halogens with 240v GU10s in our bedroom and en-suite. Even if the bulbs fail, for under a tenner each, as I needed to sort the square problem, it's no big deal.

If they work OK in the longer term, I'll replace all the other halogens plus the LEDs I've already fitted with these as they look really smart - much better than the simple ring fittings we have everywhere else.