CFL lightbulbs € 1 Tesco

aonoco

Have a pallet full in Tesco Maynooth, not sure of other stores

Phillips 14W equivalent of 75W standard bulb reduced from €4.99 to € 1.

Phillips claim they last 10 years

A big saver for electricity bills

Cannot be used with dimmer switches but can be used with timers

Just picked up a supply for my house...bring on the 5% increase in electricity bills

ted1

i got five for fifty pence in sainsbury's a few months back. So as far as i'm concerned they are still over priced.

rebeve

I bought 10 for a quid in London in March. The ripoff continues .

TerrorFirmer

rebeve wrote: »

I bought 10 for a quid in London in March. The ripoff continues .

Ten for a pound is nowhere near regular pricing for such bulbs. Nor is 50 pence, even, unless it was an own brand one, I've certainly not seen decent ones for that price in London. Just because you found something for x doesn't mean that the regular pricing is a ripoff.

Slasher

rebeve wrote: »

I bought 10 for a quid in London in March. The ripoff continues .

Somebody paid me a quid to take away 10 the other day! The rip-off continues:D

marrm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Ten for a pound is nowhere near regular pricing for such bulbs. Nor is 50 pence, even, unless it was an own brand one, I've certainly not seen decent ones for that price in London. Just because you found something for x doesn't mean that the regular pricing is a ripoff.

Got them in the UK as well 10 for £1 - bought 20. Not the regular price, but a promotion sponsored by some electric company. :D

Beats paying €4.99 or even €7.99 in Superquinn!

IrishTonyO

marrm wrote: »

Got them in the UK as well 10 for £1 - bought 20. Not the regular price, but a promotion sponsored by some electric company. :D

Beats paying €4.99 or even €7.99 in Superquinn!

Yeah 10 for £1 and how much for the travel??

rebeve

IrishTonyO wrote: »

Yeah 10 for £1 and how much for the travel??

one cent ryanair.

mickoneill30

How about if anybody can get them cheaper in Ireland they post it up here.

I'd guess that, most people are not going to spend 1c for a flight and a few hours to travel to the UK for a few light bulbs.
There is a ripoff thread that you can post in if you think stuff is expensive.

Keith186

None in Dundrum. Thanks tho anyway, might make it to Maynooth over the weekend. Its closer than england anyway

Oracle

mickoneill30 wrote: »

How about if anybody can get them cheaper in Ireland they post it up here....

I've bought them for 50c each in Homebase. It was a special offer, so you might get some cheap there, it was a while ago though.

The reason people are posting here about them being available super cheap in UK is they are so light and easy to carry. You can just pop in to any supermarket while in UK and bring them home. Robert Dyas high street stores almost always have a deal on these in UK http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/C~200207~Energy+Saving+Accessories

calex71

The big tesco in Drogheda had them last week also

drBill

Ten years my **rse!
If you're lucky enough for one to last more than about two years, it'll be about half its original brightness and you'll have to change it anyway.

snubbleste

Woodies also have Philips 8kw/11kw bulbs at 5 for €5 for the last few months.
Maybe I should've started a bargain alert about that especially with the 20% off weekends.

rebeve

Oracle wrote: »

I've bought them for 50c each in Homebase. It was a special offer, so you might get some cheap there, it was a while ago though.

The reason people are posting here about them being available super cheap in UK is they are so light and easy to carry. You can just pop in to any supermarket while in UK and bring them home. Robert Dyas high street stores almost always have a deal on these in UK http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/C~200207~Energy+Saving+Accessories

Thats the shop I got them in . Great bargains altogether .

Kashkai

We bought a few of those Philips CFL bulbs in a special "sale" two years ago and they have all blown at this stage. So much for long life.

As for the light quality, I took them out of the living areas and put them in the bedroom hallways as they give off very poor quality light compared to the traditional bulbs. They are the modern equivalent of using oil lanterns to read by.

rameire

checked Tesco in Carlow,
they do Not have this deal going.

checked the new 2 Euro shop in the Fairgreen Centre
they have Philips 11w Cfl bulbs buy 2 for €2.

oneweb

Centra (Marino at least) has a big range low/high wattage screw/push, of Philips CFLs for €1

Oh and for those whose bulbs don't last long, it might be blamed on electrical supply quality (generators etc have an effect apparently) but keep your receipts, could be worth a try to claim against them.

marrm

marrm wrote: »

Got them in the UK as well 10 for £1 - bought 20. Not the regular price, but a promotion sponsored by some electric company. :D

Beats paying €4.99 or even €7.99 in Superquinn!

For those who doubted me (and there were a few!):

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/energy-saving-bulbs-10p-instore-asd/781441


:D:D:D:D

kn

Dunnes have 5 11w for €5.

Snake Plisken

Some of mine have lasted 12 years bought them in 1998 when moved into house and just starting to fail now.

Jesus Wept

They sound like a racket.
Won't take off.

Run_to_da_hills

Buying any 15w CFL's for €1 is realistically false economy.

There is no way these lightbulbs give out the same power as a 75w incandescent bulb, realistically they would be far less than a 50w bulb and as someone already posted they are no more than that of old oil lanterns.

I would be reluctant to use any of these in a little used stair well never mind a room or bedside lamp. You may be thinking of a great saving now but in time to come you will make up for it at Specsavers. :eek:

CFL's are also not good for the health if they get smashed.

fifth

We've one in the bathroom. In the middle of the night it's like having a candlelight to find your way until it heats up or whatever. Useless.

MunsterCycling

The UK prices are subsidised by the UK taxpayer, buy loads and we'll sink their ecomony too... LOL

ShatterProof

http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/lighting_daylighting/index.cfm/mytopic=12060

Incandescent Wattage CFL Wattage
25 5
50 9
60 15
75 20
100 25
120 28
150 39

http://eartheasy.com/live_energyeff_lighting.htm

Incandescent Watts...... . ..CFL Watt range...
40 8 - 10
60 13 - 18
75 18 - 22
100 23 - 28
150 34 - 42

mp3ireland2

Anybody know where in Belfast has deals on these at the min? was 3 in a pound shop for 30p a few weeks ago... but they were all out :-( headin up north again at the weekend, and hopefully i'll have my car by then so will be able to go to shop on outskirts of city too...