On Sep 27, 4:51?pm, "Phil Allison" <phi..._at_tpg.com.au> wrote:

> ** Hi all,

>

> picked up a 75 watt Haolgen GLS lamp yesterday ( payed $3.95 ) - it died in

> a few seconds.

>

> The brand is Crompton Lighting ( H75GLSBCP) ?- ?made in China of course.

>

> Now that the sale of normal GLS bulbs is banned, only the Halogen types are

> legally on sale.

>

> The Crompton lamp did not seem any brighter or whiter than a regular 75 watt

> lamp and the filament was particularly loose and wobbly. One tiny bump when

> it was on and it blew.

>

> The reason is simple: ?Inside the smaller glass envelope, the filament coil

> loops up and around a glass support - ?but is so loose that the parallel

> runs are able to touch each other.

>

> Woollies sell similar lamps under the " essentials " brand and they seem to

> be fine and the filament coil is taught.

>

> PLUS ?the Woollies is rated at 1150 lumens compared to 950 for the Crompton.

>

> Not happy.

>

> ... ?Phil

Have used about 10 of these bulbs over the last couple of years

(including the woolies ones) and have found that you are lucky to get

a few months life out of them on average.  Compare this to 10+ years

with incandescent bulbs in my home.

If they ran on a lower voltage (thicker and more robust filament) they

might be better.

I avoid them like the plague. They are a blatant ripoff.