I've always thought that bulbs pretending to be candles was a bit odd as a
concept. If you want candles then surely in this age we could come up with a
safe device that actually looked like a real candle.
The one issue with hyour senario is that you have to factor in the less
efficiency of the filament bulbs into the costs, but as you are not
replacing all of them I'd definitely suggest the filament idea is the best.
Then when you replace the lights themselves in several years you can make a
decision depending on the technology of the day.


Brian

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Tesco online groceries only have ONE type of candle bulb with standard
bayonet cap and that is a 7W fluorescent type for £3.60. Three pounds
and sixty pence for ONE friggin' bulb!

But on Amazon I can find loads of the "old-fashioned" element 60W
bulbs at a fraction of the price, e.g. Sylvania pack of 10 for £4.99
(or 20 for £7.99). Given that I have just replaced one "old-fashioned"
bulb for the first time in 9 years, £3.60 seems an excessive amount to
pay when I could fit the old style for around 50 pence for another 9
years. These are the wall lights in the front room and are not
switched on much.

How come the "modern" fluorescent bulbs are so expensive? Or is it
just the supermarkets finding yet another way of ripping us off?

MM