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kellys_eye · 13th Jan 2019, 1:10 am

I bought two LED fluorescent tubes from Aldi when they had them going cheap - £8 the pair? In my haste and delight I got them home to find they were too long for the fittings I had! Still, I 'hardwired' them to a chock block and hung them using string! Love them! The light colour was far superior to the tubes I had (although I could have used different colour tubes in the original fittings if I wanted) and they were in daily use for a year before I considered purchasing LED tubes that actually fit the original housing!

The new ones, being slightly shorter, aren't quite as bright but I still like the colour output and the instant-on, less worry over handling glass etc makes another (albeit slight) difference.

The two tubes cost £23, delivered though so far from cheap (like the original glass ones were) but I'm happy at the change if not so much at the cost.

13th Jan 2019, 1:10 am	#4
kellys_eye Octode Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Oban, Scotland, UK. Posts: 1,129	Re: The demise of the fluorescent tube I bought two LED fluorescent tubes from Aldi when they had them going cheap - £8 the pair? In my haste and delight I got them home to find they were too long for the fittings I had! Still, I 'hardwired' them to a chock block and hung them using string! Love them! The light colour was far superior to the tubes I had (although I could have used different colour tubes in the original fittings if I wanted) and they were in daily use for a year before I considered purchasing LED tubes that actually fit the original housing! The new ones, being slightly shorter, aren't quite as bright but I still like the colour output and the instant-on, less worry over handling glass etc makes another (albeit slight) difference. The two tubes cost £23, delivered though so far from cheap (like the original glass ones were) but I'm happy at the change if not so much at the cost.