B22 (BC) LED GLS Bulb 8.8W 806lm Non-Dimmable - Warm White 3000K

This is a standard GLS bulb, the familiar rounded pear shape that has sat in British light fittings for generations, built here as an LED. It takes a B22 bayonet cap, the two pin push and twist fitting found on most older UK pendants, ceiling roses and table lamps, and it draws 8.8W to give 806 lumens. The pack rates that as the equal of a 60W conventional bulb, which is the brightness most people have in mind when they think of an ordinary living room lamp. The colour temperature is 3000K warm white, a soft yellow toned light rather than a clinical one.

The bulb is finished in white rather than clear glass, so the light spreads across the whole surface and there is no hard bright point to catch the eye. That matters wherever the bulb itself is on show, whether that is an open shade, a bare ceiling rose or a bedside lamp with a fabric drum. The beam angle is 220 degrees, which means light is thrown sideways and backwards as well as down, so it fills a shade evenly and bounces off a ceiling instead of pooling directly beneath the fitting. Warm white at 3000K suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and landings, where a cooler light would read as stark.

This one is not dimmable, so fit it to a plain on and off circuit rather than a dimmer. It is rated IP20 for indoor use in dry positions, and the energy label places it in class F at 9 kWh per 1000 hours. The pack states a lamp life of 10 years or 10,000 hours and more than 10,000 on and off switching cycles, which makes it sensible for hall and landing fittings that get switched constantly. One unit is a single boxed bulb, with a minimum order of 5. It sits alongside our wider range of LED candle and golf bulbs in B15 (SBC) caps, in warm white, cool white and daylight.

Will this fit my old bayonet light fitting?

It has a B22 bayonet cap, the two pin type you push in and twist a quarter turn. Check the old bulb has two small pins on the sides of a smooth metal cap rather than a screw thread.

Is it bright enough to replace a 60W bulb?

It gives 806 lumens, and the pack rates that as the equal of a 60W conventional bulb, so it is a like for like swap in a pendant, a table lamp or a standard lamp.

Can I use it on a dimmer switch?

No. The specification lists it as not dimmable, so it should go on a plain on and off circuit. On a dimmer it may flicker, buzz or fail early, so choose a dimmable lamp instead.

What does 3000K warm white actually look like?

It is a soft, slightly yellow light, close to the tone of an old filament bulb and warmer than the crisp white of a 4000K or 6500K lamp. It flatters wood, paint and skin tones.

Does the 220 degree beam angle matter for my shade?

It means light spreads almost all the way round the bulb rather than firing down in a cone, so it works well in open shades, drum shades and ceiling roses where you want even fill.

Why is the minimum order 5?

These are sold to us in trade quantities, so the smallest order is 5 units, in multiples of 5. Each unit is one boxed bulb, so an order of 5 brings you five bulbs.