It was 10 years ago that I fitted a simple home device which was to save me money and at the same time help towards the environment. I did not know this when my husband brought home a couple of Philips energy saving light bulbs which he had bought for considerably less than the price at that time. I placed one on the landing and the other above the space which now takes my desk. After a decade of needing only the occasional dust instead of replacement they finally ignited for the last time within a couple of weeks of each other. The promise was for 12 years, burning for 3 hours per day and the ten years I had them proved a promise kept since the one on the ...  Read the complete review

==Phillips Energy Saving Light Bulbs= I am terrible for wanting to save money on my gas and electricity bills as I really don't like having to hand over money for these sorts of things and of course the less power we use the more friendly this is to the environment also. I was really shocked to visit my best friend house recently and to look up at her light fitting and see an old classic non-energy saving bulb! I couldn't believe that people would still be choosing to use these bulbs at all! In fact it has been bothering me ever since and I vow next time I go over to take her some of the stash of energy saving bulbs I have in my kitchen ...  Read the complete review

It's rapidly getting to the point where you can't describe energy-saving light bulbs as "the new sort" any more - they've been with us now for quite a few years, and just recently sales of new 60-watt bulbs of the old incandescent type were stopped. Before long these will be what almost everyone thinks of when someone says "light bulb", at least until LED technology improves to the point at which that can take over. Philips' own "Energy Saver" brand is one of the most firmly established, having been in the market almost from the start. One of the minor irritations about moving over to these bulbs is that their wattage ratings are ...  Read the complete review

** The bulbs I am reviewing here come in the packaging as shown under the Price Comparison tab, not as pictured above ** Some years back when energy saving bulbs were relatively new (and expensive!), we received some for free through the mail (as I'm sure a lot of households in the UK did) and we started using them straight away. They were these Philips ones. There have since been a lot of excellent offers in shops over the years and you can now get this style of energy saving bulb for mere pennies (though I see this particular one online in Sainsburys currently for over £4! Crazy). These 20 watt Philips energy savers emit light equivalent to a 100 ...  Read the complete review

I'm sure pretty much everyone's aware of energy saving light bulbs by now, there's even plans to phase out the old "energy inefficient" ones so that soon everyone will have no choice but to have these. Being energy conscious (read as financially conscious!) we bought these Philips energy saving bulbs about 5 years ago now on the theory that they would save us money both in electricity bills and in the cost of replacing light bulbs when they blew. Appearance ~~~~~~~ The ones we have have look like three looped bulbs in the shape of a triangle, each loop is around 3 inches long and about an inch wide; even the holder that attaches ...  Read the complete review