2W LED Philips AccentWhite ES14 candle bulb lit 2W LED Philips AccentWhite ES14 candle bulb unlit

As of the end of January 2010 the 20W halogen lamp that we were reading to younger child by physically broke and was unsafe, so we spent £4 on a small simple bedside E14/ES14 (14mm Edison Screw) bedside lamp, and although it's not on much and we had spare ES14 incandescents I thought I'd see what LED lamps were available retail in our local shops. At least two shops had 2W candle-style lights available for ~£10, so I bought the Philips "AccentWhite" warm white from John Lewis. (Actual consumption seems to be 1.6W, with a power factor of ~0.4.) Nothing of a higher rating was (yet) available in that fitting in LED, though 7W/8W CFLs such as the one in my own bedside light are. Nominally it has 20 years' life (20,000h) though I suspect that it might outlast me!

Note that this lamp takes a second or so to come on (though is then at full brightness, so is not 'warming up' like some CFLs), which can occasionally be slightly disconcerting.

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Update 2010-02-01: Today bought 2W 'warm' Philips "AccentWhite" candle ES14 bulb for younger child's room as reading lamp for ~£9.

Update 2011-12-21: The 2W Philips lamp was replaced with a much brighter Clas Ohlson 3W 250lm golfball (36-4641) lamp.