... they used to be so simple. Bayonet fitting or Edison screw 40w, 60w, 100w Now - you need a physics degree to buy the right thing. Low energy, halgen, 8w, 9w, 12w, CFLs, LEDs, lumen ratings. I have no clue what to buy now!
I just bought a lamp at Argos - reserved it online and it said 'you may want to buy these bulbs' Great - ordered two. Got them home, the lamp says 8w low energy - the bulbs are 12w (or 51w?) - and a fiver each btw. Once I'd found out what I needed in old money (40w SES candle) I went to a local hardware shop and cleared them out of the old bulbs they had at 55p each.
Does anyone understand the new ratings?