New Low-Energy Designer Light Bulb Shrinks

September 12th, 2012 by Joshua S Hill

It’s not something I tweet about, make known on Facebook, or generally make any noise about whatsoever, but I actually really like light bulbs. They fascinate me. They always have. Ever since I was a little kid and I realised that a broken light bulb meant the little filament would be dangling instead of held taught.

So that’s why I’m so stoked about the new Baby Plumen 001 from Hulger & Samuel Wilkinson.

The Baby Plumen 001 is simply a more compact version of the Original Plumen 001 design (seen in the video below), but now allows you the options provided by a smaller light bulb. The Baby Plumen 001 works just like any other low-energy bulb, saving you 80% on your energy bills and lasting 8 times longer than your standard incandescent bulb.

The 220V version is now available to buy from Plumen.com in both screw and bayonet fits for £18.95 (or €28,95), while the 120V will be avilable to buy later this year.

Key Facts:

Buying: Available to buy from Plumen.com immediately and through selected retailers.
Size: Baby Plumen is 158mm x 74mm x 70mm (compared to the Original, which was 192mm x 105mm x 100mm)
Voltage: Only available in 220V for now. The 120v version will be available later in the year (Country compatibility list)
Price: is £18.95 (or €28,95)
Wattage: It is a 9w bulb, which is the equivalent of a 40W incandescent (so 435 lumen)
Life: Lasts for 8,000 hours (8 Years), comes in Screw (E27) or Bayonet (B22) fittings.
Colour: Colour Temperature of 2700k

Source: Plumen.com

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About the Author

Joshua S Hill I'm a Christian, a nerd, a geek, and I believe that we're pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! I also write for Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk), and can be found writing articles for a variety of other sites. Check me out at about.me for more.

http://revolutionswind.com Peter Sharma III

CFLs use far more energy in production and use than LED and the mercury concern is about cumulative aggregation of the element in the environment. LEDs last longer too.
- Bob_Wallace
  
  Reasonable points, but best to not go overboard on the mercury in environment issue. CFLs are recycled and the mercury recovered.
  
  That said, I expect CFLs will not be around 10 years from now. When the price of LEDs comes down some more and we have access to higher lumen units CFLs will likely fade away.
  
  Bottom line is – right now you can replace all the bulbs in your house with cheap CFLs and save a ton of money. As long as you aren’t a lamp thrower or have out of control kids/pets the mercury should be a non-issue.
  
  As LEDs come down in price and increase output then start switching over. But install no more incandescents.
  - http://cleantechnica.com/ Zachary Shahan
    
    wouldn’t it be funny if republicans were throwing their arms up about a CFL ‘ban’ in 10 years?
KJW

Is this a CFL, LED, …. ? they look like CFL’s Do they contain mercury ? Without more details its kind of hard to get excited considering the many eco friendly options out there.
- Anne
  
  You have more mercury in your mouth than in all the cfl’s stocked in your local Walmart. Weird thing is, people never panic about that. It is only the fake concern for the mercury in cfl’s.