Akari lamp exploded

[buriroy]

Yikes, I just bought an Akari portable rechargeable light
last month sa ACE. Its the cheapest kasi at P450 lang.

Well this teaches me a lesson that its not always wise
to buy cheap especially if it compromises one's safety.

[torque2006]

we only use philips at home. sawa na kami sa cheaper brands, dali mamatay, 3-4 months lang.

[fortuner13]

sir silhouette,
try to contact CARLSON TRADING, exculsive distributor of akari, toshiba and osram, check this site http://www.carlsonphil.com

[RedHorse]

had replaced all of our 32-watt circular FL with an akari T5 mini FL, it's a compact mini FL..

pros:

no more audible sound from the ballast
instant LIGHT, no blinking
brighter than 'old' circular lamp
available in 32, 20 and 10 watts

pros:

must install incandescent lamp socket
available only ace megamall, and true value shangri-la *last month

[AnuVaYan]

buti na lang ganun lang nangyari sir. ang dami pa namang flamable materials sa background.

[andy]

I would stay away from GE. Brought a GE cfl from shopwise, works well when tested in the store. Went home, installed the cfl. After 1-2 hrs, the bnew GE cfl already dimmed (80% dimmed) Brought the cfl to shopwise and asked for a replacement. Got the Philips one instead. Its still working now.

[pajerokid]

I think some of you guys are overreacting. lalo na yung tila mag-hahalf day para palitan yung akari bulbs hehe. In any case i do agree that Philips, Osram GE and the other big boys do make higher quality products, but that doesnt mean that all Akari bulbs are instant time bombs.

[Galactus]

Malaki ang difference ng GE/Philips sa mga "generic" brands.

I bought an Akari 23watt bulb before, less than P150. The GE or Philips was retailing in excess of P300. But the bulb didn't last more than 3 months yata, less than 4 hours in operation per day lang naman.

Normally, GE talaga kami, kaya lang may GE akong binili na bumigay din after less than 6 months, eh more than P400 yung bili ko.

Next time siguro, Osram bibilhin ko.

[silhouette]

*vtec. hindi naman nag trip yung breaker bro. so hanggang bulb lang ang damage.

*BB. the wash area is well ventilated naman. The old bulbs did last naman.

*theveed. i agree with the mishandling. I do handle bulbs naman sa ceramic/plastic part of it.

I am surprised that there are others who experienced the same fate (sa other sister car forum). It only means that there's really a problem with this product brand.

[silhouette]

sir silhouette,
try to contact CARLSON TRADING, exculsive distributor of akari, toshiba and osram, check this site http://www.carlsonphil.com

Thank you sir for the info!
I will really let them know, even Ace Hardware, about this incident so they could check and hopefully do something about their products.

*AnuVaYan. Correct. Yung mga cleaning materials ko sa ride dun lahat nakalagay, including insecticides.