Mirabella Touch Lamp - Banker's Lamp K-Mart Clearance $12

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  infernal_max on 27/02/2011 - 01:03

  so you got this from thier clearance bins?

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    suking on 27/02/2011 - 03:33

    It's on the clearance pallet :P

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  maybeamacy on 27/02/2011 - 05:22

  Want!

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  Damo on 27/02/2011 - 09:03

  How touching…

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  llama on 27/02/2011 - 09:40

  +2

  At North Rocks, Sydney these clearance lighting products are all on the normal shelves, with the yellow clearance price tags on them.

  Kmart also have the Mirabella Glitter and Lava lamps for $10. Both are super retro - we sold the original ones in a lighting shop I worked in back in the very early 80's… they were about as mandatory back then as iPods are now days!

  Plus Kmart North Rocks had heaps of LED "Bar Open" signs for $8 that didn't look too bad (expecially when viewed vie beer goggles).

  Note that Mirabella is a REALLY cheap and nasty brand, but the lighting products are what people in the lighting industry would kindly term as "servicable". The lamps (light bulbs) they sell are absolute rubbish, but you get what you pay for, I guess.

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    aec on 27/02/2011 - 21:08

    i saw the LED lamps. are they bright? do have interest on them

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  UFO on 27/02/2011 - 15:54

  can someone tell me if there is a transformer, or is it straight through 240v?

  because a lot of cheap lamps Ive bought crap themselves after a few months because of poor transformers… and then the lamps themselves are useless.

  any extra info or pics greatly appreciated.

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  H on 27/02/2011 - 17:13

  +2

  They are 240v.

  Also they arent allowed to make 3 level touch lamps or dimming lamps anymore as the energy saving globes don't work with them. Just so you know :)

  What llama said is true, Mirabella lamps and globes dont last, I work in a lighting store and the amount of customers that come in complaining about Mirabella and we dont even sell them. You get what you pay for :)

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    Aussie89 on 27/02/2011 - 18:07

    This is not entirely true.
    This is correct for the tubular style lightglobes, they cannot be dimmed: eg: http://images.philips.com/is/image/PhilipsConsumer/929689451401-GAL-global?wid=430&hei=430&$jpglarge$

    However, this type of energy saving globe can be dimmed and is legally sold (almost an incadencent globe):
    http://www.unitedelectricalservices.com.au/sylvania-energy-s…

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    retiredfeline on 27/02/2011 - 20:51

    Thanks for confirming what others have said about Mirabella bulbs. I don't know why Mirabella isn't ashamed to be in business.

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    UFO on 28/02/2011 - 00:04

    thanks mate

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  H on 27/02/2011 - 19:17

  +1

  Yes they are halogen globes and are energy saving (though not as much as the fluoro), but for this light they cant be used, cause the maximum is 18watt and the minimum halogen globe is in the 20 watt range (depending on specific brand).

  What I meant is that they dont make the touch 3 level lamps anymore because you cant use the fluoro globes in the 3 stage, so they decided to ban the 3 levels all together.

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  EarlyBird on 27/02/2011 - 20:23

  Is the shade made of glass or cheap plastic?

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    TScott on 27/02/2011 - 22:17

    It's 100% cheap plastic, made to look like glass, but when you turn the shade upside down you'll see the chinese cheapness. =D I was going to buy one at Kmart Footscray (VIC) but was turned away from the plastic shade. I too have a glass shaded one and to be honest it gets quite warm using halogen globes (60w max).

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      EarlyBird on 28/02/2011 - 21:25

      Thanks for the info. Just as I thought after reading that it was 18W rated max.

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  maybeamacy on 27/02/2011 - 20:48

  Is it bright?

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  Levi on 27/02/2011 - 23:08

  I bought one - it is plastic and cheap. It is $12 though so I wasn't expecting much.

  What happens if I use a 40w bulb in it?

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    issh on 27/02/2011 - 23:17

    What happens if I use a 40w bulb in it?

    big potential fire risk

    a few(1-3) W over the max wouldn't matter, but a big difference , in your case does

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  BartholemewH on 28/02/2011 - 17:26

  I bought one of these more than a month ago at this price. Similar mirabella bankers lamps at big w are near 40 bucks. The shade is cheap plastic but the touch base seems decent. Will do til I buy a real bankers lamp.

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  steven124 on 28/02/2011 - 19:31

  +1

  not available in Figtree Kmart.