Some H7 headlight bulb bargains on Halford's website at the moment, for example a Bosch twin pack for £7, apparently reduced from £20. Their own brand bulbs seem to be at least half price, eg £5 rather than £10 for a single bulb. (Assuming prices are the same in the shops.)
But I was in Tesco Extra in Dundee yesterday (not far from Halfords) and I see they're selling H7 twin packs for £3, so £1.50 each
So wonder if Halford's price drive anything to do with that? Of course, you can get H7 bulbs for cheaper than £1.50, but from some obscure source on ebay, and not just to put in your shopping basket while you're buying the bread and milk.
So bought half a dozen from Tesco so I'll have plenty of spares for the dark nights - never liked the idea of having £60 worth of spare bulbs sitting around, but less than a tenner seems more palatable.
Of course, the million dollar question (or at least the £1.50 one) is how long they'll last. But last winter I bought a £20 twin pack of Halford's ''heavy duty' bulbs hoping they'd last a couple of years, but the first of those has just gone after less than a year.
But hopefully the Tesco ones will last as long as the £6.50 one I bought last week at the all-night garage - from past experience I'm only expecting it to last a few months.
Of course, the blurb always tells you to replace headlamp bulbs in pairs, but does anyone actually do that? Does it actually affect the life of the bulb if you replace them singly?
Of course, replacing a pair of bulbs at £3 seems a lot more feasible than for £20 and discarding one that's working, but on the other hand changing bulbs is always a bit of a hassle, although my current motor is *a lot* easier than the last one.