Replacement bulbs for pool light

[mynameismud]

So I have a Jandy pool light, and the bulbs need to be replaced. The label says to replace with this bulb which is 65 bucks for 2, and you need 8, so a total of 260 dollars for 8.

I found these bulbs on Amazon and they seem to be the exact same thing, and it's 23 bucks for 10 of them.

Am I missing something? Is there a reason that Leslie's has them at 10 times the price? These are just standard MR16 halogen bulbs, right? Or are they? Can someone help?

 

[tim5055]

Shocking isn't it - no pun intended. I use different bulbs, bus all I can say is that the pool store was 100% higher than Amazon.

In addition to the bulbs, do you need new gaskets? Read the owners manual and see what Jandy says.

 

[chiefwej]

I know on my lights, anytime you open one you need to use a new gasket to reseal it..

 

[brebur]

I'm ignoring Leslie's markup for anything pool related. They want 4x the price for baking soda.

What I could not find are a few aspects of the Jandy bulbs. The amazon bulbs you found specify color temperature (2950K, a "soft white"), and specify a flood beam width of 36 degrees. The Jandy/Zodiac parts don't specify either of those, so while they are electrically and physically compatible, it's not clear if they are identical. I did find one website that has "60 degrees" in the part name, but nowhere else was beam angle mentioned.

Just to tease further, Amazon had a link to another site, 1000bulbs dot com, that has similar lamps for $0.84 each. 3000K, 36 degree beam width (flood), 2000 hours rating. Eight of those is $7.
Here are 60 degree floods, 5000 hour rating, $2.58/ea: https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/7152/MR16CG-1000446U.html

If Jandy published more specs on these bulbs there would be an equal comparison.

If the Jandy bulbs are 60deg floods then those last 60deg floods might be worth a try, but I don't know.