Recently I found some Osram Energy Savers at Bunnings which look identical to the current ones I’ve been purchasing except the part number is slightly different and they come in retail packaging. Bunnings only stock the one type that I could see which is the 50w equivalent with 35w power usage. The surprise for me was the pricing AUD$5.49!

The details for the one that I’ve been purchasing is

Decostar 51 ES 35W 12V 48865 ES WFL GU5,3 36° (5000 hours life)

The new one in blister pack at Bunnings is

Decostar 51 ES 35W 12V 47865 ES EFL GU5,3 36° (4000 hours life)

Other than the packaging the only omission I can see is there is no mention of IRC technology on the blister pack, but there isn’t as much information on IRC when you look at Osram website so it could be possible they’re removing mention of that to make this more marketable (ie to people who only want to save power and don’t care about IRC technology).

Osram don’t mention the 47865 lamp on their website either. The specs for it should be the same or similar to 48865.

35W, 12V, 36 degrees, 2200 lumens.

Perhaps the 47865 doesn’t use IRC technology and as such has a shorter life span? When I get time I’ll do a test to see if I can see any difference in the output or temperatures. Photos of both packages are listed, note that the blister pack is of the 25w/35w but other than that it’s identical to the 35w/50w.