Tuesday, June 30, 2015

1910 style LED lightbulbs

OK, let's try this again. I was looking for Edison style LED lightbulbs for our historic light fixtures. I did a search in Amazon and found some really great ones. But, unfortunately, I didn't realize my search results also included a bunch of incandescent bulbs and I ordered some by mistake. Thanks to a more observant reader, my mistake was discovered before I received my order and I was able to return the wrong bulbs before I opened the box. It cost me $8.45 in shipping, but that is just the cost of not checking all the details before hitting that order button.

I have since done another, more careful search, and I will share what I have found:
LED Vintage Filament Bulb, ST19 Edison Style, 4W to Replace 40W Incandescent Bulb, Super Warm White. I love this one, but tragically it is longer than our light fixture shades.

LED Filament Bulb,VCE® LED Edison Bulb 4W to Replace Incandescent 40W Bulb,Soft White 2700K-6 PACK

Leadleds E27 LED Filament Light Bulb Lamp Nostalgic Edison Style E27 4W to Replace 40W Incandescent Bulb Soft White 360° Beam Angle
They claim to be based on a 1910 style; our house is 1912. These would be perfect for all our open lights in the living areas that currently have compact fluorescents (ugly and definitely not period looking).

Now, I included the links above for the bulbs that were specifically advertised to be based on historic style, but what I actually ordered was bulbs that looked nearly the same but also came in 60-watt equivalent bulbs, which is what Jeff wanted. Also, this bulb had a lot of excellent reviews.
AriusTek A19 4W LED Filament Light Bulb Soft White 2700K, 40-watt Equivalent, 10 Pack
When I compare the pictures of them, the filament looks the same, only the base looks different. Once I screw these into the fixtures, I don't believe the connector will be visible.

Update later: They look great! Much better than the coiled compact fluorescents that were in there.

2 comments:

  1. The bulls you show and the links the photos go to are not LED, they're incandescent.

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    1. You are right. I guess I clicked around too much and got off the LED options. Thank you. I will update the post.

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