LED bulbs that are identical in appearance and function to an Incandescent?

[RMP91]

Ever since the ban on >60W incandescents took effect. I've been looking around for LED bulbs that I can put in my flashlights that work (and look) almost identically to Thoma's Edison's gift to the world. Not a huge fan of the "new" white LED lights, call me an old man (I'm only 22!), but I prefer the old, yellow-ish xenon/krypton bulbs that gave off some heat, especially useful in cold weather as a hand-warmer (somewhat).

I knew they were working on something like that, but I haven't heard anything about it since. Any leads?

[bohoki]

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[Corsair415]

bwa haa haaaaa haaa good luck

Lol pretty much exactly what I was going to say.

[ebencikiv]

[ebencikiv]

http://www.fasttech.com/category/2201/e27-e14-gu10-mr16-led-light-bulbs/

3000k is the closest you will get
and this might help with the brightness of the lamps

[teg33]

If you're willing to travel a bit, you can get any incandescent bulbs you want. Plenty of them in China, Vietnam

[rero360]

Ever since the ban on >60W incandescents took effect. I've been looking around for LED bulbs that I can put in my flashlights that work (and look) almost identically to Thoma's Edison's gift to the world. Not a huge fan of the "new" white LED lights, call me an old man (I'm only 22!), but I prefer the old, yellow-ish xenon/krypton bulbs that gave off some heat, especially useful in cold weather as a hand-warmer (somewhat).

I knew they were working on something like that, but I haven't heard anything about it since. Any leads?

What sort of flashlights do you have? I have a number of spare bulbs for various Surefires that I have no need for anymore.

[billofrights]

Flashlights that take a 60 w incandescent? No clue such a thing existed.

For your light fixtures, Philips Slimstyle LED BULBS look like incandescents but are flat, and the color is pretty close. My GF hates LED bulbs and couldn't tell I started replacing our house lights with them. $9.99 at Home Depot.

[hermosabeach]

color is key

http://www.fasttech.com/category/220...d-light-bulbs/

I can find CFLs that at 2700K to 6000K
One feels warm and one is a horror movie parking garage harsh fluorescent


LED's for the home market are still a few years off from making most of us happy.....

[drclark]

I've been using 43 watt halogens in fixtures that don't play well with led or CFL bulbs (dimmable switch, etc)

[Creampuff]

Heat is destructive towards the LED unit, which is why they put a huge heat sink into them. One of the reasons why the LED is more efficient than the incand's is because it puts out more light than heat compared to the incandescent lights. So while it may heat up that heat sink pretty well, the LED's won't heat up your hand like the older lights use to.

Otherwise, there is still the Surefire G2: http://www.amazon.com/Surefire-Nitro...ds=surefire+g2

as well as the old Maglites you can still find at Homedepot.

While I agree, that incandescent lights give off the best color rendition at night when I am walking my dog, I am getting 2 hour run times with 800 lumens w/ my current go to LED light; something I could never have gotten with my older incandescent lights.

[Jimi Jah]

If you're willing to travel a bit, you can get any incandescent bulbs you want. Plenty of them in China, Vietnam

Importing banned bulbs could lead to confiscation at the airport.

Does this sound familiar?

[ebencikiv]

I've been using 43 watt halogens in fixtures that don't play well with led or CFL bulbs (dimmable switch, etc)

You need a compatible light switch with some cfl and most led lamps. http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Educatio...sandLEDs.aspx#

[UBFRAGD]

I think I know what you mean, I have a ton of flashlights but I love the light quality of my Surefire C3 running a P91 bulb.