Well, I haven’t gone LED yet. My youngest son keeps pressuring me. There are only a few places right now where I would like to try the LED’s but those things are expensive! I’m not crazy about the colors of LED’s. Maybe that will keep improving in the future. Our kitchen (large area) has 6 flood lights. It would be a great place to put them - but the LED replacements are about $49 each (ouch!) for dimmables. Two other places (office & dining chandelier) both require a replacement of the dimmers. Not a big deal but, again, something else to buy. Hopefully, prices will come down. Anyway...
For the hard core among us, you might be interested in this site. Especially if you are concerned about longevity and color temp. They get around the Fed. regs. by being a “speciality bulb” (the “special” part is their longevity).
Here’s a section of their blurb:
“...in order to address the demand by the public for the quality of light that an incandescent light bulb produces, the Newcandescent light bulb was created. This modified version of the incandescent light bulb provides the same quality of light most have come to expect, with the added benefit of 5-10 times the amount of hours. The typical incandescent light bulb would last only 1000 to 2000 hours.
The Newcandescent light bulb lasts up to 10,000 hours. This longer lasting light bulb can also be used for “rough use” and is exempt from this recent legislation. Designed with the latest in lighting technology, the Newcandescent light bulb now provides consumers with the same quality of light originally provided by incandescent light bulbs while being more energy efficient and longer lasting.”
It would be nice if they listed the number of lumens the bulbs produce. Rough service/long life incandescent bulbs usually are built for a higher voltage (130 was mentioned on that site), which means they run cooler, dimmer and less light per watt consumed than regular incandescents in a regular 110 circuit.