Best kind of light bulb for living room.

anotherquestion

Hi folks, 

I like the old type of warm yelllow light bulb in living room, but so many different kinds available nowadays its hard to know what to get, my partner got an led one 12 watt daylight type of bulb but its too white and bright.

I probably need the equivalent of about 70 wattate as in the old traditional light bulb, any pointers appreciated in what I should be looking for?
Many thanks for any info.

FreeBear

Try a 10W "warm white". I have one in my lounge, and find it quite acceptable for my needs.

Jeepers_Creepers

To get close to 'halogen' white, look for 'warm white'.

Want a superb bulb? I mean, a real beaut? Check out Philips' 'Warmglow' range. I think they also call it 'Dim tone' or something?

These are truly amazing - they dim just like filament lamps, becoming warmer - more orange - as they dim.

You will need an 8W version at least (that's ~60W), and they are pretty much the same size as normal GLS lamps. BC, ES, you name it.

Check out eBay - you can usually pick them up for around £5 each, often less - a bargain.

Money_Grabber13579

To get a warm white colour you’ll need a colour temperature of something around 2700k. This should be listed in the packaging of every LED bulb, I suspect your daylight white bulb might be something like 6000k which is an acquired taste (or possibly just unbearable, depending on perspective). 2700k is around the same colour as halogen or tungsten bulbs.

Grenage

We bought LAP 'filament' warm LED bulbs for all our sockets about 5 years ago.

Nice colour, dim well if desired, and only a couple of quid from Screwfix.  None have failed thus far.

Jeepers_Creepers

Bear in mind that lots of LED lamps are dimmable these days, but only a few ranges will dim in an increasingly 'warm' way.

The difference is quite striking; normal 'dimmers' will retain the same colour output as they are dimmed, so when turned low they are like just little white torch bulbs - less light output, yes, but still the same colour of white.

Warmglow/Dimtone are superb.

anotherquestion

Thanks for all replies, the current LED that we don't like is daylight 6500k so will look for around 2700k as indicated above. Will also check out all the other bulbs in replies as well. used to be so simple replacing a bulb, so many nowadays its trial and error for me.

Thank you all.

coffeehound

Jeepers_Creepers said:

Bear in mind that lots of LED lamps are dimmable these days, but only a few ranges will dim in an increasingly 'warm' way.

The difference is quite striking; normal 'dimmers' will retain the same colour output as they are dimmed, so when turned low they are like just little white torch bulbs - less light output, yes, but still the same colour of white.

Warmglow/Dimtone are superb.

Interesting..  What sort of dimmer control do those require, JC?

Jeepers_Creepers

I've just made it simple for you

Provided it's GLS-type shape... They come in other styles too, but I doubt they'd be as high as 60W equiv.

Grenage

The LAP bulbs warm on dim, but I couldn't speak for other brands as I've not yet needed to swap any.