I’m searching for LED bulbs that look similar to the warmth of traditional 75 watt incandescent light bulbs. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

LED bulbs come in different temperatures called Kalvin. This is the color from about 2500 which is warm to 5000 which is daylight(very white)

If you want to old warm style find LED's around 3000K or less. Often referred to as warm light on the packaging.

There are bulbs that have a little dial in the base where you can adjust the color temp. Like these on Amazon.

2800K - 3000K (Kelvin) Color Temp to accurately replicate most incandescent lamps IMO. 2700K is usually too low and not quite there unless is the LED Bulb has a 90+ CRI rating (Color Rendering Index). CREE Bulbs have a very high CRI and their 2700K Bulbs look perfect.

Also check not only the color temperature but also look at the output equivalent. You can find decorator style LEDs that mimic the old glass bulbs and they’re very good. Just a few watts should do you.

Yep. 3000K or less is what you're after.

In my house, the main areas and master bedroom all have dual lighting, with lighting fixtures plus recessed lighting, each on their own switches.

I have 2700K LED bulbs in the fixtures, while the recessed LED lights are 5000K.

I use the warmer light fixtures most of the time, and flip on the cooler/brighter lights when doing something that requires precision, or when deep cleaning.

Great information! Thanks so much!

I have been very happy with GE Reveal LED "HD Light" bulbs. I use these throughout my house. For example:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Re...lb-2-Pack/1002097688

We recently moved into a new home and my dad, who's hard of seeing and hearing, wanted everything super-bright. The dining room and kitchen looked like a hospital room or a clinic, meals resulted in a full stomach and a headache for dessert.

We changed the bulbs to the adjustable color types.

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I’m searching for LED bulbs that look similar to the warmth of traditional 75 watt incandescent light bulbs. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks!

I've had good luck with "Warm White" or "Soft White" LED bulbs, usually around 2700K. They tend to mimic the warmth of traditional 75-watt incandescent bulbs quite well. Where you plan to use them is key; for instance, in my small apartment, I wanted a bright yet warm light, which was a bit of a challenge to find. It took me a while, but I stumbled upon leds.to , which offers great tips and might help you find the right model for your needs. They have a variety of options and their guidance was pretty spot-on for what I was looking for in my space.

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I read up a while back and Philips LED bulb had really good ratings and I have been using them with very good luck.

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LED bulbs that mimic Incandescent bulbs

A few years ago I had access to an optical spectrometer in a lab that I used to work in. The spectrometer costs like $30k and was calibrated to NIST standards.

We looked at MANY LED lights, and also a few incandescents. Trust me when I say that none of the LED bulbs are really like incandescents.

They may fool your eyes, but the numbers from the analysis showed something very different. While the incandescents showed a smooth ramped line of energy from blue to red, the LED lights were very spikey, with huge amounts of energy in very few color areas. Not what I would call any type of "white" in the true sense. But it fools your eye.

That said, the CFL's were even less like incandescent bulbs.

Just thought I'd toss that into the mix. carry on.

You're looking for a high CRI bulb at around 2700k color temperature.

So you are looking for a trans-lucent LED bulb?!

Personally, from my real world experience LEDs still suck for longevity. I bought a bunch of CREE bulbs around 2019, I write the date on my bulbs, and recently many have begun to fail only after a few years. These bulbs were supposed to get 11 years of life and I'm not even getting half of that.

Keep It Simple Stupid, no reason for a microcontroller in a freaking light bulb. Technology that fails to deliver from my POV for general purpose lighting.

BTW...several years back I met a PhD from one of our big national labs at a conference and he had been studying LED bulbs based on manufacturer. He said there are basically three tiers: and only the top tier was even worth considering to buy. Stick with the BIG U.S. brand names if you go this route as a general rule.

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no reason for a microcontroller in a freaking light bulb. Technology that fails to deliver from my POV for general purpose lighting.

Amen, brother. These things are ridiculous.