Energy saving with LED Filament Bulbs Comparison with Edison Incandescent

Comparison with Incandescent Edison style bulb and LED Filament Edison Style Light Bulb.

EDISON INCANDESCENT

40 Watts of power consumed
135 Lumens
3,000 Hours Life Expectancy

3.3 Lumens per Watt

LED FILAMENT BULB

3.7 Watts of power consumed
440 Lumen
30,000 Hours Life Expectancy

118.9 Lumen per Watt

[bobanalog]

Yes, the LED filament bulbs are far more efficient and will out last any incandescent. However, some of the LED filament lamps flicker to the power line frequency... very hard on the eyes! Then there are the other LED types that have electronics in them that cause RFI, which is a growing concern. It depends on what you want, but for the total look and feel of retro, I like real incandescent buls.

[davidpar]

The vintage style leds are getting better all the time, but with these types of bulbs, aesthetics is the primary concern, and they haven’t quite matched the authentic look of the tungsten filament squirrel cage bulbs yet.

[wagnersantos]

finally some LED that can replace incandescent withou loss in quality, I'm gonna use it all over my house

[rogermorse_]

You notice you are old when the term 'retro' refers to objects that you normally used every day when you were younger.

[elviswjr]

I'm usually in favor of modern technology especially when it's cheap and efficient but sometimes you just want to go old school. Even if they are more expensive to operate, those Edison style incandescent bulbs just look really nice and have a vintage look that you can't really get any other way. Sure you could go with the cheap, efficient LED filament bulbs, but they just don't look genuine enough to capture that authentic vintage look that you may be going for. That's where you have to think about the price you're willing to pay for decoration. Personally, I've thought about buying an Edison incandescent bulb, but only as a one-time novelty. In that case, energy efficiency or lifespan wouldn't matter. In the case of restaurants, pubs, or other establishments, they would just have to factor them into the maintenance costs of their decor. I doubt that successful businesses would have a problem with that. If it helps set the atmosphere that customers like, it's worth the cost.

[BerendvanBerkum]

These are great. I think they look almost authentic, a bit faux maybe if you really need to stare at them details.
But these are giant improvement in previous tech. And at any rate their performance is pretty impressive, plus the fact they look not too shabby is just bonus.

[KekkopF]

The regular one still looks way better than the LED one. I'll order some and compare them... 60W incendescent ones though

[WeePee]

but standard edison bulbs still look better, and that is the entire point of using edison bulbs in the first place.

[jonofarc]

I have an incandescent Edison that was made when this video was uploaded. I have consistently used it in my desk lamp at least thirteen hours a day, every day for six years thus far and it's still going. It was only one in a box of ten I bought. No LEDs for me.

[leroyjones]

Take some clear incandescent 60 or 100 watt bulbs and put them in series strings. Amazing how nice of a glow (2) 100 watt incandescents make when running on 120 volts AC.
Add more bulbs to the series string to make lower light. A string of 4 bulbs has each bulb running at 30 volts. That creates very low, very pleasant late-night mood lighting.
Add a variac for more options. Have some nice big old open knife switches to short across various bulbs, cutting them out of the string. Open a switch to cut in a lamp.

[XxTennisFanxX]

I disagree, I ve had my two edison bulbs in my room for 5 years now and they havent gone out yet. But regular led bulbs dont last. It might help if the bulb is lit by the Force too .

[fleacythesheepgirl]

Thank you so much I've been looking for a good example of how bright a 40 watt filament bulb is! In Fallout there's a vault lit entirely with 40 watt bulbs and I wanted to see how bright that would be.

[JoshWoakesDoesReviews]

I do like the incandescent because it’s does not hurt your eyes or make you struggle

[sanderdemeer]

I still like the incandesvent (the original version) way more because it has such a stunning pattern in it and i like the glow of it way more than the led version

[svtcontour]

They are not nearly as nice to look at though...

[purrbox]

Can you tell me what the PWM flicker frequency is on these LED when dimmed and at what levels, what is the flicker frequency at 100% power, thanks.

[jayrockya]

Got these for my house, with a dimmer can’t wait!!

[pccchurch]

Incandescent are easier on the eyes. LED burns your eyes.  And when u turn them down, they don't even look right.  Incandescent while using more power, gives off more liveable light.

LEDs also have a theoretical longer life but many times they fail prematurely.

Just saying I wish LEDS were all that they are cracked out to be but aren't.

I'd rather save my eyesight with Incandescent than burn them up with LEDs.  Anyone who's had LED bulbs staring at their eyes for more than a few seconds know what I'm talking about ... the LED eye PAIN!

[sonicdash]

I like this demonstrational comparison you put up here, also how you guys went about it, where could I buy the globe bulbs for vanity? I ask out of curiosity prior to where I can get said bulbs because I have a vanity that lights the bathroom in my house, said bathroom vanity right now has 4 incandescent 40 watt, G25 type bulbs, I plan to replace them when they burn out, too. so on one of my paychecks I hope to find a nearby store that sells the LED filament globes, after all I am the one of the house that changes the bulbs when they go dark. my apologies for such a long comment by the way.

[kurtiskaskowski]

There are some of those Edison style bulbs still burning after 80, 90, even 100