Gadgetory

incandescent light bulbs have largely been phased out in favor of more efficient fluorescent and LED options but a lot of today's manufacturers are taking advantage of the nostalgia for those old bulbs and incorporating those designs into the new ones this is a great example of that this is the GE 40 watt replacement filament LED this is a vintage style bulb ge calls it and you can see it's got this vintage look with the diodes inside a range to look like an old filament it's also got the elongated shape and a sepia tinge to the glass looks very classic and very vintage if you're going for an old-school look with an exposed bulbs setup I think it would do a nice job as far as specs go this is a 40 watt replacement bulb like I said so it's gonna put out somewhere between 450 and 500 lumens ideally does a nice job there puts out just under 450 give that a good grade it's also very efficient only uses five watts to puts those 450 or so lumens out and that's a good number that means it puts out about 90 lumens per watt that's very good for the efficiency standpoint you also get a nice low color temperature with this bulb which I think is a good design decision that emphasizes the glow of that incandescent like filament with a low yellowy color temperature so I like the design I like the efficiency and the brightness is fine the color temperature looks good my problem with this bulb comes down to the dimming capabilities frankly it just doesn't have them on every single dimmer switch that we tested it flickers and noticeably noticeably enough that I could fill it with my camera that's not always the case with these fast flickers so it's a pretty noticeable problem here using this on a dimmer switch I don't think you're gonna like the result at all you'll find GES take on the faux filament LED selling it's sam's club in a 2-pack for 20 bucks that's not inexpensive for a 40 watt replacement you can get them a lot cheaper than that but if you want this classic looking design from a major manufacturer with a five-year warranty it's one of the better picks out there