What kind of light bulb is this?

June 4, 2015 12:26 PM

What kind of light bulb is this? Will I be able to get an LED bulb to replace it? I would take it to a hardware store to ask, but I don't actually own it (or the fixture it fits in) yet - considering buying it from someone.
posted by Dec One to Grab Bag (6 answers total)

It looks to me like a candelabra base globe bulb. Those exist in LED but are not as plain/pretty, for example (lots lots more if you google something like LED candelabra globe bulb), because they have more stuff they need to hide away.
posted by brainmouse at 12:29 PM on June 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

"E12 globe led" is what you want to search for. As brainmouse mentioned, they exist, but aren't really going to match the look of an incandescent.
posted by a box and a stick and a string and a bear at 12:35 PM on June 4, 2015

If you search for "filament E12 globe led" you should find some nicer options. Although, filament LED bulbs are still quite new, see fewer in number and pricier. For example...
posted by chill at 1:11 PM on June 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

IKEA makes an LED E12 globe.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60211373/#

Works great in our fixture, but the bulb isn't terribly visible.
posted by advicepig at 1:25 PM on June 4, 2015 [1 favorite]

We were happy to find chandelier FEIT Electric (911482) LED bulbs at Costco, multi-pack at a reasonable price. Just mentioning as something you would want to consider, may not appeal to you and/or may not be the same base (though I think it is).
posted by forthright at 2:29 AM on June 5, 2015

My go-to for esoteric LED bulbs these days is Super Bright LEDs. Here's their E12 base selection. The one at the bottom is specced at 80 lumens brighter than the Ikea bulb linked above, and it's a filament style as well.
posted by tomierna at 6:19 AM on June 5, 2015