Over the last month I have bought and returned probably six different sets and types of light bulbs to big blue.
What I'm looking for is an honest to goodness light bulb. No LED, No kinda looks like incandescent, no daylight bulb, no pure light bulb, no fluorescent, no looks like Thomas Edison, no "2300k LED looks like a real light bulb", and no "makes XXX Watts with only X Watts"!

I want an honest to goodness, pollute the air, energy wasting, heat producing, make Bill Nye cry himself to sleep incandescent light bulb.

Anyone know where I can still buy them?

I hate the amount of stupid light bulbs out there today.

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Big Lots

Good idea. Never thought of them. Haven't seen one close to me, but I'll search.

No.

I sell LED lighting for the industrial and commercial market. Satco is who I'd use (if I wanted to even sell a non-LED).

But let me ask you this: what are you not wanting an LED? What is the application?

I just can't stand the color. This specific application is in pendant lights over the island. I have halogen recessed lighting, and it looks wonderful. When I turn on the pendant lights however, which have halogen bulbs in them as well, the color temperature is vastly different, and washes everything out. Almost makes peoples' skin look green with the combination of light colors.

When I try the warmer LEDs, they don't have enough light output. When I try the ones with the light output, they look super washed out.

Now that I think about it, I think Satco halogens is what I have in the recessed lights. Do they make A base bulbs that would match the color?

You'd just have to look it up on their website to figure out for sure.


Also, they're still a little expensive, but some manufacturers are making LED lamps that have basically a dimmer that changes the color temperature (K). I haven't messed with them much because they are tailored to the residential market right now. But, one of my (lesser quality) manufacturers has been touting their 2x2's and 2x4's that change color.

I will look into these.
Thanks for the help!

Batteries + Bulbs

TexAg2016 said:

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I will look into these.
Thanks for the help!

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If color temp is the main issue, why not go with a smart Philips or Lifx white bulb that allows you to adjust color temp? I have a number of Lifx "white" bulbs in my house. Very bright and adjustable from 2500k to 9000k. I keep mine at 3500k which is a pretty natural light

I have a few 100w incandescents. When the efficiency rules were instituted, I bought like 3 boxes of them. I pull them out in the winter because they help heat the house too.

Do they change light output when you change the color, or just the color?
Because I bought a set that said they got warmer in color as you dimmed them which was in fact true, but the problem is you were dimming them. By the time they looked the color I wanted them, they were less than bright.

I couldn't agree more BrazosDog.

TexAg2016 said:

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Do they change light output when you change the color, or just the color?
Because I bought a set that said they got warmer in color as you dimmed them which was in fact true, but the problem is you were dimming them. By the time they looked the color I wanted them, they were less than bright.

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We have several of the Phillips Hue bulbs in our media room. It's great because you can the color and brightness to whatever you want. We have ours paired with our echo dot, so I can tell Alexa to change it depending on what we are doing

I stocked up on a bunch of these prior to them stopping manufacturing. I thought I'd use them, but found LEDs that I like. I'll sell them to you if interested.

Dr. Venkman said:

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I stocked up on a bunch of these prior to them stopping manufacturing. I thought I'd use them, but found LEDs that I like. I'll sell them to you if interested.

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Brand, wattage, style, number? I bought a stockpile when they stopped thinking I then had 3-4 years worth and realized with a large house how many bulbs I really used. Only got a little over a year and they gone.

Hey now... OP gets dibs.

TexAg2016 said:

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Hey now... OP gets dibs.

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I'm not trying to undercut OP. Think the question of number, brand, wattage, etc., would be of interest to OP as well. But, if OP doesn't want them, then I've expressed my interest. Fair enough?

Fair enough

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Dr. Venkman said:

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I stocked up on a bunch of these prior to them stopping manufacturing. I thought I'd use them, but found LEDs that I like. I'll sell them to you if interested.

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Brand, wattage, style, number? I bought a stockpile when they stopped thinking I then had 3-4 years worth and realized with a large house how many bulbs I really used. Only got a little over a year and they gone.

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I think I have about 100. maybe 60W. They're at another house. I'll be there next Saturday after Thanksgiving and will let you know.

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If you're not satisfied with modern LED lamps you're buying the wrong ones.

Although they do present challenges in some situations, I've only found one application they won't work and that's because no one makes the lamps yet...

Just this year we've done nearly 7000 of them.

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I have a motion-activated light outside of my back door that cuts to half brightness after a minute, then turns off after another minute or two. I've tried multiple LED and CFL bulbs recently when I couldn't find an incandescent in the garage, but none worked properly. Either it would go from full on to full off instead of full-half-off, or it would flicker like a strobe in the half-light part of the cycle. Replaced with a 40w incandescent lamp bulb, and back to normal.

I needed MR16s for my landscape lights so I added some of these 75w incandescents along with the order from BulbAmerica.
https://www.bulbamerica.com/products/satco-s3928-75w-130v-a19-frost-shatter-proof-e26-base-incandescent-2-bulbs

TexAg2016 said:

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Do they change light output when you change the color, or just the color?
Because I bought a set that said they got warmer in color as you dimmed them which was in fact true, but the problem is you were dimming them. By the time they looked the color I wanted them, they were less than bright.

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To my eyes, light output doesn't change with color temp. Typically a higher color temp is going to be a more "harsh" color and may look brighter than a lower temp.

I saw HomeBase has 60w incandescent bulbs for $.50 each. Might try them if you're set on incandescent.

TexAg2016 said:

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Do they change light output when you change the color, or just the color?
Because I bought a set that said they got warmer in color as you dimmed them which was in fact true, but the problem is you were dimming them. By the time they looked the color I wanted them, they were less than bright.

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No. Lights are measured in lumens, which is output, and temperature, which is color. You can compare these when comparing bulbs, but the output and temperature aren't necessarily related.

I bought incandescent for a long time, but it seemed like the quality went into the toilet and they were burning out extremely fast.

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Dr. Venkman said:

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I stocked up on a bunch of these prior to them stopping manufacturing. I thought I'd use them, but found LEDs that I like. I'll sell them to you if interested.

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Brand, wattage, style, number? I bought a stockpile when they stopped thinking I then had 3-4 years worth and realized with a large house how many bulbs I really used. Only got a little over a year and they gone.

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They are Sylvania, 60W. I have 144 of them.

OP, you're first up for ^^^

I swear I saw plain old fashioned incandescent light bulbs wandering through Target the other day.

I was looking for something else, but it was my first time back in the store following their redo and nothing was where it used to be. But right there on the shelf, were what looked like plain old light bulbs.

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Were you trying for stars, if so go to Forum 16?

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What does this mean?

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Forum 16 is the politics board. People get tons of stars there cause it's very popular.

Dr. Venkman said:

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Tecolote said:

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Dr. Venkman said:

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I stocked up on a bunch of these prior to them stopping manufacturing. I thought I'd use them, but found LEDs that I like. I'll sell them to you if interested.

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Brand, wattage, style, number? I bought a stockpile when they stopped thinking I then had 3-4 years worth and realized with a large house how many bulbs I really used. Only got a little over a year and they gone.

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They are Sylvania, 60W. I have 144 of them.

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I still have these. Located in Houston. charles0608ag at gmail