Holiday Lighting Outlet Faceted C7 Christmas Lights | Red LED Light Bulbs Holiday Decoration | Warm Christmas Decor for Indoor & Outdoor Use | 2 SMD LEDs in Each Light Bulb | Set of 25

I wasn't sure which LED bulbs to get, since the last ones I tried, from a local department store, were very dim. So, I tried several different brands from Amazon that got good reviews. I had a string of C7 lights (Christmas lights), so I could evaluate each side-by-side. Below is my review of each of them:G7 Power Boulder LED 0.5 Watt (5W) 15 Lumen C7 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CRHG63Y/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_3These bulbs absolutely look the most like a normal 4w incandescent C7 bulb. It is hard to tell them from regular incandescent bulbs from across the room. Light output is similar, color is spot on, and they will be the closest you can get to a regular incandescent bulb. Their only downfall is that they are a little expensive at 7.45/pr - I guess you get what you pay for! They are well worth it if they last a few years.Holiday Lighting Sun Warm White Replacement Christmas bulbs http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F9BQY32/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0These bulbs are nice-looking, and look somewhat like the incandescent bulbs, but they are not quite as bright. The good news about these are that they are relatively inexpensive, think I paid around $32 for a box of 25 bulbs. I replaced bulbs in strings of Christmas lights with these. If you aren't too concerned with brightness, or cost is a major factor, these bulbs are the way to go.Triangle Bulbs 0.5-Watt C7 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KBZ3BIM/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_1I really didn't like these bulbs. They are fairly bright, but it is a cool white light, not conducive to being a nightlight. They might work all right for a general replacement light, but be warned that they do not look like normal incandescents. They have a hollow globe and the LED is down at the base, so they really are not a good nightlight bulb. Their price was middle-of-the-road.Novelty Lights Patio Bulbs (orange) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004P4Z4PI/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_9I got these because they were inexpensive and I wanted to try the orange lights. Orange lights are supposed to be conducive to creating a relaxing environment (like firelight), thus helping you to wind down for bedtime, as well as not waking you up if you need to get up at night to use the restroom, etc. These bulbs are indeed orange, and they do not put out a lot of light. However, they appear to be the brightest of colored LED C7 bulbs that are available. They will make a nice warm nightlight for areas where you don't need a lot of light, and the price is right.Maxxima MLN-50A Amber Nightlight http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003CHIN84/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_2I tried these in my quest for a warm relaxing LED nightlight. These lights are dedicated nightlights, not replacement bulbs. If these burn out, you will need to throw them away, as they do not have replaceable bulbs. However, since these are fixtures that are dedicated to LED usage, they get a lot more from the LEDs than a standard replaceable bulb would be capable of. The result is quite a lot of light coming from the fixture, at least as much as a standard incandescent nightlight (acutally, probably a little more than an incan), but only using 0.5W as opposed to the 4.2W being used by the incan nightlight. The big plus is that you get a nice warm color that is very relaxing. These lights are a good choice for replacing your standard incandescent nightlight. Price is a little expensive, but should pay for themselves if they last a few years.Maxxima white nightlights http://www.amazon.com/Maxxima-MLN-50-Night-Light-Sensor/dp/B0030CDEEY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423330924&sr=8-1&keywords=maxxima+nightlightsI tried these nightlights as a general purpose night lighting solution. These are indeed much brighter than your standard 4.2W incandescent C7 nightlight bulb. I put these in areas like the garage, various rooms where you won't be sleeping, places where it's nice to have a light where you might be passing through, but not where you will be constantly - using only 0.5W, they are not too expensive to operate. These lights are too bright to have in a bedroom or bathroom. They are a perfect solution for areas where you'd like some constant light, but not a full-fledged light bulb that would eat up your electric bill.

Decided to try these to replace some dead bulbs, they are about 1/3 the price of most brands of C7 white bulbs.You get what you pay for.Even though these are supposed to be about 2700k (that yellowy warm look) they are more blue than my other 2700k bulbs. Clearly the color temperature is being misrepresented. They feel like about 3500k, but I have no way other than experience to measure it. I emailed customer service thinking maybe I got a misplaced box (as they are also clear plastic and lacks the yellow tint of the picture) and they assured me I got the correct product.The light has lots of hot spots and is not as diffused as other brands I tried and the socket is a cheaper plastic and not ceramic and metal as other brands. So in all these ways it is cheaper.That said they are bright, brighter than most other brands i tried, they do draw a hair more power per my watt meter, but they are also more bright.The biggest issue with these is some brands just do not last and go out quickly. I've only been running these a week so no fails yet, but have not had them long enough to know if they last.Concluding if $$$ is your main objective they are fine. If quality and look or color accuracy is important check out some other brands, but expect to pay 2 - 3x as much.

I used these lights to replace old incandescent lights along the pathway to my front door. So far they have all lite and are bright enough. I only used about half of them at this point. But will continue to replace as the old ones die.

I really like these bulbs. I bought them to use as Christmas lights. I switched to LED several years go thinking LED strands would use less energy and they would last much longer. I was wrong about the second point. I made a rookie mistake and bought mini-lights which have the crappy sockets that often corrode or just break. Much, if not all, of the strand goes down when there is a socket problem, despite the misleading claim that if one bulb goes out, the strand stays lit. They never mention what happens when a socket fails - half the strand goes down. If you want to fix it, you will spend lots of time finding the faulty socket.So this year, I bought some used C7 and C9 strands with the E12 and E17 sockets respectively. As a side note, avoid buying C7 and C9 strands at the store with LED - none of them have the E12 or E17 sockets - they were all mini-light sockets with plastic covers. At a store, you will have to buy the incandescent C7/C9 strands if you want the good sockets. Another option is to buy the strands online with E12/E17 sockets without bulbs. I got my strands off craigslist.Anyway, I bought these replacement bulbs to try out in some of my E12 strands. I think they look great. Now I have Christmas light stands that:--use much less energy--the bulbs are not glass so they do not shatter easily like their C7 incandescent counterparts--the sockets are durable so I do not anticipate many if any failures--the LED bulb should last many years--if one bulb or socket fails, the strand will truly still work so no more time intensive troubleshooting looking for the bad socket/bulb. It is obvious where the point of failure is.--Look GreatThe only down side is expense. These bulbs are obviously more expensive than the crappy ones at the stores but if your time is valuable to you (as I consider mine) and you consider you won't be fixing strands or going out to buy new strands every year, these will pay for themselves after 5-10 years.I think it is not coincidence that the local stores do not sell Christmas lights in this configuration - if they did, we would not have to buy new ones every year!Update: I've used these bulbs for five years and am very happy. If any bulbs have gone bad, it has been a very small number. I'll never go back to unsealed mini-socket lights.

In spite of their brightness they do not hot, barely warm.