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Yep. I've replaced about a lot of the bulbs in my house with LEDs. The key is to buy a number of them, find ones that you like, and then put the ones you don't like in places that the color doesn't matter as much (garage, storage areas, etc).

For me, a lot of the Philips LED Soft White (2700k) bulbs worked.

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Agree. While tastes differ, to me the Philips models (the ones that look like an Erlenmeyer flask) give the most pleasant light by far. They also seem to be much better constructed than the knock-off cheapies you find in bulk packs at Lowes or Home Depot.

I've found that that Walmart "Great Value" brand 8.5 W, 800 lumen, 2700K, 20000 hour bulbs are nearly indistinguishable from the 60 W incandescent bulbs I had before, except that these LEDs are not dimmable.

They are nominally about $2 each, although they frequently drop the price to an astounding $0.17 each. I'm not sure if these price drops are due to some sort of automatic at-the-register rebate from the local power company, or just an internal Walmart effort to promote efficient lighting.

The same company that manufacturers these for Walmart is called TCP and they sell the bulbs on Amazon as well. I've bought about 30 of them.

Pretty happy with them so far. The only problem I have had (as with all brands so far) is led bulbs seem to interfere with my garage door receiver signal (if placed right next to it).

I've found the Philips 424382 (60w replacement, 2700K soft white) to be very nice. I haven't tried any of the replacement SKUs, though.

Philips makes lots of different bulbs, even with the same specs. I suspect they have very little in common, other than the name on the box. This is a time of very high churn in the industry.

I wanted to like 2700k, but I find it to be extremely yellow. I remember, even on tungsten times I found lights to be annoyingly yellow. It's even more apparent when working on a led screen, then turning around to see your devastatingly yellow lights. Then again, I find 5000k lights too blue, and I have found that 3500k-4000k is the most pleasant temperature, but the industry has settled on yellow and blue lights. It's a shame.

For me the LED bulbs Costco sells worked the best. They're also coincidentally quite inexpensive.

The Costco Feit-brand 2700K bulbs are quite nice and decently priced. My overhead CREE cans are also great.

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