I have a chandelier that takes five standard E26/A19 bulbs, facing downward. Above each bulb is a frosted glass shade. As you can see from the image linked below, the CFL and incandescent bulbs are nearly omnidirectional, and thus throw a good amount of their light upward, where it bounces off the ceiling and thus spreads light throughout the room.
However, I recently tried swapping in some LEDs. These throw nearly all their light downward. As a result, it is overly bright right under the chandelier, and too dark elsewhere (plus, unlike with the incandescent and CFL, because their light is concentrated over a more limited direction, I have to keep averting my eyes from them because of their concentrated brightness).
Does anyone manufacture a standard E26/A19 LED that is as omnidirectional as an incandescent, preferably in the 100W–150W-equivalent range and with an incadescent-like color temperature (and preferably reasonably-priced, say <$15/bulb)?
Or, if the answer is no, can you tell me what the most omnidirectional 100W-150W-equiv. LED would be? Feit markets their "BPOM100/830/LED A21 3000K Dimmable LED, 100W" as omnidirectional but, based on the picture, it looks like there is still substantial blockage in the direction of the socket (though perhaps less than with my current LEDs). I believe they claim 300 degrees, but based on my measurement of the pic, it looks like it has ~250-260 degrees of light spread. See:
http://www.feit.com/products/bulbs/...mance_ledperformance_leda19bpom100-830-ledg2/
Alternately, there are filament-style LEDs, which don't have the blocking bases. But since the filaments are vertical, they might also suffer from reduced light output towards the bases. Further, even though some are marketed as being up to 100W-equivalent, the reviews indicate they are somewhat dimmer; plus I'd prefer a frosted bulb for diffusion, and the higher-powered ones I've seen of these are clear.
MY CHANDELIER:
[Not sure why the image isn't appearing -- I followed the directions given in this thread:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...t-posting-as-images!&highlight=posting+images
....in any case, if you click on the link, you will see the image.]
However, I recently tried swapping in some LEDs. These throw nearly all their light downward. As a result, it is overly bright right under the chandelier, and too dark elsewhere (plus, unlike with the incandescent and CFL, because their light is concentrated over a more limited direction, I have to keep averting my eyes from them because of their concentrated brightness).
Does anyone manufacture a standard E26/A19 LED that is as omnidirectional as an incandescent, preferably in the 100W–150W-equivalent range and with an incadescent-like color temperature (and preferably reasonably-priced, say <$15/bulb)?
Or, if the answer is no, can you tell me what the most omnidirectional 100W-150W-equiv. LED would be? Feit markets their "BPOM100/830/LED A21 3000K Dimmable LED, 100W" as omnidirectional but, based on the picture, it looks like there is still substantial blockage in the direction of the socket (though perhaps less than with my current LEDs). I believe they claim 300 degrees, but based on my measurement of the pic, it looks like it has ~250-260 degrees of light spread. See:
http://www.feit.com/products/bulbs/...mance_ledperformance_leda19bpom100-830-ledg2/
Alternately, there are filament-style LEDs, which don't have the blocking bases. But since the filaments are vertical, they might also suffer from reduced light output towards the bases. Further, even though some are marketed as being up to 100W-equivalent, the reviews indicate they are somewhat dimmer; plus I'd prefer a frosted bulb for diffusion, and the higher-powered ones I've seen of these are clear.
MY CHANDELIER:
[Not sure why the image isn't appearing -- I followed the directions given in this thread:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...t-posting-as-images!&highlight=posting+images
....in any case, if you click on the link, you will see the image.]
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