Warm white clear lens dome

I prefer warm white, frosted, non-ghosting.

The clear lens on LEDs produces an overly harsh effect for my eyes.

Like Gnatty said the warm white color is the closest. I would suggest a frosted dome instead of a clear one for better light distribution. What game are you going to be throwing them in?

Check out the 1 led retro types. If you want the same look, they seem closest to me, including the brightness level.

http://www.cometpinball.com/Brightness-Chart-s/1825.htm

retros look the most like original bulbs.

2 SMD frosted WARM are the BEST light color and throw for an original look IMO. They are brighter but the color is the best and diffusion is spot on.

Warm white is the closest Kelvin.....
We carry many different brightness.

If you are trying to match the light output, a 6mm comes closest, however some people
prefer the taller, 8 to 10mm. First, because of physical size.
All these are single diodes in resin.

For the op, and anyone else reading, up until recently, single led warm whites were abundant, consistent,
and a very close look...(mind you, NO LED, will "look" exactly like an incandescent, so if one its looking at a high perfectionist app...close is as best as possible.)

Today, Diode production on only single LED is a mess. We are back to finally a higher degree of matching, but hues
are still varying slightly.....long reason why, but its always about $$$.

For that reason, I more highly recommend a 2 LED Frosted as a consideration, along with the other single diodes.....

Shoot me a PM if I can help further.....

(Some are out of stock at this moment, with a new import coming next week)

The clear warm white retros are the closest match to a 47 incandescent. They are perfect under inserts and almost look like the incandescent filaments. In this pic I also have them in the GI. They look a little brighter than they really are, just not quite bright enough for GI, IMO. I'll have to try the 2 SMD frosted warm like whysnow suggested in the GI.

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I use the 2led frosted warm whites for gi. A tiny bit brighter than incandescent and look great. A few places the sunlight looks a little better, but typically the warm white is the way to go, imo.

Heres Congo in "Sunlight" Twin 2835 Frosted.....Warm is a bit more yellowish....Not sure if a camera will catch it.
Our website shows an "enhanced" difference.

By Volume, Sunlight is outselling warm 3-1, and 2-1 for natural.

If you are focused on the difference, and cant decide...create a small sample order of what you wish to test.
I recommend staying frosted, other then in 2 LED.

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For Congo, I would also highly consider the sunlight color that Art offers. It's a happy medium between warm white and natural white. I've used the color for the GI in several games, and it looks great!

Edit: In the time it took me to type this, Art beat me to the punch.

Typically use warm 1 SMD 5050 bulbs if I want a classic look and Natural for Comic Style lighting and the New Sunlight for in between. Just did a Indy 500 in Sunlight. Looks great!!

Always use Frosted dome for light defusion.

I tested warm, natural white, and sunlight in my Congo and decided to go with sunlight as well. I like the look of the natural white in most games but Congo is a little different. I used a few natural whites in the back but most are sunlight. Inserts are color matched with warm whites for yellows and oranges. 2 SMD bulbs for GI and 1 SMD for inserts. For the lower playfield, I used yellow and purple bendies but a little too bright.

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Sunlight frosted is the best looking GI LED I have ever seen. I works so well in warm colored games where you do not want to wash out the artwork colors, but also do not want the heavy yellow coloring of warm white. I did the GI in my Spiderman in all frosted Sunlight 2-smds and it is perfect. So much brighter than the original, but not blinding and the coloring is fantastic. Highly, highly recommended.

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Art's frosted twin 2835 SMD bulbs are the bomb! They are not only perfect for GI, but they also look great in most inserts.

I use the twin 2835 SMD sunlight frosted for all of my GI and most of my inserts. I just received my order for 1000 of them yesterday.

Thank you for the kind words!

For myself, and many customers,
I start with Sunlight Twins, for almost everywhere.
I then go back and change a few
In the backbox to colors where needed.
I add a couple Op-Max in sunlight in the back or dark areas of GI.
I color match all inserts with Frosted
Twins, but even 100% sunlight rocks there too.
Fast, easy, excellent results.

All this creates an Amazing look for an average of around $100 a game.

Tweaking to personal taste is always the most fun, next to playing.

Keep an eye out for many new products coming soon!

Couldn't agree more. When you get the right combination the game just pops and practically takes your breath away.