Until such time that LED 44/47 replacements are indistinguishable from the real thing, I'll stick with the original.

The only exception is for illuminating BGresto backglasses. If you want the same brightness as what 47s provide with a screened glass, then it's necessary to use LEDs to compensate for the ~ 20% deficit in translucency (a result of their double print process which now provides beautifully rich color saturation like screened glasses - a trade off I gladly welcome)

Having said that, it would also be great to hear what *type* of LEDs people have found to be best simulate a brighter #47 from the perspective of color spectrum and dispersion. Intuitively, it would seem that a warm white (bulb style) would be the closest, but would frosted be better than clear? Perhaps "Sunlight" better than "Warm white"?

As a side note, I also heard that sometimes you may get a batch of LED 44/47 replacements that don't fit all that well into the socket or are too high etc. and some vendors are more "return-friendly" than others to swap these out.

Once I get into experimenting with some different LED varieties, I'll report back but, meanwhile, it would be great to hear from anyone who's already done some of these types of comparisons.