I’m moving forward with energy efficient LED bulb replacements for the bathroom vanity. The search began for the right bulb and for the background of the company making the chosen bulb.
The vanity requires a medium (standard) base bulb in globe, decorative G25 format and 40 watts. The current bulbs are warm in color at 2600K, and put out 410 lumens.
I went to a couple websites specializing in light bulbs to find some LED replacement options for the incandescent bulbs, lampsplus.com and 1000bulbs.com. I compared the results there with amazon.com and a couple home improvement stores like Home Depot.
By narrowing to LED bulbs and the wattage, color and lumen range that I was looking for, the options were quickly limited. Ultimately, I landed on a bulb that matched the criteria I was looking for, made by MaxLite, which is US-based and follows Buy American Act and Trade Agreements Act to support certain groups (municipalities, schools, etc) achieve energy efficiency goals.