Learn me: Edison bulbs for outdoor spaces

I have two applications, one is just plain outside, and the other is in a screen porch. What's the hot ticket for Edison bulbs?

FYI Edison bulbs are like this

I have the exact (probably) set that you have pictured. I believe it is a 48' strand we bought from Costco.

I really dig the warm light they put out over our porch.

I've got a very similar looking set. Bought at lowes for WAY too much money, but 2 strands of them really make my dilapidated old deck something special.

I recently saw a sale flyer for Ollie's Discount store that had them at half the cost.

They are built really well, heavy gauge wires, come with extra bulbs. They've been outside for about 18 months and no issues at all. I have them spanning about 18 feet with no extra support, so I'd say they're pretty tough.

Not cheap, but weatherproof and LED

Shorter length, cheaper, non-LED. Finding matching replacement bulbs could be difficult in the future when these burn out, but it's a more budget friendly option.

I'm looking for like 15' strands as well as one which is something like 30'.

What do you mean about bulbs? Both of those appear to use E26 sockets. Am I missing something?

Outdoor rated Edison LED bulb string lights for a reasonable price: https://www.amazon.com/LED-Outdoor-Indoor-Edison-String/dp/B071SKTWVR

Even incandescent Edison bulbs do last a long time since the filaments are so under-stressed, but if you're installing new I always go for LED if available. We have both incandescent and LED Edison bulbs here at work and if you didn't know the LED ones were LED, you wouldn't be able to tell. They look great and put off the same warm light. In our applications they're burning about 60 hours a week so the power consumption and bulb life differences add up to big savings for us.

They have the added benefit of running cool so if a kid comes in contact with a bulb they aren't burnt by it.

In reply to tuna55:

I just meant that the size, shape, glass color or filament appearance can vary a lot with regular incandescent Edison bulbs from various manufacturers. When the bulbs start burning out a year or 2 from now, or a TunaKid accidentally breaks one, how easy would it be to find a replacement that didn't stand out as being obviously different? What if the Edison bulb trend dies out in a year or two and replacements become scarce?

For those reasons, I'd be more inclined to buy LED Edison bulbs as they should last much longer, use less energy, and they tolerate weather much better too in most cases.

I just bought the 48' LED version from COSTCO for my new patio/pergola. They look great and can also change to 4 different colors. (white/red/blue/green) They will also rotate colors in different patterns if you want to have a dance party.

One of my favorite things about LED bulbs is how about 99% of the flying bugs out there seem completely uninterested in them. For the garage or outdoor lighting, LED bulbs >>> everything else. Actually everywhere I can think of this still applies.

Shelby bulb Who said leds last longer?!... I don't think they had LEDs in 1901...

I bought an umpteen jillion sets of the incandescent strands from Costco and have them strung all over my property. It's very pretty, but I'd really love to change them all to LEDs and haven't found a way to do it short of mortgaging the property.

The LED strands they sell simply don't put out enough light to be useful. Oh yeah they change colors, but you still can't see anything under them.

They use standard bulb bases so I'm not adverse to putting the larger bulbs like you see indoors, but LEDs are still sooooooooo expensive. One day I'm sure I'll find a deal.

40 watt bulbs used to be all you could find the LEDs in and now I can't find a 40 watt LED in the stores. I have found some frosted 40 watts online but I'm only going to go frosted as a last resort.

Thanks for the responses. I ignored some of you, many apologies. As much as I wanted LEDs, this pair are going in the screen room, so bugs should not be an issue, and it was super sale:

http://www.lights.com/bushwick-st18-heavy-duty-socket-vintage-stringer-p-36799.html

I will purchase two logner ones depending on how these go in.

Hey can I shorten one of these things or is there wizardry in the wiring?

I saw a flyer from Harbor freight with these lights going on sale, in August.

Paul