I like the color temperature of incandescent bulbs. That alone is worth the extra electricity expense.
It's a bit funny how many of us obsess about the calibration of our monitors and tablets, even installing utilities that change the color temperature at different times of day to be easier on our eyes. But we don't seem to care as much about the ambient light that we see everywhere.
Also, many of my fixtures expose the bulbs and look ridiculous without a clear glass incandescent bulb.
I obsess about lighting plenty (more than just color temperature - florescent flicker that most people don't notice irritates me to no end,) but I don't subscribe to the idea that incandescent light sources are automatically better.
I recently acquired a 40W-equivalent version of this bulb, and in A/B testing vs a 57W "efficient" incandescent, I lost track of which bulb was which. The LED bulb actually had a warmer color that the incandescent, plus very similar brightness.
Of course, most of my bulbs are horrible, dim, slow, ugly, toxic, cool white CCFLs, installed by the previous owner (even in fixtures with exposed bulbs,) so pretty much any bulbs constitute a serious improvement.
You can match the color temperature. The problem is the color rendering. With CFLs, 10 different shades of red that you can distinguish under incandescent bulbs all look the same.
The CRI of incandescents is 100, LEDs are around 90, and CFLs are around 70. Under real world tests, the human eye can't distinguish additional colors in LED vs incandescent bulbs.
Efficient lightbulbs come in various color temperatures. You don't need incandescents to get the same color temperature. I don't like the harsher blue ones so I buy the warmer ones for at home.
I still suspect it won't "look right", as there's more to it than just color. The geometric patterns it may cast on the wall, maybe some other "intangible" effects.
I'll have to try one out. It may just be that I'm on the vinyl side in the lighting equivalent of the "vinyl vs CD" debate.
One disadvantage (with flourescents; I'm sure LEDs wouldn't have this issue) I've noticed is that there is a small delay between when you turn on the light switch and the bulb turns on. Also, it doesn't start at full brightness but has to gradually increase to full brightness. Not a huge issue but worth mentioning.
And we haven't even talked about dimming. I have dimmers everywhere. CFLs don't dim at all (unless they're special, and I bet they suck). They have other wonderful quirks like blinking when off, if connected to an illuminated switch.
It's a bit funny how many of us obsess about the calibration of our monitors and tablets, even installing utilities that change the color temperature at different times of day to be easier on our eyes. But we don't seem to care as much about the ambient light that we see everywhere.
Also, many of my fixtures expose the bulbs and look ridiculous without a clear glass incandescent bulb.