Outdoor lighting; buy an LED specific light or regular light and use an LED bulb?

[BlueMule]

So an outdoor wall light fixture by our side door broke. There is all kinds of choices to replace it with. Should I buy an LED specific outdoor wall light fixture (expensive: the one the wife likes are $120 each) based on the fact that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, or buy a regular incandescent fixture and eventually put an LED bulb in it?

 

[begreen]

I'd get a conventional fixture and put an LED bulb in it. There are some good deals starting to show up on LEDs in a standard bulb form.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/trying-another-led-bulb.125607/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/newegg-com-has-a-shell-shocker-deal-on-led-bulbs-tonight.126763/

 

[Highbeam]

I agree. The bulb socket will be supported for the rest of your life. The proprietary led in that fixture could be gone tomorrow.

 

[greg13]

Do you have a death wish? You answered your own question with "the one the wife likes are $120 each".

If she ain't happy, no one's happy.
If you aren't happy, no one cares!

Greg

 

[woodgeek]

Oh, she'll find a more expensive fixture she likes with an edison socket....