Segula bulbs

Segula: decorative LED bulbs from Germany

Segula is a German maker of LED bulbs and designer lights, based in Horb am Neckar in Baden-Württemberg. It builds its range for homes as well as for bars, restaurants and hotels, where a bare bulb is often the whole point of the fitting. The idea behind its decorative light sources is simple: keep the look and the warm glow of an old carbon-filament lamp, but run it on LED.

Filaments you are meant to see

A Segula bulb is designed to be looked at. The LED filaments sit behind clear glass and are shaped into straight vintage strands, loops, spirals and figures. The maker groups them into lines such as Vintage, with straight filaments that recall early carbon lamps, and an Art line in which flexible filaments are bent into butterflies, hearts and other motifs. Glass shapes follow the same thinking: globes, tubes, bottles and other vintage forms. Segula also stresses warm light. Its signature 2200 K colour is closer to candlelight than to the 2700 K of an ordinary warm-white bulb.

Segula at Lunares

At Lunares you will find Segula decorative LED bulbs with an E27 cap: figure filaments in the Art style, a heart, globes and straight tubes, including a T45 Edison-style tube. There are also linear LED bulbs with S14d caps in 300 mm and 500 mm lengths, a modern replacement for the old tubular lamps used above mirrors, in display cabinets and in some designer wall lights.

What to check when choosing a Segula bulb

• Cap and fitting. E27 is the large Edison screw used in most pendants and table lamps. S14d is the disc cap used on linear (linestra-type) lamps, so check that your fitting takes it before ordering.
• Brightness for the job. Decorative filament bulbs give modest output; the Art butterfly, for example, gives around 350 lm. They work best as visible accents and in clusters, not as the only light over a desk or worktop.
• Colour of light. At 2200 K the light is golden and soft. If a kitchen needs a cleaner white, keep the filament bulb for atmosphere and add separate general lighting.
• Dimming. Segula recommends phase-cut dimmers with a low minimum load and publishes a list of dimmers it has tested. Check the product page to see whether the bulb you choose is dimmable.
• Shade or no shade. These bulbs look their best bare or behind clear glass. Under an opaque shade you pay for a filament nobody sees.

For other caps, shapes and plain everyday LED sources, browse light bulbs.