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I don't know if any standard heavy duty 1157 lamp has the same physical design as the OEM lamp. It has a pretty sturdy design to keep the filament from long excursion developed from vibration.
If you opt to replace the OEM with and LED one major drawback is finding an equivalent LED that uses the stock reflector as well as having a resistor that runs the LED at the running light voltage and shows good differential brightness when the brake voltage is applied.
I too use an additional brake light, the "Stopper" LED brake light bar that I have mounted below my license plate. Not just there in case one fails, more so to just help to be seen when braking. Far too many soccer moms in SUVs around here, had some close calls from behind before I mounted this.
Debated getting the Hyperlites, May still do that, front and rear.