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0 pointsSpooky232y ago0 comments

I can’t imagine sitting in a room with the color temperature of a gas station bathroom with random flickering and fading out every couple of years.

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brodouevencode2y ago

I have those HD bulbs. They are nowhere near as bad as what you just described.

Spooky23OP2y ago

That’s the problem - sometimes they are great. They are more complex devices that use parts from random Chinese suppliers.

Incandescent bulbs were very simple. Cheap vs name brand. White vs soft white. 120v vs 130v. LEDs have at least 7 attributes, some of which are not documented well or at all.

Tell me what LED bulb is ideal to produce 1500 lumens of output in an outdoor semi-enclosed fixure? It will take about 10 minutes of googling around if you are in the know. The average consumer doesn’t have a chance.

brodouevencode2y ago

In the 6 years I've been in my current house, having installed these everywhere in the house upon moving in (total around 80 bulbs), I've had less than ten to flicker or otherwise go bad. Maybe I'm just lucky.

I would prefer incandescents though. The only thing I don't miss about them is the heat. Everything else was superior.

reaperman2y ago

They have several different warm LED's at Home Depot. You can generally find 2100K to 3000K. Sometimes even 1800K in the specialty bulbs there.

They're not terrible, but the low CRI keeps me coming back to halogen.

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brodouevencode2y ago

I have those HD bulbs. They are nowhere near as bad as what you just described.

Spooky23OP2y ago

That’s the problem - sometimes they are great. They are more complex devices that use parts from random Chinese suppliers.

Incandescent bulbs were very simple. Cheap vs name brand. White vs soft white. 120v vs 130v. LEDs have at least 7 attributes, some of which are not documented well or at all.

brodouevencode2y ago

I would prefer incandescents though. The only thing I don't miss about them is the heat. Everything else was superior.

reaperman2y ago

They have several different warm LED's at Home Depot. You can generally find 2100K to 3000K. Sometimes even 1800K in the specialty bulbs there.

They're not terrible, but the low CRI keeps me coming back to halogen.

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