America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbtEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Is there a brand that’s better for LED? I get migraines and the stroking effect of LED bulbs can be a trigger.

    LED christmas bulbs particularly bad. It felt like walking into a rave at the Christmas store.

    • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
      131·
      1 year ago

      Regular brand LED bulbs don’t strobe at all, only the very cheap ones from AliExpress and the resellers of Chinese crapware (like Walmart) do. IKEA has some nice and cheap bulbs, for example.

    • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, many of those christmas lights use pulse width modulation to control brightness and it is very noticeable. I hope that gets changed over for an analog voltage dimmer soon.

    • AndrewZabar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ve never been disappointed with Philips. However, I have no doubt there are tons of exceptionally good quality products out there from various brands.

    • Coeus@coeus.sbsEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I honestly couldn’t tell you. Its been so long since I purchased LEDs and the ones I bought were from the company I work for. They have worked well for me but I don’t know if any brand is better than another.

    • oldfart@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      There are LEDs with CCD power converter. I got one 10 years ago and tested it with a 240 fps camera, no flicker at all. I will not recommend a brand because it’s been years,but search for “ccd led bulb”.

      Also there’s a number called CRI, indicating how well it represents colors. This also may contribute to your headaches. 85 or higher is good, 90 is great. Just don’t trust these numbers on Amazon, the cheapest of cheap crap is marketed as " cri 90+" there.

      Or scratch what I just said and find a small store that specializes in lighting and ask the clerk (or email them).