Do mind that the state of LEDs isn't that of 5 years ago. There are affordable and rock solid LED lights available right now. Taking the IKEA LEDARE bulbs as a

Do mind that the state of LEDs isn't that of 5 years ago. There are affordable and rock solid LED lights available right now. Taking the IKEA LEDARE bulbs as an example: They provide a pleasant warm light --though slightly colder than incandescants it's much better than most fluorescents-- and they have a color rendition index to match. In addition to that they have no perceptible flicker, turning the light off leaves a solid 3-4 second afterglow so there's clearly a beefy enough capacitor in that power supply. Sure there are crap bulbs available, and it's hard for the average consumer to pick the good ones from a lineup. but clearly your assertion that $10 bulbs are by definition no good is incorrect.