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It doesn't look or feel the same to me. Maybe something to do with CRI (I don't really understand that). I am not switching to LEDs... It would be wasteful to
by _yb2s 3y ago
It doesn't look or feel the same to me. Maybe something to do with CRI (I don't really understand that).
I am not switching to LEDs... It would be wasteful to throw away something that works great and replace it with something new that doesn't work as well. I like incandescent, and my 40 year old reading lamp and a few extra bulbs will last forever running a few hours a night dimmed to ~20W.
- badcppdev 3y ago"This is why I resent the laws banning incandescent lights." and "my 40 year old reading lamp and a few extra bulbs will last forever running a few hours a night dimmed to ~20W." You resent the laws although they barely affect you. And it's time for me to take a break from discussion threads.
- comfypotato 3y ago> It doesn't look or feel the same to me. I used to be in this camp before branching out and trying some different LEDs. Unless it is literally the glowing filament that you like looking at, which is reasonable, you can definitely find a bulb that looks and feels the same. That was my point in repeating myself saying that it 100% exists. If you’re not in a place to financially experiment with a few bulbs that’s different. Stating that LEDs can’t produce the color you want is wrong. I would go as far as to say that you can find an LED that produces a color you prefer over incandescent.
- twoodfin 3y agoWhat’s your recommendation for a quality sub-2700K bulb?
- comfypotato 3y agoI settled on an adjustable-temperature/brightness standing lamp. I don’t know the model, sorry. Being able to change the color/brightness on a spectrum is very nice. Planning to buy some e26 bulbs that connect to Apple’s home automation. It’ll be the same process of buying all the popular models on Amazon that have fully adjustable color/brightness and settling on what I like best.
- _yb2s 3y agoIt just seems like a solution looking for a problem... incandescent lights are exactly the perfect solution for my use case, I am completely happy with them. The whole problem LED bulb mandates are trying to solve is mostly a problem of unnecessary and excessive lighting which is causing tons of light pollution, interrupting peoples circadian rhythm, etc. If people used a very dim light near their body just between sunset and sleep it wouldn't matter much how efficient it is. Brightly lighting up our cities and houses is totally unnecessary and terrible for us, and terrible for the planet regardless of how efficient and cheap we can make it. It lowers quality of life for us, and other animals affected by the light pollution. I would have no problem affording LED lights I don't want, but cannot afford to move someplace with enough land to escape the neighbors light pollution from their cheap LEDs... which makes it harder to sleep, impossible to enjoy the stars, etc.
- comfypotato 3y agoNoises of crotchety old fart grumbling in the distance
- santoshalper 3y agoNo, the problem they are trying to solve is not light pollution, it is that incandescent bulbs use several times as much electricity as LEDs.
- _yb2s 3y agoMaking it more efficient just means people will think even less before brightly lighting things up all night long that either don’t need lighting at all or don’t need it so bright. LEDs are so efficient and cheap that the result is massive light pollution. The solution to energy waste is to make light dimmer and more localized.
- thehappypm 3y agoThat would be the case if LEDs weren’t so, so much more efficient. Like 5x more efficient, easily.
- Schroedingersat 3y agoRough service incandescent bulbs are exempt and will last decades driven at a quarter power. Sure it's a special order, but it's a special case.