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Re:StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations by perl4ever on Monday April 30, 2018 @11:02AM (#16959112)
I got some LED bulbs recently that are all glass, so they look exactly like incandescents, they have the same color temperature as "warm white" incandescents (i.e. 2700K), they are as bright or brighter than the incandescents they replace (800 lumens) and they are $1 apiece in quantities of 2. This may be an aberration, but it has certainly made me certain that I should always search for good and cheap LEDs in the future, and not waste time with any other type.

I also found some LED bulbs that have simulated filaments inside clear bulbs for an old-fashioned look, and again the incandescent color temperature.

I've even found cheap LED replacement bulbs for the various interior lights in my car that look just like incandescents.

So I think it's kind of passé to be debating LEDs at this point.

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Re:StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations by diggernet on Monday April 30, 2018 @11:40AM (#16959525)
Have you found an LED replacement for the light in your oven? As far as I'm aware, those are all still incandescent, simply due to the temperatures involved.
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Re:StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations by perl4ever on Monday April 30, 2018 @09:54PM (#16964073)
Has someone prohibited such bulbs? In the US, I think there was some exemption for utility incandescents.
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Re:StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations by makomk on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:27PM (#16961466)
I'm not sure you grasp how poor the LED situation is over here in the UK. Some of the other light fixtures here have similar glass LED bulbs (non-dimmable, naturally) and they're pretty decent replacements for incandescents so long as you can live with the limitations - they're also discontinued and cost several times that price when they were available. The only place I can find selling something similar is charging £5.50 (about $7.50) per bulb for something off-brand, though I guess at least that claims to be dimmable: https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p95506 The last off-brand LED bulb I got from there died after about a month mind you.
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