There's something off about LED bulbs

Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by dannyz on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:23AM (#35372304)

I have found that there can be huge quality differences between cheap and more expensive LED bulbs as well. Specifically the ones that use a cheap rectifier. Sometimes I think that I can see them flickering out of the corner of my eye.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by ipython on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:25AM (#35372335)

You can - I see the same thing

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by noneeeed on Thursday March 30, 2023 @09:58AM (#35372810)

This is a big part of it. I tend to pay a reasonable amount for my LEDs and I've yet to be disappointed. I very rarely replace bulbs despite having dozens of fixtures, and the quality of the light is good because I made a point of buying the right colour temp and getting dimmable ones where it makes sense.

Unfortunately the market is swamped with cheap low quality ones that produce pretty crap quality light and burn out quickly. I learnt pretty quickly that it was a false economy to skimp on them.

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