There's something off about LED bulbs

Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by CrimsonCape on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:52AM (#35374659)

Budgetlightforum.com is the best source for flashlights and bulbs. Everyone there knows the metrics of what makes good light.

GE Filled With Sun, Philips Ultra HD (available on Amazon, but from Canada), and some other Chinese brands are currently top of the chart for CRI 95+, RA 90+ bulbs

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by m463 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:20PM (#35375151)

    Budgetlightforum.com

This is a rabbit hole of lighting tech.

I read the site and ... Now all my flashlights MUST run open source firmware.

Buy a flashlight with the Anduril UI and you will understand. (search on amazon)

With my flashlights:

- press and hold the power button to ramp up brightness from zero

- press and hold again to ram down brightness

- click twice to get the maximum brightness from the light (mostly)

there are lots of other modes available, designed to be harder to stumble into, plus customizations you can add.

Also, the good flashlights have an always-on dim green LED that lets you find the flashlight during a power outage.

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Re:There's something off about LED bulbs by MengerSponge on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:39PM (#35375460)

I use GE Sun Filled bulbs at my desk. They're nice! I really wish I could easily get the Lumitronix or LEDvance models.

http://www.seoulsemicon.com/en/technology/sunlike/casestudy/

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