Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs

Re:Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs by jauntywundrkind on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:24PM (#40165343)

Sure the cost is (maybe) 10x. But the lifespan is 20x+ what an incandescent would be. And it's on-the-fly configurable to preference.

The marginal cost of intelligent/smart bulbs is 3x or what not. Given how long they last, for many folks it seems like an easy win. The adaptability is great. Yeah you can eskew it & just do a thing, & yeah many consumers just won't get there, but damn, it's so nice having per-bupb adjustable brightness & color temp everywhere. For pretty minimal addition vs where we had been.

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Re:Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs by binkHN on Thursday April 25, 2024 @11:33PM (#40165727)

LEDs are advertised to have amazing lifespans, but I haven't seen that in real life. The LEDs I purchase tend to last two or three times longer than an incandescent bulb, but sometimes I don't even get that much.

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Re:Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs by jauntywundrkind on Saturday April 27, 2024 @09:57AM (#40179986)

Fwiw, I have never had an LED bulb burn out.

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Re:Banned in the U.S.: Healthy Light Bulbs by aaomidi on Thursday April 25, 2024 @10:29PM (#40165374)

Eh, “configurable”. LEDs are one of the reasons the world feels so dull right now.

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