Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.::America’s ban on incandescent light bulbs, 16 years in the making, is finally a reality. Well, mostly.

  • vithigar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It can be. Cheap LED lights with low quality AC rectifiers are awful. If those are your point of comparison then yes, incandescent light is better (more steady).

    Of course that difference goes away if you just get a better LED light.

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        1 year ago

        Even the “cheap” LED bulbs are still many times more expensive than incandescent, and incandescent will give much better light than poor quality LED.

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          1 year ago

          The LED bulbs have a higher up front cost, but ive not come across a single instance where an incandescent was cheaper when factoring electricity costs.

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      1 year ago

      Some also have terrible CRI. Nothing like giving everything a subtle green or purple tint.

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      1 year ago

      yeah, i was referring to current tech. First LED or those mercury vapor bulbs were basically useless.

      • vithigar@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        You can definitely get “current” LED bulbs with bad hardware inside still today. See: Everything made by NOMA.