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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.

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[–] heeplr@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

tHe lIgHt is sO mUcH bEtTeR!!!)

narrator voice: "but it was not"

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

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

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

You could also get ultra cheap crappy incendescant bulbs in the past.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It generally is though. The look of incandescent and halogen is only rivaled by high end LEDs.

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

nah. in my experience, even cheaper LED bulbs from discounters can nicely replace old bulbs.

It's true that what "el-cheapo product" once was done by simply reducing lifetime is currently done with looks.