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1. mtalan+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-09-27 01:03:48
Somewhat off topic, but I bought a Philips Hue system for my house in August since the incandescent ban has made it difficult to find light bulbs. I spent some time getting the colors close to matching my incandescents with a light meter, set up some automations, etc. I could definitely tell they were LEDs (I think their R9 values are low), but they seemed... ok? I don't know, I still wasn't really loving it, but they were better than some other LEDs I had tried in the past. And some of the automations seemed legitimately useful.

Well, I got 4 ocular migraines in less than 3 days. Packed them all up and sent them back. If anyone has recommendations for LEDs that don't trigger migraines let me know. Or else I guess I'm buying a lifetime supply of incandescents and a storage unit for lightbulbs /s.

Honestly, the whole thing sort of seems like focusing on the wrong things. I've never owned a car, am vegetarian, have never lived in more than 1000 sq ft as an adult, and walk/take public transit in NYC daily. Not sure the 2 incandescent lightbulbs I use in my living room are really causing climate change.

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2. dml213+q2[view] [source] 2023-09-27 01:20:00
>>mtalan+(OP)
> the incandescent ban has made it difficult to find light bulbs.

Where do you shop for light bulbs? I don’t think I’ve seen an incandescent on a store shelf for the better part of a decade now.

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3. smartb+N3[view] [source] 2023-09-27 01:29:28
>>mtalan+(OP)
A few years ago read a review that stated IKEA led lamps (at that time) had more red (R9). You’d have to do more research to confirm.

I did buy a large supply of incandescents some 15years ago, now running out of them and starting to consider alternatives.

4. LeafIt+cd[view] [source] 2023-09-27 02:28:51
>>mtalan+(OP)
> Well, I got 4 ocular migraines in less than 3 days. Packed them all up and sent them back. If anyone has recommendations for LEDs that don't trigger migraines let me know.

I had the opposite. I had significantly fewer migraines after switching (originally) to GE LEDs from incandescent. I forget which product line, but they were the daylight ones and expensive.

> Honestly, the whole thing sort of seems like focusing on the wrong things. I've never owned a car, am vegetarian, have never lived in more than 1000 sq ft as an adult, and walk/take public transit in NYC daily. Not sure the 2 incandescent lightbulbs I use in my living room are really causing climate change.

I can confidently say that the general public laws about light bulb choices are not written for people who match this description.

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5. mtalan+fd[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 02:28:55
>>dml213+q2
The Duane Reade near me always had them. Bodegas. Smaller grocery stores. I don't know, they never were hard to find here in NYC until a few months ago.
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6. callal+Vm[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:40:31
>>mtalan+(OP)
Color Rendering Index (CRI) is the metric you care about. 95% is not good enough for the discerning user.
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7. imchil+9o[view] [source] 2023-09-27 03:48:34
>>mtalan+(OP)
> ...Not sure the 2 incandescent lightbulbs I use in my living room are really causing climate change...

They're not. Longevity, small profit margins, ease of entry, and bedding-down with electric franchises, all rolled into lobbying that changed politician's minds.

What happens when the electric companies here in the US see reduction in use? Profits lower, but that's okay, because they'll just petition the boards that run those energy monopolies, and our rates go up.

8. timc3+5w[view] [source] 2023-09-27 04:50:55
>>mtalan+(OP)
Had the opposite experience. I am in Europe if it makes any difference (maybe they are actually different)
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9. Dylan1+PA[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 05:35:41
>>callal+Vm
They mentioned R9, they know what CRI is. And more importantly to your advice, a bad R9 is common with LEDs but R9 is not used in the calculation of the overall percent.
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10. rashko+qG1[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-09-27 14:02:05
>>mtalan+fd
Try searching for “rough service bulbs”, I think those are still on sale
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