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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    1 year ago

    They are not sold anymore, but whatever is left and working can still be used. Many people also bought a ton of incandescents before the selling stopped (tHe lIgHt is sO mUcH bEtTeR!!!)

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      1 year ago

      tHe lIgHt is sO mUcH bEtTeR!!!)

      narrator voice: “but it was not”

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        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

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

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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.

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          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.