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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 years 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.

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[+] HellAwaits@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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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[–] Salad_Fries@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years 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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[–] laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 years ago

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

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[–] heeplr@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] heeplr@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago

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

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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] heeplr@feddit.de 2 points 3 years 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.