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rvba on March 30, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: There's something off about LED bulbs

As much as I like EU, the new bulbs are flickery shit.

I bought a stockpile of 150W incandescent bulbs marked as 'shock resistant' (they are definitely not) and they give decent light. The 100W LEDs give more like 50W and flicker too..

garaetjjte on March 31, 2023 | [–]

>'shock resistant' (they are definitely not)

It's not allowed to sell incandescent for home use in EU, so they are usually marked as some "industrial shock-resistant" bullshit.

jon889 on March 30, 2023 | [–]

When the transition started the first LED bulbs were awful. They have come a long way since then.

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