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

I think it does? I go into a home improvement store, grab a dimmable bulb on the warmer side, and screw it in. That's pretty much the sum total of my dealing with LED bulbs.

nix0n on March 30, 2023 [–]

The problem is that the "dimmable" LEDs I have aren't actually dimmable, they just get flickery.

The article has a similar sentiment: it's hard to translate from what the box says to how it'll actually perform in the real world.

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