For me, LED 100%. I’m waiting for my CFL’s to die off so I can switch over entirely, but that’ll take years. No “warmup” delay like some (most?) CFL’s. And halogen just seems so hot.
But if you really need a focused very bright light, maybe something like an Ott Light? We got that for my mom as she was aging and having vision issues.
Had to look up Ott Light. I need a great deal more light than most people in order to see adequately. Finding Daylight LED bulbs changed my life, especially after sunset. It definitely isn’t “soft” white, though.
Daylight LED is 5000 degrees Kelvin. That is the color of sunlight. You can use those bulbs for bright light, plant grow lights, etc.
For most people, that too bright for putting in a lamp. The soft white LEDs are more like 3000 degrees Kelvin.
For actual brightness, look for a higher number in lumens, if it’s listed.
Have you ever had the problem of requesting a book from the library and by the time it comes have no clue as to why you requested it? I’ve obviously lost a bit of brain cells as I’ve gotten older.
I don’t consider that a problem! I’ll put a book on hold because I think I might like it for some reason (review, recommendation, author I like…), so if I’ve forgotten everything about it by the time it’s available, that’s a good thing. I don’t read the blurb on the cover so no spoilers!
Thanks for the light bulb suggestions. I may look into an OTT light, but for now I found LED soft white 1600 lumens that seem pretty good in my family room lamps. I’m definitely needing brighter light in the evenings to see properly.
Since we are on the topic of light bulbs, anyone have recommendations for an energy saving bulb that best replicates the softer yellow look of an incandescent, both standard bulb and recessed flood light bulbs?
The soft white LEDs I just bought give a warm glow and are very energy efficient.
Do you know the brand off hand, @psychmomma?
Select soft white/warm white bulbs. Not cool white or daylight. Way too bright!
I splurged for GE- the great value brand had 1500 lumens and GE had 1600- both were labeled as 100 watt equivalents. Uses 15 watts of energy and lasts 13.7 years at 3 hours a day, so they predict.
“Soft white” is similar to typical incandescent color. LED bulbs are commonly available in soft white, as well as bright white and cool white that have greater amounts of blue light. Most brands will offer all colors; the color is the important part for this purpose.
Yup, that I know. But many still aren’t a look that I love so was wondering about specific brands people might like to get a truer incandescent look.
A 100 watt incandescent bulb produces about 1600 lumens of light.
If you get an LED bulb with a stated output of 1600 lumens, it should look the same. Your eye really won’t notice the difference between 1550 and 1600 lumens, so don’t obcess over the exact number. Lumens per watt is more important, as is the color temperature. I wouldn’t touch CFL these days, they use more energy and many have mercury in them. Halogens use even more energy and get very hot, and don’t have the lifespan of LED bulbs.
Check with your local utilities; many have energy audit programs where they will replace all the bulbs in your house for free with LED bulbs. Well, not for free. You’ve been paying for it for years in your utility bill. You might get some free or heavily subsidized insulation work from it as well.
Incandescent bulbs have a color temperature of 2700K.
When LED bulbs first came out the “soft/warm” ones were 3000K, which is a bit whiter, but now it’s easy to find LED bulbs with a 2700K color temperature.
I am posting this here to get more visibility. Where can I start a new thread? I am on android.
^^ @CottonTales: Scroll down just past the reply box to a thread within the forum in which you want to post. Tap the gray button for “New Discussion”.
I have an old old desktop with Windows 7, and out of nowhere the “save as” function stopped working - first noticed on an EXCEL file. It just says “not responding” and hangs until the program is shut down. Now I’m having the same problem with trying to back up my H&R Block tax file.
I can save, copy, and paste files, but just can’t “save as”. Is this something so complicated that I will probably kill my computer if I try to fix it? Anything I read on Google about this is outside my comfort zone.
Well, the bad news is, Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 a few weeks ago https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4057281/windows-7-support-ended-on-january-14-2020
You can upgrade to windows 10 fro free still. Pm me and will tell you how or just Google it. Did many computers recently. Also if you just saved it then check your computer and make sure you can find it. It will be on your computer.
So first the basics. Close out of everything on your computer after hitting save. Maybe email it to yourself so you have it. Then restart your computer. It might take sometime. Then reopen your program. Sometimes programs hang for various reasons. Some program like quick books etc are the worst. Sometimes it’s a memory issue and restarting it clears that up.
When all done look up and update for free to windows 10. If you want the windows 7 look you can download something that goes right over the top to make everything look like windows 7.
Also when updating you won’t lose any programs etc but always good to back up program like your using. It take about 3 hours total. It will ask you some questions like should it save all your programs and settings. The answer is Yes! Once it says it’s done downloading but installing go get lunch… Lol… The computer will restart several times. Then at some point you will see your login screen. If there is a problem and it can’t update it will tell you and revert back to your computer.
I just did several computers that were over 11 years old for my office. It’s painless. Pm me if you have questions