Quote Originally Posted by Papewaio View Post
Actually you can get leds that shine like an incandescent or fluorescent light and they will brighten more of the room for less power. The ones that mimic an incandescent light generally have an opaque globe around the led and the whole globe will glow.

The other omnidirectional ones look like little Xmas trees with led filaments in gold strands.
It is the opaque bulb that causes the kind of light I dislike. Besides, we seemed to agree that LEDs are more harmful to the environment than incandescents if not properly disposed of (which is an issue for Ukraine).