The benefits of dimmable incandescent and compact fluorescent light bulbs, that is, the ability to easily adjust the intensity of overhead lighting, improved energy efficiency, etc., are all greatly ...

Due to their light output and long life, high-brightness LEDs are well-suited for use in flashlights. Typically, the LEDs are driven with a constant current. So when the battery voltage drops, the ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Which LED light bulbs are best? Finding the best LED light bulbs for your house, office or otherwise can be more complicated than it seems. It’s easy enough to pick out a random A19 light bulb, but ...

LED light bulbs have always been a bit like car repairs: they’re either good quality or affordable, but very rarely both. And it’s all very well and good that these bulbs use a fraction of the ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Extremely powerful for its size, the Clearwater LED flashlight throws a focused beam of white light that is simply amazing, especially considering it has only a single LED. Somehow during our ...

The quest for energy efficiency has led manufacturers to investigate ways of dimming all kinds of lighting technologies, including those that usually can’t be dimmed. Consider, for example, ...

Buying lightbulbs used to be a cinch. When your 60-watt incandescents burnt out, you simply bought more 60-watt bulbs. But incandescents wasted a lot of energy to create that warm glow and were phased ...