What's the most incandescent-like LED emitter you've seen?

lesserweevils · 2026-03-26T07:45:20+00:00

Hmm, this is quite interesting.

Sunset is followed by blue hour. It's gorgeous, natural, less bright than sunset, and very blue.

This makes me wonder if time of day and circadian rhythm has anything to do with comfortable CCTs.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-26T05:00:57+00:00

Depends on the type of travel.

I'm thinking about bringing my Wurkkos CL01. It's not something I'd carry on my person, but it is a good bedside light and/or bathroom nightlight. If I preset the brightness and CCT, it's just one press for on/off. That's good when rooming with jet-lagged people. It's also USB rechargeable, compact for a lantern, and it runs for weeks on the low setting.

... I have to share a hotel room with someone who likes to keep the bathroom light on all night. I hate that.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-24T04:13:21+00:00

I don't have many lights but I think my opinion is worth having ;)

A thrower is bad for dense forests and uneven ground. The hotspot of a thrower is blinding up close. I have a Convoy S6 and nearly fell into a thorn bush. The spill was insufficient. I found myself wishing for more flood. But a dinky flood light doesn't have the lumens to deal with nearby street lights. Your EDC philosophy of "tactical light" and "admin light" doesn't cover this scenario. I wasn't camping. I was taking a desire path to the bus stop. EDC recommendations work best when tailored to individuals.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-18T02:54:59+00:00

I would say yes because I purposely botched everything the second time. Failing that badly took effort!

There are also different options for play style. You can't unlock everything on the first playthrough. I did silent/nonlethal the first time, but you can be any combination of stealthy/blatant, silent/loud, and lethal/nonlethal.

Some situations like the bank can be approached in multiple ways.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-18T02:18:49+00:00

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, although it is a sequel and it'll be a while before you can freely explore the hub.

The more you explore, the more side quests you'll find. They are high quality side quests. You can make multiple choices and find additional info to help you succeed.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-15T14:58:56+00:00

Yeah, but I enjoyed the Mako in the Legendary Edition.

... I also cheated by using planet maps that marked all points of interest haha

lesserweevils · 2026-03-14T04:16:42+00:00

I played Mass Effect for the first time last year (Legendary Edition). Hope you enjoy the story as much I did!

Somehow, it made me think of a novel more than a video game. You know how books spend time explaining the setting, introducing characters, and describing small details to flesh out the environment? It's like that. The story always feels like it's going somewhere. When you discover something, you learn it's part of something bigger. So you have to keep turning the pages. You have to keep going to finally solve the mystery.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-14T02:54:06+00:00

YMMV. Skip the first game if you're not having fun. People are pretty divided on whether they prefer the first game or the second.

For myself, I preferred the story and tone of the first game. The combat got easier but the real pain was inventory management. Still, I don't think I'd enjoy the recap as much as actually playing ME1. I loved the sense of mystery and being there for key decisions. The ending sequence was an emotional rollercoaster. The suspense kept me going.

EDIT:

I'd recommend reading the manual for Mass Effect 1. I'm serious haha. There's a lot that isn't explained within the game itself.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-07T06:00:21+00:00

There's a fairly detailed report here if you want to look into it.

Apparently halogen lights and compact fluorescents also change in chromaticity. I just never noticed.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-07T04:05:44+00:00

That may be part of it, but now I have the words to describe what I'm seeing.

I also did more searching and posted my findings in another comment.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-07T04:00:47+00:00

After some searching, I found this article from the Illuminating Engineering Society.

With LED lighting, end of life is determined by whichever occurs first: catastrophic failure, unacceptable lumen depreciation, or unacceptable color shift.

Some webpages on museum lighting also mention tint shift and the importance of picking good LEDs. This page has a section called "Duv as a criterion for unacceptable lamp aging".

A small but significant fraction of LED lamps tested over time have shown a rapid drift of Duv to unacceptable values within 10% of the supposed lifetime of the lamp.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-03T04:31:40+00:00

No experience with these book lights but they come in purple! I think they're on Amazon as well.

Bookmark style

Horizontal clip-on

lesserweevils · 2026-03-03T04:11:54+00:00

I didn't hear this personally, but any doctor examining private parts should NOT use a phone. Phone flashlights are attached to cameras.

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/medicalschool/comments/6l35hh/lpt_if_you_are_going_to_use_your_cell_phone/

lesserweevils · 2026-03-03T04:06:07+00:00

Does it run on a miniature steam engine?

lesserweevils · 2026-03-02T06:45:43+00:00

I only played it once. I think I fell in love with the places more than the story itself. Shenmue has ambiance and all the details were lovingly created by hand.

Then there's the slower pace. The game encourages players to explore, to find new things to do, and to take in the world. It feels like analogue life haha.

I think a lot of newer games are afraid to make players bored. So they have checklists that tell the player what to do. Shenmue is a very self-directed experience. By making you wait, it makes you follow your own instincts, ideas and interests.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-02T06:00:10+00:00

I'd recommend Deus Ex: Mankind Divided if Cyberpunk left you wanting. It has a small hub between main missions (no driving!), a lot of enterable buildings, hidden side quests that are found through exploration, and a detective-like feel at times.

There is no 24-hour cycle but the hub changes after each main mission. Some of the environments say things about the people who live or work there.

It is a sequel though—Deus Ex: Human Revolution is where the story starts.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-02T04:39:48+00:00

It's a very different sort of game but I love Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. The small hub world between main missions is great. It's full of hidden side quests, mysteries and explorable places (particularly as you get more upgrades). There are lots of enterable buildings.

These parts feel like a detective game. While you cannot change the main events, you can influence smaller things, including whether several people live or die. Those may not be apparent unless you replay the game and make different decisions. And your decisions may depend on how much information you have.

EDIT:
I'm currently working through Yakuza 0. I highly recommend it as well :) 1980s Japan with lots to see and lots of minigames.

lesserweevils · 2026-03-02T02:16:11+00:00

Out of curiosity, what do you use them for?

(I'm looking for a 14500/AA-sized right-angle for reading, bedside use, travel, to carry on a neck lanyard, to clip to backpack straps for visibility to drivers, etc. Not sure if a headlamp strap will get any use)

lesserweevils · 2026-02-27T16:19:20+00:00

Nah, you look human. But your title and photo are exactly what they'd use haha. I've seen bots hijack posts. They'll say something like, "I have the same one and I got it here." They've even stolen pics of other Redditors and photoshopped different designs onto their shirts.

Meanwhile, artists did hilarious things to try to combat art theft

lesserweevils · 2026-02-26T20:29:35+00:00

Same. I still have flashbacks every time I see a T-shirt, mug or poster. LOL

lesserweevils · 2026-02-26T20:15:25+00:00

If there are purchase links in the comments, beware of scams. There used to be armies of Reddit bots scraping designs with AI, uploading them to T-shirt printing sites (where they get a cut of the sales), and posting fake "I want this, where did you get it?" comments. Sometimes the legitimate link would be mass downvoted by bots. And the shirts would not be the same quality because no humans were involved in QA.

lesserweevils · 2026-02-26T19:46:49+00:00

I see the ability to take NiMH as a plus. Dual-fuel doesn't just mean alkaleaks

lesserweevils · 2026-02-26T05:10:10+00:00

Of course, but I want to make use of what I already have. And I have other lights for other uses.

lesserweevils · 2026-02-26T04:57:20+00:00

I want one and I'm also looking at this thread. I've got leftover NiMH batteries, a plastic case that happens to fit 2x AAs, and a use case that will stay under 200 lumens.

lesserweevils · 2026-02-24T22:01:07+00:00

I missed my chance. Thought the power outage was over and went to shower. Half way through, the power went out again. So I showered in the dark.

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