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LED lights
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2009–2025), in 6 threads.
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No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Hard to find LED bulbs that dim without flickeringUnreviewed
20092026- Hard to find LED bulbs that dim without flickering and match well2023-03-30
- Failing LEDs flicker maddeningly instead of cleanly going dark2021-04-01
- Bulb visibly flickers every few seconds when used with a dimmer switch2019-02-06
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- LED low beams blind oncoming drivers, making country roads hard to drive2025-11-08
- Hard to find LED bulbs that dim without flickering and match well2023-03-30
- Can't find a bulb equivalent to old 100 watt bulb; new ratings are confusing2023-03-30
- Failing LEDs flicker maddeningly instead of cleanly going dark2021-04-01
- Bulb visibly flickers every few seconds when used with a dimmer switch2019-02-06
- Landing directly in a forum thread with no surrounding context2018-12-10