[MinorityRepublican]

I prefer incandescent lights and they’re easier on the eyes for reading at nights.

[DBrow]

“easier on the eyes for reading at nights.”

I just stayed at a hotel that had an LED reading light on a gooseneck that was very good in terms of evenness and color temp. It lit up my book quite well, and was small. I looked at its transformer and saw that the whole system ran on about three Watts. I could run it all year for a few dollars.

I’m going to look for one like it for home (I tried an LED sunflower bulb but it did not last).

Nichia makes some LEDs with a “natural” incandescent look, and Lumileds do too- you can get Cool White, Warm White and colors.

[The_Reader_David]

Hear! hear! Fluorescent bulbs have a flicker that makes them unusable as reading lamps: I get a headache reading under them.

LED’s? ghastly bright things.

I want a nice warm yellow light from a 40 or 60 watt bulb for reading.

[mad_as_he$$]

Try finding a CFL with a Kelvin rating of about 5,000 and a CRI of about 80 - 90. They are much closer to sunlight and should not have the blue tone. Actually my wife prefers reading with them over an incandescent.

[Pelham]

Try a Verilux or Ott-Lite full spectrum bulb, you’ll find them far superior to incandescent.