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 ...

A new crop of LED light bulbs wants to combine modern technology with old-school looks. Here's what to look for as you pick one out. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

The folks at Sengled brought a very vintage-looking piece of tech to Las Vegas this week, to CES 2020. This is the Sengled Smart LED Edison Filament Bulb, with a design that's decidedly old-school.

Smart lighting manufacturer LIFX is set to bolster its Wi-Fi bulb lineup at CES this week, announcing new filament and candle bulbs along with a four-gang smart switch. Also on tap: a major redesign ...

This 2700K bulb offers warm light, visible filaments, and basic smart features. In the smart lighting space, vintage-style filaments are fully on trend for 2020, and just about every vendor seems to ...

You may have considered a switch to LED lighting but are unsure what difference it will make. The lighting system has many significant advantages over traditional lighting methods. Incandescent bulbs ...

To quote a past blog post of mine from mid-2019: Some of my most popular blogs and teardowns have a common theme … LED light bulbs! You all sure love your incandescent-successor illumination sources!

Buying a light bulb can be complicated. If you don't take the time to figure out what type of bulb you need, it may not match the color of the other bulbs in the room or even work in your fixture.

Once upon a time, buying a lightbulb meant choosing an incandescent one of between 25 and 100 watts, depending on how bright you wanted the light to be and the fixture you were putting it in. You ...

The typical household LED light bulb is advertised with a 25,000 hour lifespan, which would be more than 20 years at 3 or so hours of use per day. That sounds great, but it seems that a good number of ...