Remember these damn things?

https://lemmy.world/post/14317120

Remember these damn things? - Lemmy.World

These would be much easier to do with LEDs but somehow they didn’t survive the transition.
Who’s what’s upward directional lighting? They were a horrendous design that only lit the room tip, not great for reading to crafting.

People who want the entire room lit up with fairly soft lighting?

Also youtu.be/mMDuDCXtxos?si=h9YmH9JcmjZFRuMz

It only lights the ceiling up, you still need additional lighting for anything you want to do.

And these were designed so the heat wouldn’t get trapped in the lid and the are super bright, so you couldn’t point them down. Replacing it with LED you wouldn’t need the same design considerations.

It’s using the ceiling as a diffuser to soften it. Same way that photographers don’t normally point a light directly at a subject but instead use a diffuser like this

studiobinder.com/…/what-is-a-light-diffuser-photo…

How Do Light Diffusers Work in Photo & Film?

A light diffuser is a semi-transmittant material placed in between a light source and a subject to diffuse the light as it passes through.

StudioBinder
Which is a horrible inefficient design and why it don’t transfer with LEDs.

I’m guessing you’re getting down voted by all of us that want light to be reflected/diffused off the ceiling, and actively own LED versions of this lamp.

These exist, they make LED versions of this. I have 3 of them because I’m too lazy to crawl into the attic and install better lighting in the ceiling itself.

I too am a fan of pouring money down the drain on inefficient and useless lighting that needs to be 3x the power of other lighting!

I too am a fan of pouring money down the drain on inefficient and useless lighting that needs to be 3x the power of other lighting!

I don’t understand this take. A single LED bulb provides plenty of light for a bedroom, and two are plenty for a larger room. Your house doesn’t have to look like a doctors office with 700 downward facing lights.