Anonymous
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11/14/2026, 8:26:28 PM

I do realize that I am not autistic, so I can tolerate *some* flickering knowingly. I say that because IKEA makes a lot of good enough LEDs, but some do flicker when dimmed, especially those that can change to non-white colours. I've seen their under-cabinet spots in the store. They didn't look like they were flickering, and they are plug and play. You can always see for yourself with that store at least, and I really enjoy their wireless remotes system since you don't need an app to make it work. Phillips is a good brand in general for LEDs, but you still have to look at the characteristics of each bulb. Apparently FEIT and Satco do also make good bulbs with their higher range LEDs, but I haven't been able to put my hands on any of them in Montreal, and Amazon sells them for 10x the price . . . Since you are sensitive to AC/DC transformers' noise, you're kinda stuck buying more expensive components anyway. Those components are not supposed to be noisy unless they are made really cheaply. Also, cheap or inappropriate dimmers can sometimes be responsible for the flickering. For under the cabinets, you can still buy halogen spots with a transformer, it's still pretty economical, but it won't be plug and play. Rona has demonstrators for their LED spots in their big stores, lumen does too. For Christmas lights, I heard that Truetone is the best for that https://tru-tone.com/, if you have an arm and a leg to spare. For community reviews, I often find myself on https://www.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/.

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