From Issue Five of Gear Patrol Magazine.
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Before electricity, interiors were illuminated by flame, with candles and gas lamps that cast a natural glow. These days, however, high-impact, low-energy bulbs that use blue wavelengths to brighten light — such as LEDs and compact fluorescents — are standard in homes across the globe.
While blue light may assist in matters of alertness and productivity, overexposure can strain retinas and knock the body’s circadian rhythm out of sync. Bulbs that stray from the conventional soft white 60-watt LED, then, have the power to improve overall well-being, joining energy efficiency with the warm glow of a candle.
LIFX A19 LED Light
Best Smart Bulb: The LIFX smart bulb boasts fully customizable full-spectrum color — 16 million hues in total — with a color temperature that spans a soft, yellowed hue at 2,500 kelvins to a vibrant, bluish white at 9,000 kelvins. Going one step beyond customized “sleep” and “wake” times, an app-enabled Solar Schedule setting uses location-based data to sync the light with the rising and setting sun, gradually glowing brighter to facilitate smoother mornings, and later dimming to conduce a better night’s sleep.
