LED LIGHTS

[Wallydb]

I have just had my fluorescent tube lights changed in my kitchen to LED tube lights. These do not have a shade like my old lights. Do you think that the brightness i.e. blue light, will damage my eyes more quickly. I left it to my electrician to choose the lights but do you think I should change them.

Hope some of you kind people have more knowledge than me about these things.

[springcross]

Hi Wallydb. I wouldn't know but others on here might. You could ask the Macular Society Helpline if they could help you: 0300 3030 111.

[roynett]

Hello, I can't see that your Led lights will be a problem, I have them all over my house, you won't be looking straight into the lights, also as far as this blue light thing, I am constantly on my lap top, and my eyes are slowly drying up, so maybe heading for a stop of injections.

[Wallydb in reply to roynett]

Thank for your replies. Hopefully like you Roynett mine won't progress too much then.

[Corriesboy]

Hi Wallydb,

Sounds like you have daylight LED bulbs instead of warm white shouldn’t make a difference to your eyes but can take a bit to get use to, I had a few of them and had to change back to warm white .

For computer screens I have blue light filters, work got me special monitors for home and in the office and I made sure when I bought new TV a couple years ago I got an OLED (organic light emitting diode) emits lower blue light , every little helps.

I have Myopic CNV in both eyes since 2017 . I do think better sorting out your lights helps along with natural daylight but it’s getting that balance.

Hope that helps a little , take care .

🙏

[StokeySue]

I've been using LED lights for years, I find them much better than any other lights, because it becomes possible to see more without straining, and my ophthalmologist think they are the best for us too!

The colour of the light isn't usually very blue, though it doesn't have that odd orange undertone that fluorescent tubes have, so seems bluer by comparison. The colour of the light is indicated by the "colour temperature" of the the bulb, which should be on both the packaging and the bulb itself. Most for domestic use are around 2700K and this is what I am used to and like, when I shine my reading lamp (2700K) on a sheet of white notepaper, it looks to me a nice clean white which works well

[Wallydb in reply to StokeySue]

Thank you StokeySue. I must admit I do like the LED lights but I only thought that perhaps in my kitchen it was too bright. But like you it makes everything look very clean and I don't have to strain my eyes to see. I don't think I need to change them then. Once again thank you all for your replies.

[Jihm]

For what it's worth, in my own experience the warmer the light is the more comfortable my eyes feel. I have wet AMD in both eyes, and have been receiving shots for many years now. Also, lately I have noticed that if I do not sit close to a television screen I sometimes experience a bit of double vision, in other than close-ups. If I wear yellow/orange over- glasses (in my case, "Cocoons") the double vision does not occur. I also wear these same tinted glasses when looking at the computer screen, as I am right now.

My eyes seem to be sensitive to blue light. Perhaps, having spent the last 50 years living at over 7,000 feet above sea-level has something to do with that. I don't know.

[Catseyes235 in reply to Jihm]

That’s interesting re TV screen ..my own is fine but when at my neighbours I get a ghosting like double vision. Her screen colour seems slightly different so maybe different makes have different effects?? And re what you call cocoons I wish they made something more flattering. After my brother, who had been registered blind with AMD, (pre injection treatment) died I took his … yellow lenses and restful for the eyes but look awful. Finding a peaked hat really helps more to shade from extraneous light but again not greatly flattering for women! J

[JJnan in reply to Catseyes235]

Agree about cacoons...i don't have big frames but cacoons are so big...im going for smaller frames next time and hopefully they will be a little smaller..x

[Rosalyn-helpline Partner]

Hello Wallydb,

The LED lights are not going to damage your macula. You need as much light as possible so that you can make the most of your remaining vision.

I have copied a link to our booklet on lighting:

macularsociety.org/media/i4...

In addition, the following link may be of help:

housinglin.org.uk/_assets/R...

Kind regards,

Macular Society helpline

[Wallydb in reply to Rosalyn-helpline]

Thank you for these links. They are very interesting and I will tell a friend of mine who also has age related macular degeneration. This site is so helpful.

[JJnan]

Definitely warm white when it comes to light bulbs....personally i don't like florescent tubes...i have spotlights in kitchen with warm lights...i have to wear ' caccoons' when in stores as those lights give a headache and hurt my eyes....good luck going forward x

[GavinM]

With due respect others who replied, the main issues are not being addressed. "Daylight tubes" where considered to be the probable cause of my AMD at 52. Light of 6500 kelvin over time is damaging. 3000 kelvin is perfect for a kitchen and 2700 kelvin a little more cosy elsewhere. LED tubes are ALL rather low quality compared to fluorescent but high quality LED bulbs are really quite good. Philips expertcolor being the best at colour rendering. Tomatoes are properly red, veggies properly green etc. So philips expertcolor gu10 spotlights are what your electrician should have recommend instead of what may well be the cheapest tube he could find. Brightness of a good quality light should not be an issue. But of poor quality light, then yes possibly. So your question cannot properly be answered without knowing the make, model and other specs of your LED tube along with room size. I,d be glad to advise if you come back on that.