Review of "Sylvania GLS Frosted LED Light Bulb"

https://amzn.to/3FxpT8k

⭐ out of 5

These are, quite frankly, a health hazard!

I asked my carer to put one in at the weekend to replace the one that had died assuming that it would actually work, what with it being brand new and never used before.

I turned the dimmer switch.

Nothing.

A bit more.

Still nothing.

Maybe I'd bought non-dimmable lightbulbs by mistake?

Whacked the dimmer switch up to full volume and the lightbulb started flickering quickly.

Maybe that was because it was new and needed to come up to temperature?

I was told a few years ago to avoid flickering lights so I turned it off so that I didn't risk my eyesight any more.

I tried again this morning and the same thing happened so I've given up now.

If you haven't been told you're photosensitive and to avoid flickering lights and you can put up with flickering constantly then you might rate these higher than me, but for me they are a health hazard and I've wasted over £20 (because I stupidly bought two boxes) on something that is unuseable and dangerous to my health.

Today's (2nd June 2025) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Ask carer to change the lightbulb again
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit
• Bring in delivery
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I've been awake for the best part of an hour and I'm pretty much without light again, so I'll have to ask my carer to change the bulb again, which is frustratingly disappointing and means that I can't take my blood pressure or have breakfast again 'cos I can't see in front of me until it's light outside.

I've popped my morning pills and weighed myself and I'm still below where I want to be, so there won't be any laps again this week.  I've got a delivery due today so I hope it arrives before 6pm lol  The virus scan was still clear, so that's a relief.

Time to get today's to-do list together methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a looong day today and tomorrow is potentially another long day 'cos my delivery is due "by 10pm" but I hope it's considerably earlier!!

I've taken my last two pills so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

Nite nite orl

Fourth and final update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Order new mug
• Order my mum's birthday gift
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put key around my neck
• Put bumbag around my waist
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Third update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Order new mug
• Order my mum's birthday gift
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put key around my neck
• Put bumbag around my waist
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Order new mug
• Order my mum's birthday gift
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put key around my neck
• Put bumbag around my waist
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Order new mug
• Order my mum's birthday gift
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put key around my neck
• Put bumbag around my waist
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (1st June 2025) to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Order new mug
• Order my mum's birthday gift
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put key around my neck
• Put bumbag around my waist
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of photos on my health site
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I'm feeling a bit disappointed in the lightbulb that my carer replaced yesterday because it's suppose to be a dimmable light bulb to go with my dimmable light, but it goes from off, then there's nothing until it's right at full blast flickers off and on a few times then stays on... it's basically a normal lightbulb instead of a dimmable one.  I've got light now though, so that's better than I had yesterday morning.

I've taken my blood pressure which was my normal (ie low) and popped my morning pills but I'm not gonna have any breakfast otherwise I won't be able to eat lunch.

Gotta remember to put my key around my neck and bumbag around my waist as soon as my last carer of the week has left and I've also gotta refill the dosette box after lunch too.  I've also gotta remember to put the order of my new mug in too!

This first blog post is a lot longer than normal, so I'm gonna shut up and get today's to-do list together now.

BBS