Are there any more UK users in here? I would appreciate help from a few more people to establish statistical significance (for the UK only).
The deal is:
If you are open to helping me with this and are in the UK, please send me a PM.
Thanks,
Greg
I have now used and observed the Bedtime Bulb in three locations in southern germany and wasn’t able to notice any kind of fluctuation.
@yeutterg, if you still need more testers in the UK, just post your free bulb offer over on the BLF Deal Alert thread. THAT will get you some PM’s. 
Thanks!
I have now used and observed the Bedtime Bulb for good few minutes and wasn’t able to notice any kind of fluctuation:
Video clip: https://i.imgur.com/tTQC1ze.mp4
I really appreciate the warm feeling I got when using this bulb 
I received one this morning, and had it on for a few hours this evening. Absolutely no fluctuations noticible to me.
Should visit Help me find a Nice, Warm, Night Light , as there’s a dearth of flicker-free nightlights, too.
Woody, that’s great to hear!
Lightbringer, thanks I’ll check it out!
So from following this thread, it appears to me the ‘flicker issue’ is most likely fluctuations in voltage coming through the bulb’s AC/DC converter.
Power fluctuations actually happen often even in the USA, but it seems all devices except LED bulbs have enough capacitance to ride them out. There’s just not enough space or value to get fancy with the electronics in an LED bulb.
Though, if I spent $20 on a premium light bulb for bedtime use that scares my brain every time the power fluctuated, I would wish I just bought a 80 cent halogen.
Hey Josh, you’re right that we have some fluctuations in the US too. But our circuit handles it pretty well in the US.
Europe has a slower 50hz AC frequency that may require extra capacitance to ride out the longer starvation period.
Not on my block. We’re at the end of the line, pretty much the worst hold-up around. The guy who runs a huge saw on the opposite block will dim the lights here when he powers it up (inrush current).
You want to put a bulb to the test in the US, try it here. :laughing:
Well, we were planning on redesigning the driver anyway for both North America and Europe, mainly for better dimmer compatibility. This is just accelerating that!
Tested for a couple hours the past few nights and didn’t notice any flickering whatsoever. Really nice cosy warm light
Same for me!
Thanks hodor and finges for the feedback!
Based on the survey results so far, we haven’t noticed any issues in the UK. The most likely plan of action is to continue to sell there. Meanwhile, we are working on a new driver for all bulbs (US included) that fixes the issue in Europe and gives us a wider dimmer compatibility. It will be a while before this is ready, but I thought you would appreciate the insight.
Hi, tested mine in a few different light fittings. It takes a bit of getting used to for me because we currently have 3 x 9w lamps in our light fitting and having them off and 1 40w lamp replacing it is a massive difference (nothing to do with the lamp lol - i had 1).
It switches on instantly where my other LAP 9w lamps take a split second longer. One thing I didn’t care for much was being able to see the orange square leds inside. The screwfix LAP 9w lamp seems to spread the light much better , you can’t see the leds at all and the bulb is white. Seeing led is fine when it’s a filament or such like, not so attractive when you see a square block in the middle.
The light is a little orange for my liking, I tried it against my s41 with nichias in and an ‘orange’ fruit looked overly ‘orange’ under this bedtime light.
Tried it in 2 dimmers, 1 had no problem the other had an issue, but it was set up for the LAP lamps - it is not a normal dimmer, you can program it Varilight vpro - LINK after I adjusted it, it worked fine.
Health benefit/better sleep wise, well we had it in the bedroom a couple of nights now and so far haven’t noticed any difference. But it may take longer or be so slight you don’t ever notice it, or it does nothing at all.
I will update this in the future 
Thanks for letting me try it out!
G0OSE, thanks so much for the feedback!
I don’t recommend looking directly at any light source, regardless of how diffused or dim it is. The primary purpose of the coating is partial glare reduction when used without a shade, but the best place to put any light source is in a lamp that has significant external diffusion (such as a shade or globe). But otherwise, thanks!