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		somat on Jan 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Casio-F-91W die-shot Is it incandescent!? I would have expected an led, or at least a process improvement where it was replaced by an led.

TedDoesntTalk on Jan 2, 2023 [–]

It’s still an incandescent, unfortunately. If they changed it to an LED, it might be bright enough to be useful.

icybox on Jan 3, 2023 | [–]

Allegedly, it's LED now:

'The small light bulb was replaced by a LED diode, but the intensity of the tired firefly remained'

https://www.hodinky-365.com/blog/casio-f-91w-review

I wear F-91W every day and FWIW, the light is adequate to see time at night.

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