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I've had this issue. I have 5 1350 lumen bulbs in my office, but they are all 80 on the Color Rendering Index, and it's somehow bright and dull in here simultan
by ycombinete 4y ago
I've had this issue. I have 5 1350 lumen bulbs in my office, but they are all 80 on the Color Rendering Index, and it's somehow bright and dull in here simultaneously. I think the sandblasted white chandelier covers make it worse as well.
- wheels 4y agoCRI80 bulbs just grate on me. Even some of the ones rated 90 I find a little annoying (which I've occasionally had to settle for for e.g. downlights in a particular depth). And some of mine that I've bought that are rated 95+, I'm skeptical of. I'm too pedantic / OCD-ish to deal with the colors being so off. If you're the sort of person that's bugged by that sort of thing, just bite the bullet and get the better bulbs. If you've still got old indansecents around, try them out in that fixture. If you feel like it restores sanity, then high CRI LEDs will too. I wish I could say, "They'll last you 10 years", but my experience with LEDs has been that I feel like they literally die as often as my old incandescents, but because I use so many lights in my home, I'm happy for the power savings.
- ycombinete 4y agoThank you, I will do that. Do you have a preferred brand/model for the high cri. shopping for bulbs is nearly as annoying as shopping for pc monitors.
- wheels 4y agoDepends on the format and your location. If you're in Europe, and mention the size of the bulbs then I sometimes have preferences. Unfortunately, some of my go-to bulbs here are no longer in production. (Honestly, I have the feeling that high CRI bulbs are getting harder to find.) I find high CRI bulbs hard enough to shop for that I've half-debated starting an online shop for them specifically.