I ask because typical LEDs of that CCT hurt the eyes in a way sunlight doesn’t. Think florescent. I assume it’s a blue peak.
But maybe I am wrong about why and it’s more of a reference thing when you are indoors around different CCT.
The LED bulb won’t give you a retinal sunburn or cause UV-related darkening of the eye’s lens, if that’s what you’re asking. It doesn’t emit enough invisible frequencies to hurt the eyes like sunlight does.
I guess it’s a matter of preference, but i prefer 2700K or a bit lower for indoor (home) evening lighting.
Let us know when you have them in stock, if you want.
I would buy 3 or 4 pcs of the 2700K 6 Watt SOL COBs
4000k is most popular. And I like it more than others. But 4200/4300k is better. I will have it when I will mix 1pcs 5000k and 2pcs 4000k 3030 smd LEDs sunlike.
If someone ends up with the same bulb and wants to try out all the different combinations, here’s what works.
Note that there are other switch combinations which result in the same COBs being on, but this is just one that I first wrote down before testing and is not necessarily the most logical one. Going through the color temperatures is a bit more intuitive once you get your hands on the bulb, but it’s not super user friendly. This could use a remote or an app
If it says 3 up, it means all the others are down as there’s only two positions.
Looking from the side so that the bulb is facing upwards.
Single COB
2700K All switches up
3200K Rightmost switches (5+6) down
5000K Center and rightmost switches (3+4+5+6) down
5600K All switches down
Two COB mix
2700+3200K Switch 6 down
2700+5000K Switch 4 down
2700+5600K 1+2+3 down
3200+5000K 3+5+6 down
3200+5600K 3 up
5000+5600K 1 up
Three COB mix
2700+3200+5000 4+6 down
2700+3200+5600 3+5 up
2700+5000+5600 2+4 down
3200+5000+5600 1+3 up
All COBs on
2700+3200+5000+5600 2+4+6 down
Yes, that seems confusing, but actually not so. Cycling modes from warmest to coolest in succession without going through all the possible mixes is easy. From all the switches up, just keep pressing the switches down starting from the right one by one and you end up with seven steps, which should give you the desired CCT.