From what I see, Hyperikonsā isnāt exactly āultra high CRIā, but rather on the 9050 or āhigh CRIā weight class (which is why it is relatively much cheaper than the rest).
Itās safe to expect (in most cases) from what it says on the tin:
Ra 80+ => R9 0-20
Ra 90+ => R9 50-80
Ra 95+ => R9 70+
Yeah, certifications processes does not welcome small new players. If we find a nice product defintion ourselves, and receive interest from a manufacturer it would be less of a problem still.
And if we keep this as "hobbyists", are we completely hand tied by that?
Starting from which point (I guess wich "sale" number) do we need to do it fully legally (answers could varyies country to country I guess)?
What is sought by those certifications? Be sure to have safe product connected to mains?
Would proceeding and offering to some members an officially uncertified product put builders/buyers in legal risk or as long as we keep low profile and have low numbers are we safe?
Meanwhile, I can announce that I'm pleased to have received some interests by a manufacturer to test their current products. And I'm currently organising some bulbs shipments to Maukka for tests. Let's cross fingers.
Itās not quite so hopeless, there are options.
A) Convince a manufacturer to work with us and foot the bill. (Hardest)
B) Create a DIY Project for an existing bulb. (there are no laws against modding)
C) Create a DIY Project by selling the bulb in two separate pieces. (So it can be called DIY)
I was browsing info on SSC SunLike LED offering, when I stumbled upon the "sunlikelamp" website, that seem russian based, and their "configurable" bulbs:
E27/E14/GU10/GU5.3
Multiple reflectors/lens choices from 30Ā° to 120Ā°
6 to 50W
3200K / 4000K / 5000K / 5600K
They claim ultra high CRI for each CCT, measurement said to be performed by "lamptest.ru".
For instance @4000K it's Ra 99 / R9 97 / R12 98 / Rf 97...
So from the company name and those results I safely assume they are currently using thos SSC/Toshiba SunLike dies.
Judging only by the look of it, I think it fits our "DIY uncertified product" category we were discussing earlier. And this "boutique" products seems really interesting.
No need to be sad djozz, you know what they says: it is not the journey that is important, but the destination... Wait, do I have it reverse?
Anyway, I had a great chat with Adam, the man behind the "SunLikeLamp" russian boutique and he would be okay to send us a bulb for review. Calling out @maukka on that one: are you in to test?
There's an english version of the website if you hit the little UK flag on the top rightish.
Quick sum up:
a range from 6 to 50W, from 19$ to 100$
choices between SSC's SAWS0661A (more efficient and a bit more lumen) and SOL1306SXX (a bit better CRI) dies
you can also refer my previous posts for a bit more detailled specs
And yes, with 19$ you get what I expect to be an ultra high CRI 6W bulb, and what I really look forward to see tested here. For 21$ a 10W, 29$ a 12W, and so on up to 50W.
from 16$ for 6w model w/o shipping
Also I am going to start SunLikeā model for 11ā¬ for 8 real watts, because I think that use ordinary āfake whiteā LEDs it is a crime.
Also I am going to start manufacturing head flashlight with sunlike led (12w). There some enginering tasks, for example 35v on the LED.
Excuse me for english version of my web-site. I am alone for all types of jobs. About my lampmanās craft here - use translator
Seoul Semiconductor/Toshiba's SunLike range is clearly top of the class colorimetry wise, very close to Optisolis levels results I saw in the past. SOL3000K and SOL4000K are veeeery appealing.
From me =) They still do not have markets. They sell directly to manufactures. In this moment there is 2 manufactures on SOLs in the world/flat eaarth. Me and some huge sindicate in China. But you can not buy their poor products on ali or tao or etc.
I am so small, that I have no workers still =) But I am goingā¦
I really am interested in the SunLike bulbs. I need to source a couple for testing in a fixture in my office and maybe one or 2 at home. One wish I have is for a truly high quality bulb to offer some kind of integration into home automation. The Lifx kinda suck on the network and the light is not that great and others leave much to be desired as well. The integration of an ESP8266 or zigbee chip that will talk to a Hue Hub would be amazing!