Ultimate LED Bulbs - Ultra High CRI - The Honorable Quest

It’s 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 30° to 120°
  • 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.

Just have a look:

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.

Mail sent.

We can stop the development then :person_facepalming:

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?

Can you share some specs and price? I can’t read or translate their russian images on the website. But it seems $22 gets you a ultra high CRI bulb?

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 :stuck_out_tongue:
Also I am going to start SunLike∞ model for 11€ for 8 real watts, because I think that use ordinary “fake white” 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 lampman’s craft here - use translator






some photos of my crazy projects you can find here

Welcome to BLF, SunLike! I hope you have a nice time here :slight_smile:

Welcome SunLike! I skimmed your YT video and I think you are going to like it here :slight_smile:

Those spectra look like they have both blue and violet emitters in them, combined with top of the line phosphors. R9 and R12 are both superb.

Welcome here Adam!

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.

I did a “BLF-type” test on one of the SunLikes here: SunLike 3500K 95+ CRI midpower led from Seoul Semiconductors tested

Subscribed.

Does anybody know where to buy that SOL1306SXX COBs?
Seems absent from “mainstream” marketplaces (aliexpress, taobao, ebay,…) :frowning:

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 going…

Adam, can you sell BLF members bare emitters?

emitters? you mean cob leds? There is 6w, 12w, 24w models on my web-site

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!

Ok, picking up the pace... looks like we will have Christmas lightening sooner than my wife could expect...LOOOOL

I’m getting a lot of confusion from sunlikelamp.com. I said yes to translation in Google chrome, selected the British flag, and no luck. Here’s a screenshot of what I see. It seems I was able to select both 3000k and 4000k at the same time, as well as the SOL and SAW models at the same time. See pic. And what is the meaning of the letter on the end of the model? For example, SunLike6, SunLike6D, SunLike10X, SunLike6 Bronse, SunLike12D, SunLike12S?

How’s the mod-ability of these sun-like lamps? I want to try some of the 35 volt 90 CRI 2200K COB chips from mouser.