What about a dimming option? Vast majority of lights I use in my home have a dimmer switch and I use them frequently. I very much appreciate brightness attenuation.
The image says it all. SunLike, could you please edit your #6 post here and add some spaces to the text chain? Thanks.
I've reported it to sb56637 to see if some improvement can be made to the forum engine, the above problem also occurs with unnecessarily bloated url links in the simple post editor, I think.
I tested how the diffuser effects the light. It’s very neutral and doesn’t result in any meaningful difference. The small change in tint is probably not even visible. It absorbs 8% of the light, which is also likely not visible. Measurements were done integrated after about 30 minutes of warming up.
I knew there was some capacitor swaps and stuff on the driver, but holy hell. I just skimmed through the 1.3 hour video of you doing ONE bulb. You are a madman. I don’t think I want to learn all that to save 28%. I’ll just settle for affording fewer bulbs.
Another thought:
I really like that bulbs. I would like to stock them up for various uses. But for quite a few uses they would be better if they focused on efficiency more than CRI…
F.e I just did a quick look at datasheets of CRI97 Bridgelux COBs (BXRE-40H6500-D-73 just to have a reference point). I have no idea if that’s the best out there, it may be but it’s literally the first that I checked. It can do 124 lm/W at 50W and about 150 lm/W at 24W. That’s way more than SAWS1566A which does 93 lm/W at 50W…and for me it would be way better in many uses.
I see. You’re not interested. I still am.
No, CRI70 doesn’t kill my eyes. I’m not sure if the flashlight I received recently even gets 70. Yes, I would like it to be better but no, I wouldn’t be happy to halve the output for the sake of superb spectrum.
It all depends on use.
In bathroom / kitchen I’d like the highest CRI I could get.
In most other rooms CRI97 is good enough even with dips in the spectrum. In general I would prefer more but now price becomes an important factor.
In more portable cases (desk lamp f.e.) wattage becomes a limit. Get a bit worse spectrum for 50% higher peak output?….for most uses even SOL would be powerful enough but I would be happy to support the rare cases when I want to use the lamp as a moving head.
CRI is also bullshit! Because final value calculated only from 8 indexes. R9 not in the final value. R9 - it is tits of your wife/girl, I mean skin color and sexual.
I have head flashlight with SunLike COB. I will never use another!
I’m not a fan of CRI metric either. I wish that there was a commonly used alternative that was better. The alternatives hardly see any use…but it doesn’t matter for the sake of this discussion.
You found a case where high CRI lights of typical construction are clearly distinguishable from sunlight.
That’s interesting.
But that’s not something I deal will all day long either. And so this may be a factor in making a decision - but definitely not a very important one.
If for a couple of bucks more I can get 50% more light in my laundry room - that’s a big deal.
Your bulbs are not cheap. I find it fair, I am prepared to pay for quality. But if I can keep electrical quality and get 40% more lm/$ for my shed or laundry room - is seems like a worthwhile deal.
I agree it’s unpleasant. But the evidence seems conflicted. There are even “Therapy Lights” that feature a blue peak to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder.