Is your EDC High CRI?

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You can see the archived poll results on the Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20221220093741/https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/72935

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High CRI is important to me, but the best emitters with a CRI of 70 to 80 typically output more light and produce less heat than emitters of higher CRI.

For that reason, I choose emitters with a CRI of 70 to 80.

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Re-read my entire post and you'll see that it's not a contradiction.

I'm saying that High CRI is important, but more light output and less heat production are more important.

And frankly, just quoting part of my post like that is taking my words out of context.

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Personally I notice green tints more than moderate CRI. So I find myself preferring say an XPL HI over a 219C; however, I just started experimenting with minus green filters. They have pros and cons, but a rosy SST20 4000k is a beautiful thing.

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I understand the question completely.

Maybe you should rewrite the question and the choices to choose from.

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That's nice, but it doesn't change the choice I made in the poll.

Also, I'm not confused here.

EDIT:

I see that you changed the choices again.

I like the choices much better now.

Congrats on improving the wording of the poll.

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I don’t know exactly why some beams are just so much nicer than others but some just are. You know it when you see it. They just make everything warm and inviting. All my high CRI are the LH351Ds and none fit that category for me. Unless run on turbo they are generally green/grey looking to me. Not trying to be contradictory, just my opinion. I vote #2.

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I just ordered two high CRI LED flashlights, to experiment, but I don’t think it matters unless you’re in the woods. And a recent post by fogfwar (What about the CRI hype (color rendering index) - #173 by fogofwar) showed to me that CRI alone isn’t the “be all, end all” of the flashlight world.

And like raccoon city pointed, even though CRI might be important, efficiency is also something that cannot be ignored.

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I’ve always viewed them as tools to see things in the dark.

Chris

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I chose no and I stand by that. However, I like a high CRI light and certainly don’t think that more lumen is always the answer. Tint and beam are where its at :sunglasses:

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My eyesight is so bad that yes it matters to me. I find that having the best color definition really makes up for some discrepancies.

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only 100+ CRI for me

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I voted Yes
because I do not need bright light
I need nice light

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I voted yes, but I need high CRI only at close to mid range. I don’t care when it comes to throwers.

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It depends on the light. For general use, EDC, and headlamps, I want high CRI. For throwers & mega flooders, low CRI is fine.

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Depends on the use case. Not important for walking the dog, outdoor activity, running, working etc. Lumens and sustainability is often more desireable. But we agree, the sw45k is highly pleasureable. I also like the sw50 of the TIP CRI. Nice keychain light.

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Hi cri is extremely important to me but so is cct and form factor,clip ect and the UI and the beam pattern. Sometimes we must make sacrifices. 80 cri is about my current bottom limit. I edc two lights. My primary is 4000k and 92+ cri and the secondary light is 4000k and 82 cri. I have many others that are higher or lower that I use for brief periods but certainly not daily. Sometimes I pull some out to use for specific tasks just to remind myself of why I don’t like them. Or if I get a new light a bunch will come out for testing in the house and in the backyard.

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I prefer high CRI. Back when I got hooked on lights I did want the most lumens I could have. It was just a thrill after the previous low output, mass market, cheapy lights I had. It took a while but my preference for higher CRI grew and grew. But I willingly make do with lower CRI throwers.

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You only live once. High CRI for me. It actually helps with decisions since it eliminates so many choices.

How soon we forget all our lights used to be 100 CRI. It's like people who get used to low bitrate MP3 files. It still sucks, regardless of your perception.

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A good way to find out how crappy your existing MP3 collection is, is to get a decent headphone amp and a nice set of monitors.

You’ll definitely have a hard time enjoying low bitrate MP3s then. I went through this. And again when I started collecting vinyl.