Why do you buy lights without High-CRI emitters?

[jon_slider]

@maukka

Here’s my normal LED backlit sRGB gamut monitor

no shortage of CRI Ra and R9 in his monitor

@maukka

@Firelight2

Agreed. Need that red in the high CRI to get the beautiful rosy tint we all love.

The tint can be rosy regardless of high Ra or R9.

I started the false rumor that R9 affects rosy tint, but I have learned from maukka that Tint is separate from CRI
here are two lights with neutral tint (I do not mean CCT), both have negative R9 and low CRI Ra
(images clipped from maukka’s post here: Olight H2R review (Headlamp/right angle, 18650, XHP50) )

but their low CRI Ra and R9 make red things look brown

fwiw, I just received my first NW low CRI light. I bought it to learn what people are talking about when they say their NW low CRI led looks like a Nichia.
As expected the tint is piss yellow, I see no resemblance to a Nichia.

@Speed4goal

What everyone’s been saying to them a warmer tint cct whatever you want to call it makes a bigger difference in colors to them compared to adding high cri.

I do not share your opinion. Color temperature changes are not the same as CRI changes, to me. A NW Low CRI light does not show colors the way a NW High CRI light does.

Hand Palms, to demontrate the difference in CRI

Both the Worm and the Utorch are NW, look at the coral, which LED makes it most Red?

here is an example of why I do not consider foliage a valid test of CRI


can you see that the Low CRI is very good at enhancing green?
That does not mean that Low CRI, be it NW or not, is good at showing colors.