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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by the8472 on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:07PM (#16944332)
On amazon you'll find a plethora of LED bulbs with their color temperature in kelvin, CRI (or R-alpha), lumens and directivity listed. I have picked a wide range of different ones for different needs. A few years ago there was limited choice but the palette has broadened since then.

The item titles, often listing incandescent equivalent wattages and fuzzy categories like warmness, are kind of irrelevant. You need to look at the fact sheets.

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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by DubiousPusher on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:18PM (#16944408)
Disagree. I just swapped a 2700k bulb for another 2700k bulb and the room went from eery green to warm just off white yellow. You have to try them. The ratings are suspect, IMO.
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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by tigershark on Friday April 27, 2018 @05:33PM (#16944541)
The warmth has no relation whatsoever with the CRI. If your first led had an awful CRI you should blame yourself for not checking it rather than saying that all the spec sheets are useless.
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Re:EU agrees on total ban of bee-harming pesticides by DubiousPusher on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:35PM (#16945255)
Oh! I didn't know about this property. Thanks, this will be very helpful in picking bulbs in the future.
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