Yeah, it's kind of important to match bulbs in a room, else dimming is likely to be uneven.
(All the Cree / Philips / Osram bulbs I use seem to dim quite well, with no flicker...
except for a couple funny rooms where they occasionally freak out and flicker like
mad in a way that depends strangely on the dimmer setting. I'm chalking that up to old dimmers.
Well, the flat Philips ones flicker when very dim.
Older Crees hum, too, which is a problem in some locations but not others.)
Cree increases CRI to 83 on its basic dimmable bulb
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Actually she prefers the warmer color to what I have been getting so that is a plus in their favor.
They don't start to "flicker" until the dimmer is all the way down to off.
We will see how they pass the "cycle" test since the one I am testing is in a lamp that gets turned on/off a few times a day.Leave a comment:
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Actually she prefers the warmer color to what I have been getting so that is a plus in their favor.
They don't start to "flicker" until the dimmer is all the way down to off.
We will see how they pass the "cycle" test since the one I am testing is in a lamp that gets turned on/off a few times a day.Leave a comment:
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Sounds pretty good. Do they dim well and pass the wife test?Leave a comment:
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The difference between CRI of 80 and 83 is probably small, and CRI isn't really all that great a measurement of light quality.
90 or above is "great", and 70 or below is "way not great", but only as a rough guide.
I'm pretty happy with 80 most places, but I use high-CRI bulbs (94 or so) for bathroom mirrors.
It comes down to "83 is probably a little better, but you might not notice".
The real test is "does your wife like it"
See also http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildin...-factsheet.pdf
So far the one I am testing is ok but for an LED it seems to get pretty warm. I would prefer to go with Cree but it is hard not to try out something I find at Costco.Leave a comment:
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The difference between CRI of 80 and 83 is probably small, and CRI isn't really all that great a measurement of light quality.
90 or above is "great", and 70 or below is "way not great", but only as a rough guide.
I'm pretty happy with 80 most places, but I use high-CRI bulbs (94 or so) for bathroom mirrors.
It comes down to "83 is probably a little better, but you might not notice".
The real test is "does your wife like it"
See also http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildin...-factsheet.pdfLeave a comment:
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The difference between CRI of 80 and 83 is probably small, and CRI isn't really all that great a measurement of light quality.
90 or above is "great", and 70 or below is "way not great", but only as a rough guide.
I'm pretty happy with 80 most places, but I use high-CRI bulbs (94 or so) for bathroom mirrors.
It comes down to "83 is probably a little better, but you might not notice".
The real test is "does your wife like it"
See also http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildin...-factsheet.pdfLeave a comment:
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If it says 83 CRI on the front of the package, it's the new one.
I haven't had any of a dozen Philips or Osram fail yet, but one of four 460 lumen Cree 4flows died after 4 months, three of six or so Cree 800 lumen old-school ones failed after about 18 months, and *none* of 50 old-school Cree 450 lumen ones have failed after 12-18 months.
I chalk the Cree failures up to early production problems, but who knows, maybe their 800 lumen old school ones really are jinxed.Leave a comment:
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The good folks at Heartland and the Competitive Enterprise Institute said it best:
"If the new energy-saving technologies being pushed by government are really that good, then we don’t need government to mandate them. And if they are being mandated, that’s a sure sign that they’re not very good"
(The Crees I mentioned are $8, but non-dimmable LED bulbs go for $2.50 at Lowe's and $4 at Home Depot; dimmable ones are about twice that. Lowe's actually has a dimmable one for $4, I haven't tried it yet.)Leave a comment:
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$4/bulb
The U.S. government has certainly ruined the freedom loving incandescent bulb biz.Leave a comment:
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I haven't had any of a dozen Philips or Osram fail yet, but one of four 460 lumen Cree 4flows died after 4 months, three of six or so Cree 800 lumen old-school ones failed after about 18 months, and *none* of 50 old-school Cree 450 lumen ones have failed after 12-18 months.
I chalk the Cree failures up to early production problems, but who knows, maybe their 800 lumen old school ones really are jinxed.Leave a comment:
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Not much to say here other than "it's nice to see incremental improvements".
Maybe I'll give Cree another shot, wonder if it'll inch ahead of Osram in light quality.
Ain't competition grand?
http://creebulb.com/products/standar...white-led-bulbLeave a comment:
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Cree increases CRI to 83 on its basic dimmable bulb
Not much to say here other than "it's nice to see incremental improvements".
Maybe I'll give Cree another shot, wonder if it'll inch ahead of Osram in light quality.
Ain't competition grand?
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