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0 pointsfmajid7d ago0 comments

Few bulb manufacturers even bother to report CRI, unless it is decent (CRI > 90). If CRI is not reported, you can be sure it's bad, 80 or less.

Unfortunately, there isn't really a way for a consumer to know short of buying a spectrometer like my Sekonic C-800 Spectromaster.

For illustration, I have uploaded a few readings here, mostly flashlights, not LED bulbs: https://majid.info/images/reddit/spectro/

If you look at the Zebralight SC64c LE, for instance, it has an excellent Ra of 92, but only 75 for R9:

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wlonkly7d ago· 1 in thread

"C-800 Spectromaster" is exactly how specialized devices like that should be named.

fmajidOP6d ago

It does sound a bit like the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III my uncle worked on...

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