What do I do when my 800 lumen 13 watt cree comes and I'm blinded for life?

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I'm expecting it to be 2-3 times more powerful then a 13 watt 800 lumen incandescent...

Before you call me names, I have tested incandescent, flourescent, and led lights, and it seems flourescent makers bend the truth, or the lumens are not very bright/not full of nits.

It could also be commercial versus residential lighting, as I have 2 15 watt commercial grade floodlight flourescents that are as good as a 100-120 watt incandescent. Of course, they were $12 compared to the 13 watt flourescent you get from $1 at wally world....

This is a test I at one time made with a 796 lumen 60 watt incandescent, a '800 lumen' 13 watt flourescent compact, and a 310 lumen 195 led 6 watt light.

Even with 195 leds you'd kinda have to imagine that, with it being nearly 3 times less lumens, it would look drastically worse...

This ended up being the result:

60 watt incandescent:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/Zellio2008/incan60watt.jpg

The 'wonderful 800 lumens' 13 watt flourescent:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/Zellio2008/cfl13watt.jpg

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/Zellio2008/led6watt.jpg

From the looks of it, the led looks like a 55 watt incandescent, while the flourescent looks comparable to a 45 or 40 watt incandescent. So much for 'comparable with 60 watt incandescent'.

I'm kinda scared honestly. This could be 2.5 times more powerful then that 310 lumen light! Comparable to 130-150 incandescent? Well at least the house will be bright.
 
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Does that lamp have a dimmer? Not sure you can use the fluorescent with a dimmer.
 
Most high quality LEDs can be dimmed, but it signifigantly lowers lifespan (Say from 100,000 hours to 20,000).

Leds seem to have a more focused, direct light, which I'm thinking may be why the 310 lumen lights is so powerful. It's a ball light, the leds aren't spots, they circle around the ball, creating light all around.

Here's a pic:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/Zellio2008/Sunp0002-3.jpg

The new light I'm getting is also a bulb light, but it's got a milky lens instead of clear. Which I'm kinda glad for since 800 lumens would blind ya, but it'll shine like 700 lumens.

Pic:

http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg151/Zellio2008/4463_1.jpg

From the looks of this bulb, it looks like signifigantly less leds, but far brighter, and perhaps same light dispersion.

Should be interesting to see how it turns out. Could be only a tad better, could be tons. Bulb IS rated as 90-100 watt incandesent comparison.

Problem is with LEDs, thats a manufacturer rating that they just slap on so you'd get a general idea. The 195 led 310 lumen bulb is rated as somewhere between 35-40 watt incandescent comparitive.

Turns out it's comparable to a 55 watt incandescent.

I'll just hafta try it out. I'll post my results when it comes.
 
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after about the second sentence all i could see is "blah blah blah blah blah" you love your lights man
 
Light is very important. You cannot just do something in any light. The right light makes a difference. Affects your mood, thinking. Sunlight is the best.
 
i can see in the dark... so its never really been a problem.
 
The beast has arrived...

It's daytime, so I can't make a good shot, but I'll say this. Most lights, unless their ultra powerful, DO NOT brighten a room that has open windows during a sunny day. They'll brighten themselves, maybe a corner, but not a large area, and not a room.

This thing brightens a sunny room and it's NOTICEABLE. I can't wait to see how this turns out and take pics tonight.

EDIT: shade came. Here ya go:

moohoo.jpg
 
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You need to adjust the white balance on your camera so we get a more realistic feel for the light.
 
My camera sucks, sorry. I'm not a professional photographer and the camera only takes good pics outside.

Know this, the room has 4 windows, during the day if a light shies more then the wall it's amazing.

On picture it looks bright, but my camera makes it look worse then it really is. It's way too powerful.

Here's what my camera does it little light shines in one area:

SUNP0006-1-1.jpg


SUNP0002-1-1.jpg


These were pics actually taken during the day. The camera only shows areas if theirs enough ambient light.

If enough ambient light is available, it makes a good picture:

SUNP0005-1.jpg


At the moment I'm wishing I had a better camera.
 
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Here's the last example I'll give, and it's perfect:

13 watt 800 lumen cfl exposed:

topoff13wattcfl-1.jpg


13 watt 800 lumen cree led exposed:

Sunp0021-1.jpg


After using it a few days, I hafta say, it's not too bright. It's perfect.
 
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