The real reason is the cri of leds ran that way is absolutely awful. Dubai bulbs make everyone look near death, and makes food look disgusting. Living under low cri lighting is mentally harmful over time, I know from experience.
Fluorescent tubes are hated by everyone because of the awful green tinge they have. And the LEDs that have a CRI of only 80 or so are the shitty dollar store ones that also flicker and give people headaches, and as such are also hated. The standard for cheap leds people will tolerate is more like 90-95. The name brand cheap bulbs are around 98.
Number one easiest way to make a space feel less shitty and claustrophobic is to replace the contractor special lights with name brand ones. Everything feels cleaner even, just doing that.
Just did some googling, this is a very recent development. As in, in the last year or two the CRI of lightbulbs rose a ton. It looks like this is due to some California regulation requiring 90+ CRI lightbulbs.
You didn't completely miss out. CRI is a measure that's easy to cheat, as it was designed not as a consumer standard, but an industrial one. A lot of these new high CRI bulbs aren't actually as good as their rating suggests. So that's a whole rabbit hole to go down.
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The real reason is the cri of leds ran that way is absolutely awful. Dubai bulbs make everyone look near death, and makes food look disgusting. Living under low cri lighting is mentally harmful over time, I know from experience.
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Fluorescent tubes are hated by everyone because of the awful green tinge they have. And the LEDs that have a CRI of only 80 or so are the shitty dollar store ones that also flicker and give people headaches, and as such are also hated. The standard for cheap leds people will tolerate is more like 90-95. The name brand cheap bulbs are around 98.
Number one easiest way to make a space feel less shitty and claustrophobic is to replace the contractor special lights with name brand ones. Everything feels cleaner even, just doing that.
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Just did some googling, this is a very recent development. As in, in the last year or two the CRI of lightbulbs rose a ton. It looks like this is due to some California regulation requiring 90+ CRI lightbulbs.
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You didn't completely miss out. CRI is a measure that's easy to cheat, as it was designed not as a consumer standard, but an industrial one. A lot of these new high CRI bulbs aren't actually as good as their rating suggests. So that's a whole rabbit hole to go down.