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		BenoitEssiambre on Nov 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rooms can be as bright as the outdoors The corn cob bulbs are very hard on the eyes unless you have some kind of diffuser. I found a better solution is a 1 to 7 bulb splitter with 7 150W equivalent bulbs for a total of about 15000 lumens. https://www.amazon.com/8T8-Splitter-Standard-Converter-Comme... I'd be curious trying a spotlight (something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Primelux-8-inch-14400-Lumens-Driving/...) that is farther away from me. The parallel rays of a spotlight would probably look and feel more sun like compared to the radial rays of normal bulbs.

Tepix on Dec 2, 2019 [–]

I was thinking about getting this myself, too. I looked at dozens of corn cob light bulbs on eBay and AliExpress and found none with a CRI of 90 Ra or better. In Germany you can buy cheap 13W E27 LED light bulbs at Aldi every January with 95+Ra.

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