If you want "Natural Daylight" color bulbs (or bright white), look for a color of 4,500 - 6,000k. I have switched every bulb in my house to a 5,000k+ bulb, it's amazing how much cleaner/crisper everything looks.
Stupid Lowe's. No pickup in store, no parcel shipping. Only Lowe's truck delivery for $59 (on a lousy GE $4.99 item). Is this the next hardware chain store to go out of business!!!
Stupid Lowe's. No pickup in store, no parcel shipping. Only Lowe's truck delivery for $59 (on a lousy GE $4.99 item). Is this the next hardware chain store to go out of business!!!
Yep. Not available for pickup or shipping. Local Truck delivery $110 for me....No stores in the area have one for pickup. I guess this is not as good of the deal as it sounds.
Quote jsfoster75 "If you want "Natural Daylight" color bulbs (or bright white), look for a color of 4,500 - 6,000k. I have switched every bulb in my house to a 5,000k+ bulb, it's amazing how much cleaner/crisper everything looks."
Or sterile like a morgue, depending on how you look at it. I can't stand color temp much above 4500k anywhere but utility or springtime plant-seedling areas.
^ heh, no just the legal stuff I grow, mostly hot peppers and tomatoes, the rest is just "might as well while I'm at it". Plants like daytime temp for growing towards mid-blooming cycles and warming color temp for finishing up, similar to what the sun does as fall approaches and it passes through more atmosphere.
You can get official "plant grow lights" but unless you have a large scale operation, the useful spectrum per dollar outlay is still higher from regular incan bulb replacements. It's near a wash if you buy generic chinese lights but then the quality control (and lifespan) is a **** shoot, which can be a false economy if you're assuming they'll last a long time because they're LED.
Quote jsfoster75 "If you want "Natural Daylight" color bulbs (or bright white), look for a color of 4,500 - 6,000k. I have switched every bulb in my house to a 5,000k+ bulb, it's amazing how much cleaner/crisper everything looks."
>>>>Or sterile like a morgue, depending on how you look at it. >>>> I can't stand color temp much above 4500k anywhere but utility or springtime plant-seedling areas. >>>>>> >>>>>>>
My preference ... Bathrooms & kitchens, garage, closets- 4k to 6.5k Bedrooms & living room - 2.5K to 3K
Whatever happened to 25 cent incandescent light bulbs?
Politics got involved and drove manufacturers out of the market.
I can't recall the exact specifics, but I think incandescents couldn't be made after a certain date. The catch is I think that may have only applied to US-made incandescents. There was no restriction on 'selling' incandescents so, as one might imagine, foreign-made incandescents are still widely available.
Whatever happened to 25 cent incandescent light bulbs?
Politics got involved and drove manufacturers out of the market.
I can't recall the exact specifics, but I think incandescents couldn't be made after a certain date. The catch is I think that may have only applied to US-made incandescents. There was no restriction on 'selling' incandescents so, as one might imagine, foreign-made incandescents are still widely available. There is an exception for "specialty" and decorative bulbs, so you can still get incandescent long-life type bulbs if you really want them. I have replaced every household incandescent except for a decorative halogen, even with motion sensors, but I'm not too concerned about dimmers. Just as with CFLs, quality matters, so buy these if they're easy to reach.
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I have never heard of LED exploding lights. These are different than halogen filled bulbs
Subtotal $4.99
Estimated Truck Delivery $95.00
Estimated Sales Tax $9.00
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Politics got involved and drove manufacturers out of the market.
LED Imports from China to be hit with up to 25% Tariff.
https://www.viribright.com/tariff-led-lighting-us-imposes-china-hs-code-85414020/
Only Lowe's truck delivery for $59 (on a lousy GE $4.99 item).
Is this the next hardware chain store to go out of business!!!
Only Lowe's truck delivery for $59 (on a lousy GE $4.99 item).
Is this the next hardware chain store to go out of business!!!
Yep. Not available for pickup or shipping. Local Truck delivery $110 for me....No stores in the area have one for pickup. I guess this is not as good of the deal as it sounds.
Quote jsfoster75 "If you want "Natural Daylight" color bulbs (or bright white), look for a color of 4,500 - 6,000k. I have switched every bulb in my house to a 5,000k+ bulb, it's amazing how much cleaner/crisper everything looks."
Or sterile like a morgue, depending on how you look at it. I can't stand color temp much above 4500k anywhere but utility or springtime plant-seedling areas.
You can get official "plant grow lights" but unless you have a large scale operation, the useful spectrum per dollar outlay is still higher from regular incan bulb replacements. It's near a wash if you buy generic chinese lights but then the quality control (and lifespan) is a **** shoot, which can be a false economy if you're assuming they'll last a long time because they're LED.
>>>>Or sterile like a morgue, depending on how you look at it.
>>>> I can't stand color temp much above 4500k anywhere but utility or springtime plant-seedling areas.
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>>>>>>>
My preference ...
Bathrooms & kitchens, garage, closets- 4k to 6.5k
Bedrooms & living room - 2.5K to 3K
Unless you have variable temps bulbs ....
Politics got involved and drove manufacturers out of the market.
I can't recall the exact specifics, but I think incandescents couldn't be made after a certain date. The catch is I think that may have only applied to US-made incandescents. There was no restriction on 'selling' incandescents so, as one might imagine, foreign-made incandescents are still widely available.
Politics got involved and drove manufacturers out of the market.
I can't recall the exact specifics, but I think incandescents couldn't be made after a certain date. The catch is I think that may have only applied to US-made incandescents. There was no restriction on 'selling' incandescents so, as one might imagine, foreign-made incandescents are still widely available. There is an exception for "specialty" and decorative bulbs, so you can still get incandescent long-life type bulbs if you really want them. I have replaced every household incandescent except for a decorative halogen, even with motion sensors, but I'm not too concerned about dimmers. Just as with CFLs, quality matters, so buy these if they're easy to reach.
Thank you!