Hi All,
I'm currently building a house and my builder asked me if I wanted LED's. I think I do, but I'm not sure which ones to get. I have a McGizmo and an HDS, both with Nichia 219's and like the tint a lot. Can anyone recommend a good home LED that would be similar?
I would like at least some of them to have high CRI like the Nichia (office, makeup area for wife, etc), but I'm not sure if hi CRI would be good all over, as I believe I would get a loss of lumens, right?
Other requirements...dimmable, no buzzing, no flicker, and preferably no delay to turn on.
In another thread, someone recommended the Philips HUE, which do look really great. I like the ability to change the lighting with a smart device, but they'd be really expensive to put throughout the house. Also, the CRI is a bit low and, as I understand it, you have to always turn it on/off with your device. If you turn it off by the wall switch, you can't use your phone until you flip the wall switch back on. Are there other systems that allow you to control color via smart phone?
I know there are a lot of questions in this thread, but there are so many variables when shopping for these things! Thank you in advance.
Rob
I'm currently building a house and my builder asked me if I wanted LED's. I think I do, but I'm not sure which ones to get. I have a McGizmo and an HDS, both with Nichia 219's and like the tint a lot. Can anyone recommend a good home LED that would be similar?
I would like at least some of them to have high CRI like the Nichia (office, makeup area for wife, etc), but I'm not sure if hi CRI would be good all over, as I believe I would get a loss of lumens, right?
Other requirements...dimmable, no buzzing, no flicker, and preferably no delay to turn on.
In another thread, someone recommended the Philips HUE, which do look really great. I like the ability to change the lighting with a smart device, but they'd be really expensive to put throughout the house. Also, the CRI is a bit low and, as I understand it, you have to always turn it on/off with your device. If you turn it off by the wall switch, you can't use your phone until you flip the wall switch back on. Are there other systems that allow you to control color via smart phone?
I know there are a lot of questions in this thread, but there are so many variables when shopping for these things! Thank you in advance.
Rob