Light bulb questions

[Mike Johnson]

davester wrote:
You moved to the Taj Mahal?

Dude, I’ve been to the Taj Mahal. It wasn’t that nice!

[davemchine]

More questions on the flood lights. I'm looking at the Cree BR30's as suggested. The ones with higher output are 3000k. Normally I try to buy the 2700k lights. Do you think 3000k would look ok inside?
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cree-90W-Equi.../205184900

[davemchine]

The entrance to the house is a little grandiose for my taste but the rest of the house fit our style and is in a nice area. I have contractors coming to do some minor projects and we move in on Monday. Paint and lights are my projects.Thanks for any continuing advice no the lights!

[davester]

Are your flood lights 6" can lights? If so, I'd suggest you look at the Cree (aka Ecosmart) CR6 modules from Home Depot. They have a high CRI and produce less glare than BR bulbs, though they are pricier. We have a bunch of these at our house. Cree also makes a more powerful version, the CR6-800L if you want bright, but nothing is going to be as absurdly bright as those 1100 lumen bulbs you linked to (unless their lumen rating is BS).

[ztirffritz]

The only lights that are really important regarding the color, in my opinion, are the lights around the mirror where you wife gets ready. Unless you want to go out on dates with her looking like this:



My wife had me put CFLs in in our bathroom and something disturbingly similar to this photo occurred. They were installed for about 2 days until I realized what was happening and they all "mysteriously burned out simultaneously" and had to be replaced...with incandescents. Until just recently, those were the only lights in the house with incandescent bulbs. The rest of the house had LEDs or CFLs. I finally found some LED lights at CostCo that were the correct color and 'warmth' for use in the bathroom.