Thanks for sharing this! Do note that it’s significantly more expensive per lumen: the one linked maxes out at 6631 lumens, which is just over what you’d get from 4 100W-equivalent lightbulbs. It comes in a two-pack for $180, for a cost of (6631lm*2)/$180 = 74 lm/$. Compare 90+CRI 1600lm bulbs from Cree at about $8 each, for 200 lm/$.
Another way of putting this is that to get as many lumens as the original (single-strand) lumenator you’d need six of these panels, which would cost you about a thousand dollars and probably give you lower-quality light (CRI of 80 instead of 90).
Yeah, these aren’t that bright. I get about 1900 lux at 3 feet from one of the linked panels, per my light meter, vs about 3000 lux from a vanity light bar with 8 100W-equivalent LED lightbulbs at the same distance.
Thanks for sharing this! Do note that it’s significantly more expensive per lumen: the one linked maxes out at 6631 lumens, which is just over what you’d get from 4 100W-equivalent lightbulbs. It comes in a two-pack for $180, for a cost of (6631lm*2)/$180 = 74 lm/$. Compare 90+CRI 1600lm bulbs from Cree at about $8 each, for 200 lm/$.
Another way of putting this is that to get as many lumens as the original (single-strand) lumenator you’d need six of these panels, which would cost you about a thousand dollars and probably give you lower-quality light (CRI of 80 instead of 90).
I bought a pair anyway, though.
Yeah, these aren’t that bright. I get about 1900 lux at 3 feet from one of the linked panels, per my light meter, vs about 3000 lux from a vanity light bar with 8 100W-equivalent LED lightbulbs at the same distance.