Reply #10: First one I looked at had a CRI of 70, about... [View All]

[TreasonousBastard]

what a warm white fluorescent has. That, the price, and the need for a 24VDC power supply kills if for the undercabinet kitchen light I need.

The desk lamp didn't have the CRI mentioned, but it's 5000K and they say it's "natural" so it's prabably a very nice light. A little pricey, but nice.

Right now, I can find fluorescent tubes and, occasionally, CFLs with CRIs over 90 and 3000K, 5000K, and 7000K temps. The prices aren't much more than the standard lamps and even though they don't have the efficiency of LEDs, they're plenty efficient. Heaviest lighting use I have is the kitchen ceiling light-- twin 40W tubes with under 5% less output than a standard cool white tube. I'd like to replace that, but there's nothing else around that would do the job. My table and work lamps with CFLs running 6-24 watts don't run enough to ever justify LED replacement at anything close to their current cost.