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		hillac 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first har... Even high cri lights have a huge blue spike that doesn't match the sun. I don't know what chip OP uses, but you need a full spectrum light if you actually want very sun-like light. This page has some details: https://optimizeyourbiology.com/best-natural-full-spectrum-l... No idea if there's any evidence or not of the blue spike actually mattering for human biology.

JKCalhoun 29 days ago [–]

Kind of what I worry about—the spectrum mismatch. Damn but incandescents sound pretty good for just this one application. I must be (am) getting old.

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