ᐅ What color temperature have you chosen for your LEDs?

Wickie schrieb:


Just now, the example with 4000K in the bathroom came up (to keep it nice and white, which I find rather unpleasant in that area): but that also means if you stumble into the bathroom at night, half asleep, just to quickly use the toilet, you get hit with a "full blast" of bluish (i.e., activating) light right in the face.

4000K is not bluish. 4000K is pure white. Above that, it appears bluish, and below that, it becomes yellower. So it is the perfect light for the bathroom. At 4000K, skin tones look the most natural; above that, you look pale, and below that, the light unnaturally flatters.

@CiJay then just use Osram Nightlux with a motion sensor for trips to the toilet... you can make life complicated for yourself [emoji6]

... or LED string lights 😉
The time when you regularly have to get up at night to use the bathroom will come for you too ... otherwise, I agree with Robin’s last sentence 🙂

We didn’t use this specific brand, but we have had motion detectors before. They’ve been removed again everywhere except in the hallway by the stairs. How silly do you think I am? ;-)

Oh, and in the past, we tried using a remote control, but after we completely switched over, it didn’t prove effective either, especially since the sockets looked very unattractive due to poor signal reception in the necessary areas. Neither solution has ever really solved our lighting problems in the hallway and bathroom at night; there has always been something to complain about.

But as I mentioned before, everyone lives differently, has different circumstances, and different needs. What works well for one person might not suit another. This applies to ceiling lights, bedside or portable lamps, or even just seasoning food ;-) For example, for us, it’s not inconvenient at all to take a small lamp in one of my two healthy hands and hold it until I’m in the bathroom. It has a touch sensor, so I don’t have to search much to turn it on. It even has suction cups underneath, so I can attach it to tiles, cabinets, or door frames if needed. I have the light exactly where I want it, not where the socket is or where one of my kids has moved it again. Of course, I could run a cable to place it properly on the wall or, like in the stairway, install a battery-powered motion sensor somewhere it might not look nice, or spend far more than on my $2 flashlight (which has been proven to work just as well) to put something more attractive on the wall.

You can also choose to see only the one true solution or your own situation as the best option. I think I see a helicopter...

Adjustable (via DALI/KNX) 🙂 This way, we can select the color temperature we need.