Soft white or Daylight LED's from Costco

[Microman]

Costco has a 6 pack of 60W LED that are Soft White, for less than $8.

I noticed that they have a 10 pack of Daylight but they are $10 more.

I have bought some of the Soft Light already, and they look fine.

Would I notice a difference with the DAYLIGHT type

[PeterW]

The Soft White will be more yellow while the Daylights will be more blue. You definitely will notice a difference between the two especially if you mix them in the same room.

[OWC Jamie]

6500k makes a good task light - if you actually want to see what you've got


if you prefer the old yellow cigarette smoke stained ambiance of incandescent then you want 2700K or 3000K

[Carm]

What Peter and Bill said. You can't tell the difference until you have them side by side.
Edit: 60w equivalent. What rating? I bought some white 5000k LED lights from Lowes. Pretty inexpensive.

[mikebw]

I use the cool lights for the utility room and outdoor fixtures, all other interior/living spaces are the warmer temps.

[Microman]

These are Dimmable 60W Soft White

Says Light Appearance is 2700K So on the Warm Side
9.5 Watt
800 Luens

So still confused., But they don't look yellow, as the twisty spiral type did that they replaced.

Costco easy return policy, so that would be easy if I wanted to go bright white.


They were marking down a Samsung 55" TV UHD to $380 today, with Squaretrade included.
Killer deal, but I don't need to spend that kind of money now.

[OWC Jamie]

warm white pretty much equals soft white, think of the light at sunrise and sunset and nice colors
you're not likely to see a difference between 2700K and 3000K in a typical room.
you can pretty much consider warm and soft white the same as it is just marketingspeak

[Gilbert]

I recently bought the Daylight version at Costco, but they were 100W. I put them in our garage door openers (two bulbs on each opener in two garage door openers) and they work great to light up the garage. However, my personal preference is to use the Soft Light version inside our house.

[kledo]

Centuries of candle and lamp oil use have conditioned us to expect warm light wavelengths indoors.

[pRICE cUBE]

For most people, the brain will change the color of light to a perceived white unless there is a direct comparison nearby. As a photographer I see all the tones of light. I find that soft white gives more of a mood of well being. I later read an article that expand that phenomenon. I can't find the article but I read somewhere that the soft white has has a color tone closer to fire. It is warm, inviting, safe. While daylight is associated with more work, industrial, scientific, medial situations.


Most of the time I prefer 3000k for the home but I love the 2700k which is a tad warmer for the dinner table.