Warm white vs white leds

[USDA3]

For those using LEDs, are you using warm white or white? I have heard the warms give a more gentle glow vs the flashlight type of light? The cool white LEDs are cheaper and more available. Just wanted some opinions before I make the purchase for lighting the Yukon!

Tks

[BuckyBadger]

I use the Warm White LEDs in my flip over and have even added them to a hunting shelter. I looked at both the White and Warm White and the warm white was as you said are gentler. Think of standard reading bulb vs a brighter fluorescent, that's what it felt like to me. Here is a thread with some photos of my shack with the lights on, I have three strings in there (4 if youc count the clam strip on the front) and I usually have no more than 2 on at any given time and that is with the warm white. The clam light is more white and the upper LEDS are warm white, so you can see a difference. Please note that someone rewrote my thread and made it look like I had used LEDs from a different source and of a different size. I understand the hyper linking to products in the sponsor store, but to rewrite posts is a little much.

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2133305/3

If you look at the pic above my photos in the linked thread from So HAAAD I would guess he has the white LEDs, those photos should give you a comparison. We both have the reflectix installed.

[USDA3]

Thanks for the link. I am thinking about 2 96cm strips for my Yukon. I imagine that should be plenty of light regardless of light color. I like the switch box you've made. Interesting to see all the mods people have come up with for the portables.

[BuckyBadger]

Yes two 96 length would be plenty, I actually mistyped above, I only have two strings in my flip over and the small clam light bar off the front of the centor console. Strings are one 96 and one 48, I usually have the 96 on when putting on new jigs or doing something i need to see better, I would say I almost always only have the back light on as I like it darker in front to see camera and vex, the clam light in the front is nice for just lighting up the floor and holes to see the line. I picked up a couple sets of the three LED bar combos that clam came out with this year. I think they are called the Clam Fishing Sled Lights, even the CLam Fishing LED with the hanger or magnetic back is pretty impressive for it's small size. I bought two of those and rigged up a mounting bar for my snowblower. I didn't have lights on it and I mounted two of those and I am ready for the snow and snowblowing at night.

[Nick Kuhn]

"Warm" white LEDs have more yellow in their spectrum to look like a standard incandescent light bulb. True white LEDs look more like a fluorescent light bulb. True white LEDs will also be brighter by ~10% at the same power levels.