[averynicepen]

It's not bright enough.

- Sunlight - 10,000 to 120,000 lux

- Light Therapy lamp (from 4 inches away) - 10,000 lux

- 60W Philips Hue light bulb (800 lumens, 120deg beam angle, 4in away) - ~25,000 lux

- 60W bulb (same specs, but 5ft away) - ~100lux

Those numbers for the 60W light bulb are also optimistic, and will go down if you put it in a light fixture that doesn't redirect all of the light into a 120deg beam (like a regular standing lamp).

So, either place it ~4"+ from your face, get multiple, or find a brighter 100W+ smart bulb.

Additional anecdata - I've used the Philips sunrise alarm clock before (apparently 300lux), and it tends not to wake me up either.

In other news, if anyone has a 100W+ white color temp changing smart bulb to recommend, I'm all ears.

[ianhorn]

Most ceiling fixtures have a couple bulbs. Get one with three, and a bedside table + lamp on each side of the bed. That’s at least five hue bulbs, which lights up a room very effectively. Not full sunlight, but enough.

I think you aren’t including in your calcs that you’re presumably not in a black room. A light colored paint means the light that isn’t going straight to your eyes from the bulb still brightens the room significantly.

[averynicepen]

Good points. My main problem is the butt-clenching costs of FIVE Hue bulbs. I have contemplated using a splitter with 2 60W bulbs in a lamp next to my bed though.

Although I checked again recently, and they now sell them with Bluetooth direct, eliminating the cost of the Hub (with limited functionality, but enough for sunrise alarm clock, I think). Still puts you solidly in the 3 fig cost territory...