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Lumen equivalents of halogen floods v Led

I am trying to find a replacement for 300W halogen floods.A search online gives halogen 300w as 5000/6000Lm.Looking at a Luceco  led flood in electrifix

catalogue,it claims 22W is equivalent to 300W halogen,but they only give 1800 Lm,so how can they be as bright as the 300W halogen?

Thanks for any help.

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                                                Hz.
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  • That is a bit negative Broadgauge. The equivalents are well known and there are no leds yet that give 150 lm/W. They are gradually getting better, and whilst there can be some dishonesty, I find that 12W LED lamps are generally brighter than a 100W conventional, in fact more like a 150W one as the light is more directed downwards than a filament.  The light output is not only the lumens, it is also the directivity, and this is better from LEDs than a linear lamp and fairly poor reflector. The lumen value is integrated over a sphere, so can be quite misleading. Real brightness is measured in Lux, lumens received per squaare metre, and this is what really matters.
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  • That is a bit negative Broadgauge. The equivalents are well known and there are no leds yet that give 150 lm/W. They are gradually getting better, and whilst there can be some dishonesty, I find that 12W LED lamps are generally brighter than a 100W conventional, in fact more like a 150W one as the light is more directed downwards than a filament.  The light output is not only the lumens, it is also the directivity, and this is better from LEDs than a linear lamp and fairly poor reflector. The lumen value is integrated over a sphere, so can be quite misleading. Real brightness is measured in Lux, lumens received per squaare metre, and this is what really matters.
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