Comment by JoelJacobson | Hacker News Reader

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I live in Sweden (country with severe darkness) and just bought two Virtual Sun united from https://innerscene.com/

NOTE: Be extremely careful when transporting/moving these units, they easily break. The supplier who imported them on my behalf got two shipments with broken units until they finally got one that wasn't damaged. This happened despite FRAGILE markings on the packaging.

Innerscene's Virtual Sun is much smaller and lighter than the classic Coelux.

    Coelux:
    Weight: 300 kg (660 lb)
    Dimensions: 2375 x 1675 x 691 mm (93.5 x 65.9 x 27.2")

    Innerscene Virtual Sun:
    Weight: 39 kg (85.8 lbs)
    Dimensions: 1001 x 514 x 255 mm (39 7/16 x 20 1/4 x 10")

What's the pricing for these? Looks interesting.

Back in 2021-10-06 when I bought mines, they were crazy expensive!

I paid 89239 SEK (~9349 USD) +25% VAT = 111549 SEK (~11685 USD) per unit.

Not sure about the VAT rate if buying from US.

Hopefully they have reduced the prices since then, not sure.

how long do these last? you seem to have made a huge capital investment here

Not sure, haven't even tried them yet, still renovating the house, three years and counting. But according to the specs:

    L70 ≥50,000 hours at 25°C ambient

L70 is "An LED is considered to have reached its rated life at that point in time when it emits 30% less light than it initially did. This 70% brightness level is termed “L70” and may also be referred to as Lumen Maintenance." (https://nunvdata.unvlt.com/uploads/Understanding_L70_and_Why...)

Did you take any pictures of the inner workings of the broken ones by chance? I'm curious if there are any hints about how they work, or the Coelux ones.

What does that amount of product loss due to the OEMs bottom line, let alone the extreme waste directly into the environment.

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