Full Spectrum Lighting - Is it any better?

lennon asms: "Lighting in my apartment sucks. I am giving some thought to full-spectrum lighting fixtures, like the the Vita-lite. Some places say it's not any better than regular lighting, others say it's just great. What do you think?" I find the quality of lighting in my work environment to be very important. Would lights such as these be better than your standard soft-white or flourescent bulbs?

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Color Temperature and Bulb Quality Affect Light

[stinkydog]

The quality of flouresenct light is affected by many factors:

Color Temperature
Bulb Quality (you get whast you pay for)
Power and Ballast quality (Flicker)

For some other thoughts check this out. It is about lighting fish tanks and not cubes but it is still applicable. I supplement my flouresents with an incandescent bulb for better quality of light. More information on lighting theory is available here.

Try some of this if you want a different color.